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Lady Margaret Hall MS. Borough 16

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Language(s): Latin

Charter

The transaction is for some land in Goldale, Yorkshire, and is between Hugh, son of Lefwin and Reginald of Goldale (now Gowdale, Snaith). A similar grant for land in Goldale, which has Reginald as one of the witnesses alongside Hylard de Hecke, who also witnesses this document, is number 219 in Yorkshire Deeds, compiled by M. J. Stanley Price (1909-55)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 85 × 122 mm.

Hand(s)

Written in black ink in an English cursive documentary script

Seal(s):

White wax seal with fleur-de-lys.

History

Origin: early thirteenth century ; England (Yorkshire)

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to Lady Margaret Hall by Cynthia Mabel Borough (b.1899)

Record Sources

Description based on a valuation report by Jonathan Cooper, Jan 2016

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-02: First online publication.