MS. Wood empt. 7
Summary Catalogue no.: 8595
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Cartulary with rentals and terriers of the lands, compiled in 1445 (see fol. 109v)
The heading (fol. 1) is followed by a table of contents reaching only to fol. 105
Preceded by memoranda of dates when rents fell due (fol. iv verso)
The final entry (fol. 186) is dated ‘... in dominica ramis palmarum Anno regni regis henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie vicesimo tercio [1 Sept. 1444 to 31 Aug. 1445]'.
A document of 1446, probably in the hand of the original scribe but the page lacks a running title and the initial lacks colour; it is likely to be an addition
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
1 col., 32 lines, 190 × 105–110 mm.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 909
Good border
Good initials
Later drawing (scribble), fol. 187v
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Arms of Brokesby and initial 'B' on fol. vii
At the bottom of fol. 1, from which a miniature and a coat of arms have been cut, are (a) a merchant's mark; (b) the arms of Brokesby: barry nebuly of six, or and gules, on a canton of the second a mullet pierced or (See Nicholl's Leicestershire, iii. 969)
Signature of 'Thomas Brokesbye' on fol. 187 (s.xv/xvi)
Formerly no. 109 in the library of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley (see MS. Wood D. 6, fol. 59)
Bought by the library in 1690
Record Sources
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)