Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1463

Name:

Davenport, Christopher John; Davenport, Hugh, 1907-; Fitton, John; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

15th century

Date:

1463

Description:

Conditional bond of Christopher Davenport, Hugh Davenport of Henbury, Richard Newton, and William Bradley, to John Fitton and his sons, to stand to the arbitration award of Sir William Booth, Sir Thomas Fitton, Robert of Legh of Adlington, and others, concerning lands in Fulshaw (Cheshire), dated 5 December 1463 (third regnal year of Edward IV). The obligation is on one side and the longer condition is on the other. 2 small seals without impressions on a strip of parchment formed from the bottom edge of the document.

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

Subject:

Booth, William; Fitton, Thomas; Real property -- England -- Cheshire; Real property

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Contracts; Legal documents; Seals (artifacts); Manuscripts, English (Middle); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 92 x 351 mm

Geographic Subject:

Cheshire (England) -- History -- 15th century; England -- Cheshire

Rights:

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

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Condition in Middle English, obligation in Latin, and later summary in English.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 5 Folder 33

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts