Misc Mss Box 6 Folder 23 Miscellaneous manuscripts
Title
Miscellaneous manuscriptsAuthors
- Dronfeld, Edmund de
- Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund
Other related names
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
Call number
Misc Mss Box 6 Folder 23(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9950083933503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543398
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5008393
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In LatinSummary
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.
Extent
1 item (1 leaf) : 74 x 210 mm. +Support
ParchmentProvenance
- Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 29224 (inscription on verso).
- Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 10 (2011), no. 125.
Subjects topical
- Serfdom--England--History
- Serfs--Emancipation--England
Genres
- Legal documents
- Seals (artifacts)
- Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
- Manuscripts, Medieval
Keywords
- 14th century
- English
- Legal
- Document
- Seals
- History
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