Quitclaim by John Burgh

Description

Title: Quitclaim by John Burgh
Published / Created: 1421 August 20.
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript document, on parchment, in a single hand, containing a quitclaim by John Burgh, parson of Huish Champflower in Somerset, releasing his rights in the lands and tenements of John Badyngton of Somerset
Description: In Middle English.
Layout: single column of 9 lines.
Script: secretary script.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 95 mm x 255 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): England
Connecticut
New Haven.
Somerset (England)
Subject (Topic): Land tenure
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Land tenure > England > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Somerset (England)
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Quitclaim by John Burgh (Takamiya MS 132). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.