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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1345.

Author/Creator:
Dronfeld, Edmund de.
Publication:
1345.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 74 x 210 mm + wax seal on tag
Contained In:
Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 6 Folder 23
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Serfdom -- England -- History.
Serfs -- Emancipation -- England.
Serfs -- Emancipation.
Serfdom.
History.
Yorkshire (England) -- History.
England.
Form/Genre:
Legal documents.
Seals (artifacts)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Language:
In Latin.
Summary:
Deed of manumission recording the freeing of Robert, son of Adam, of Flockton, by Edmund son of Thomas de Dronfeld. The Dronfeld family had estates at West Bretton and Flockton in Yorkshire, England. Written at West Bretton, the first Sunday after the feast of Saint Michael (2 October), 1345. Witnessed by John son of John of Dronfeld, John son of Richard de West Bretton, William son of Michael of Flockton, John son of Peter of Flockton, and John del Lathes, clerk. Wax seal on parchment tag (reattached at an early period), showing a crossbow or anchor.
Local notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 29224 (inscription on verso).
Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 10 (2011), no. 125.
Contributor:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
OCLC:
122543398