Manuscripts

Collection of deeds and indentures

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Description: This collection contains six deeds and indentures. HM 82924: Quitclaim of lands..., in Latin (1383); HM 82925: Counterpart of a Bargain and Sale of a London tavern (1554, Apr. 17); HM 82926: Lease for a year of a messuage...(1683, Oct. 8); HM 82927: Assignment of a statute...(1699, Apr. 3); HM 82928: Lease of several messuages...(1704/05, Mar. 22); HM 82929: Surrender and Quitclaim of one messuage...(1752, Apr. 29).
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Production date: 1383-1752.
Call number: mssHM 82924-82930
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Loftus, Feb. 1975. With bookplate of Edward Loftus. A typewritten note which accompanied this collection states: "From Maggs Brothers - London, England, part of a collection sold by the Bodleian Library - Oxford, England. Collection of A. Edward Newton, 1935, Collection of Edward J. Loftus, Santa Paula, California, 1936.
Associated people: Newton, A. Edward; Loftus, Edward J.,
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