Elizabethan Documents, a collection, including
Clifford, George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I
£575
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Signature "George Cumberland" cut from an official document - with 3 other signatures, 5 x 25cm; Two Elizabethan Indentures - Sussex and Derbyshire Derbyshire Indenture on a single leaf of vellum dated 1590 - being a final concord for the Manor of Overpadley and Netherpadley on Darwent in the parish of Hathersedge, Derbyshire, written in Latin on a leaf of vellum c. 13 x 41cm., a little dusty and with two original holes in vellum but clearly legible throughout. [the manor was extensive amounting to some 3,500 acres of land with related properties]; Elizabeth I - Sussex Fine indenture on a single slip of vellum dated 1579 being a final concord between Ninian Warde and John Warde, plaintiffs, and Thomas Mychell, deforceant, for one toft [homestead], one garden and six acres of land with appurtenances in Cookefield (Cookfield) Sussex, 7 lines in Latin in a neat secretarial hand, on a slip of vellum approximately 10 x 40cm., in fine fresh condition (3)