Receipt with Seal, England

Type: Document

Date: 1361

Setting: England

Produced By/For: Peter de Marthelay and John de Hawkesworth

Contents: Receipt with seal

Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.4

Location: Shelf 02/E/01 (Acc. 2015-017)

Description from Vendor

1361 Receipt with Seal

Receipt by Peter de Marthelay received from John de Hawkesworth, rector of the church of Gyselay [Guisley] fifty shillings for rent of Lofthouse in Sualeyngmore, in London, manuscript on vellum, 7 lines, one red wax seal of a lion rampant with good impression, with tie, folds, slightly creased, small stain on lower edge, 64 x 203mm., Feast of St Martin [11th November], 1361. Lofthouse, 3 miles north of Wakefield.

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Purchased from Monte Cristo Rare Books

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Seal