Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1345

Contributor:

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (former owner)

Name:

Dronfeld, Edmund de; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1345

Description:

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.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 29224 (inscription on verso).; Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 10 (2011), no. 125.

Relation:

The Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366213

Subject:

Serfdom -- England -- History; Serfs -- Emancipation -- England; Serfs -- Emancipation; Serfdom; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Legal documents; Seals (artifacts); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 74 x 210 mm + wax seal on tag

Geographic Subject:

Yorkshire (England) -- History; England

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.; In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 6 Folder 23

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts; Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund