Deed of John Davnay, ca. 1600, granting all his lands, tenements and goods to his sons John and William : in Latin

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Title:: Deed of John Davnay, ca. 1600, granting all his lands, tenements and goods to his sons John and William : in Latin
Description:: Deed of John Davnay(?) granting all his lands, tenements, and goods to his sons John and William, and witnessed by Robert Cooke and others.
Creator:: Davnay, John, active approximately 1600
Former owner:: Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd.
Date:: [1600?]
Format:: Manuscripts
Genre:: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Legal instruments
Seals
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:: England > Wanstead
Extent:: 1 sheet : parchment ; 110 x 220 mm + 1 seal
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07mj41c
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Place of origin:: England
Language:: Latin
Notes:: Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger; bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Adam Rutledge.
Origin: Written in Snaith, Yorkshire, England, ca. 1600.
Notes (acquisition):: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Winifred C. Myers in 1957.
Notes (object):: Script: Written in a cursive hand.
With pendant seal.
On dorse: Contemporary inscription.
Notes (language):: In Latin.
Identifier:: 06_01_016703-06_01_016704
Call #:: RARE BKS MS pb Med. 216
MS pb Med. 195 (no longer used)
Barcode:: 39999087610919