Indenture between Lucy Baker, Richard Salt, and Nicholas Arnold, 1693 December 26 : manuscript.

England, 1693 December 26.

1 item : parchment ; 67 x 50 cm folded to 25 x 16 cm

Chirograph containing indenture between Lucy Baker of the County of Stafford, Richard Salt late of Hampstall Ridware of Lichfield, and Nicholas Arnold of Sandbor[?]e. Transfer and sales of property in Staffordshire from Salt to Baker including mortgages, and from Baker and Salt to Arnold. Red wax seals affixed to strips of parchment at foot of document. Parties' signatures above the fold. Statements confirming payment with Baker's, Salt's, and witnesses' signatures and notes in later hands on verso. Repair made to 1.5 cm hole in parchment at time of writing. Erasures and corrections on lines 12 and 39.

Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment; single sheet.
Layout: Written in a single column of 43 lines.
Script: Written in semi-crusive with some words in hybrida book hand.
Decoration: Elabortate initials on first two words, including royal coat of arms drawn into the T of "This indenture..."
Origin: Written in England in 1693.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, the Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS doc. 79.

In English.

Unbound.

Restrictions: Inquiries concerning this item should be directed to the reference librarian for the Robbins Collection.

England.

Robbins MS doc. 79

English