Indenture of receipt, 1540 Feb 27.
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Description
- Title
- Indenture of receipt, 1540 Feb 27.
- Abstract
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Manuscript inventory, on parchment, in a secretary hand, of ceremonial plate and jewels collected from religious houses in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Glocestershire, Wiltshire, and Hertfordshire by several of the King's Commissioners for the suppression of the monasteries and turned over to the Master of the King's Jewels. The commissioners named include Robert Southwell, Edward Carne, John Ap Rice, and William Barnes. The sources of the plate were some of the larger houses targeted in the 1539 Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries and include St. Swithun's Winchester, Amesbury, Malmesbury, Cirencester, Hailes, Pershore, and Tewksbury. The plate listed comprises chalices; crosses; monstrances; cups; a pyx; gold mitres, and "thirteen other Myters garnisshd with perles."
Composed of one sheet of parchment; head indented
- Description
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In English.
Signed, "by me John Williams" (Master of the King's Jewels).
Binding: modern quarter morocco case.
Bookplate: Mark Lansburgh Collection. - Provenance
- Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 27412). Ex libris Mark Lansburgh. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2001.
- Extent
- 1 60 cm. x 25 cm. item (1 l.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fa37
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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England.
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Subject (Topic)
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Church plate
Convents
Church and state
Monasteries
Monasticism and religious orders
Secularization - Subjects
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Church plate > England
Convents > England
Church and state > Great Britain
Monasteries > England
Monasticism and religious orders > England
Secularization > Great Britain
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Lansburgh, Mark > Bookplate
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Indenture of Receipt. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9361898
- Object ID (OID)
- 11394963
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