Details

Subjects:

Booth, William.
Fitton, Thomas.
Real property -- England -- Cheshire.
Real property.
Cheshire (England) -- History -- 15th century.
England -- Cheshire.

Form/Genre:

Contracts.
Legal documents.
Seals (artifacts)
Manuscripts, English (Middle)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Condition in Middle English, obligation in Latin, and later summary in English.

Summary:

Conditional bond of Christopher Davenport, Hugh Davenport of Henbury, Richard Newton, and William Bradley, to John Fitton and his sons, to stand to the arbitration award of Sir William Booth, Sir Thomas Fitton, Robert of Legh of Adlington, and others, concerning lands in Fulshaw (Cheshire), dated 5 December 1463 (third regnal year of Edward IV). The obligation is on one side and the longer condition is on the other. 2 small seals without impressions on a strip of parchment formed from the bottom edge of the document.

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn Provenance:

Sold in a collection of charters at auction at Sotheby's, 7 July 2009 (lot 10).

Contributor:

Davenport, Hugh, 1907-
Fitton, John.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

432307101

Web link:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page