Lehigh Codex 6 Deed of release
Title
Deed of releaseOther related names
- Black, A. Bruce (Alfred Bruce), 1873-1931, former owner (https://viaf.org/viaf/70650354)
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lehigh Codex 6(Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Special Collections)
Alternate identifiers
- Hirsh: MS Hirsh 6
- deRicci: 14
- Accession: 163929
Publisher
Special CollectionsLanguage
LatinOrigin
1484
- Place
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Pluckley?, England
Summary
This document is a deed of release recording that William Pyx, Nicholas Bocher, Thomas Kingsnoth relinquish their claims to land called Stacys in Plickle or Pluckle (possibly Pluckley, in Kent) to John Hert de Hothfeld (Hothfield, also in Kent). The deed was issued at Pluckley in the first regnal year of Richard III (30 May 1484). The Latin text is written in Gothic cursive script. The lower edge of the document is folded and has three parchment tags, two with small wax seals and the third with remnants of wax.
Extent
1; 90 x 287 mmSupport
ParchmentLayout
Script
Provenance
- Acquired from the library of A. Bruce Black (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania), 1931
Keywords
- Document
- 15th century
- English
- England
- Legal
- Seals
Licenses
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- Text
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- Text
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