Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1476

Contributor:

Hungerford and Botreaux, Margaret, Lady, -1478 (addressee)

Name:

Love, Nicholas; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1476

Description:

An indenture with an undulating upper edge, in which Nicholas Love gives witness that he has turned over all proceeds from the properties in Cornwall and Devonshire belonging to Margaret, Lady Hungerford and Botreaux (daughter of William de Botreaux, Lord Botreaux, and widow of Robert, Lord Hungerford). Love is identified as a receiver, an official collector of rents or other income, for Lady Margaret. Written in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, and dated 16 May 1476 (regnal year 16 of Edward IV).

Language:

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Provenance:

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

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Legal documents; Manuscripts, English (Middle); Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 103 x 201 mm

Geographic Subject:

Wiltshire (England) -- History

Rights:

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

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; In Middle English.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 11 Folder 29

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts