Lease by Richard (Petryton), prior of the monastic house of Bykenacre, to husbandman John James Junior of East Hanningfield, Essex, of the tenement (house with attached land) called Canonbernes for 13 years, with the right to take wood from the property annually for fuel and for making and repairing carts and ploughs. Lease is written in 19 lines of a cursive documentary script and has an indented top edge and seal tag but no seal.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Sold by Maggs Bros. (London), cat. 1410 (2007), no. 13.
1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 205 x 395 mm (without seal tag)
Geographic Subject:
Essex (England) -- Early works to 1800; Essex (England) -- Economic conditions
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
A 12th-century priory in Essex dedicated to Mary and John the Baptist, first called Bicknacre in the 13th century and dissolved and united with another monastic house in 1507. Richard Petyrton was prior from 1490 to 1499.; In Latin, with a few words in Middle English.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss (Large) Box 1 Folder 9
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