Details

Subjects:

Real property -- England -- Derbyshire.
Real property.
Derbyshire (England) -- History.
England -- Derbyshire.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In English, with endorsement in Latin.

Biography/History:

Son and heir of Martin Eyr.

Summary:

Mortgage, in the form of a conditional bond, by which Eyr "sold" to Nicholas Garlyke for a stated amount all his lands at Bradwall in the parish of Hope, Derbyshire. Eyr was to receive about two-thirds the amount at the sealing of the transaction. He and his heirs had 13 years to repay the first payment, at which time the sale would be void; otherwise, he would receive the remainder of the stated amount and the sale would be complete. With signature (Jhon Eyre) and seal tag with fragment of seal, dated 16 August 1538, with an endorsement in Latin on the verso recording that it was enrolled before the custodians and clerks of the peace in Derbyshire on 6 December 1538. The upper edge of the charter is scalloped.

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:

Garlyke, Nicholas.

OCLC:

436873203

Web link:

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