£220
HENRY III PERIOD - SMALL VELLUM DEED REF. PROPERTY IN DERBYSHIRE; Fine c.1250 AD neatly written album-page size 13th century vellum deed (20 x 16cm excluding seal strap; in Latin with almost complete transcript) regarding the sale of some land "infra villam de Engleby" (in Ingleby near Melbourne, south Derbyshire) with the original vellum 'strap' at foot where a wax seal had originally been applied. Nine witnesses are named at the end of the text including "Galfridi de [Staunton]" (known to have been active in 1242-44) and "Engelardo de Curzun" who is known to have lived from 1225 to 1278, hence the probable 1250 AD date. Marvellous Exhibition Item dating from well before the period of the first letters that are available to collectors.Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, DERBYSHIRE
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