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On vellum. 190 x 270 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.); 15 lines, written in brown ink in a regular charter hand by the chancery scribe 'J. Marcon'. Large calligraphic ascenders to first line. Blank space left for first initial. Complete with large fold at foot (c. 50 mm. wide) with tongue (c. 365 mm. long) with the Great Seal of England in white wax. The obverse of the seal shows Edward III seated on an elaborate throne, figures at his feet, within an architectural surround with soldiers on the battlements. The reverse shows the king armed and mounted on a galloping horse. The impression a little rubbed and edges mostly chipped away. Slight creases and small stains. Phillipps MS. 30744. In a fitted case, cloth spine.
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EDWARD III. LICENCE TO DESTROY A ROAD. Gloucester, 16 August 1347.
On vellum. 190 x 270 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.). 15 lines, written in brown ink in a regular charter hand by the chancery scribe 'J. Marcon'. Large calligraphic ascenders to first line. Blank space left for first initial. Complete with large fold at foot (c. 50 mm. wide) with tongue (c. 365 mm. long) with the Great Seal of England in white wax. The obverse of the seal shows Edward III seatted on an elaborate throne, figures at his feet, within an architectural surround with soldiers on the battlements. The reverse shows the king armed and mounted on a galloping horse. The impression a little rubbed and edges mostly chipped away. Slight creases and small stains. Phillipps MS. 30744. In a fitted case, cloth spine.
A royal licence issued at Gloucester under the Privy Seal to Robert de Burghcher to bring into cultivation a road across his property. The charter was granted after inquisition ad quod damnum taken by John de Coggeshale, escheator of Essex. The road ran through the land of Stanstede [Stansted, Essex] and led from Halstede towards Colne from an oak known as 'Crokedehok' (Crooked Oak) to the house of John atte Hatthe and was 160 perches, 10 feet, in length and one an a half perches in width. The condition was that Robert de Burghcher make another road on his own land for public use. EST. $600-800.
On vellum. 190 x 270 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.). 15 lines, written in brown ink in a regular charter hand by the chancery scribe 'J. Marcon'. Large calligraphic ascenders to first line. Blank space left for first initial. Complete with large fold at foot (c. 50 mm. wide) with tongue (c. 365 mm. long) with the Great Seal of England in white wax. The obverse of the seal shows Edward III seatted on an elaborate throne, figures at his feet, within an architectural surround with soldiers on the battlements. The reverse shows the king armed and mounted on a galloping horse. The impression a little rubbed and edges mostly chipped away. Slight creases and small stains. Phillipps MS. 30744. In a fitted case, cloth spine.
A royal licence issued at Gloucester under the Privy Seal to Robert de Burghcher to bring into cultivation a road across his property. The charter was granted after inquisition ad quod damnum taken by John de Coggeshale, escheator of Essex. The road ran through the land of Stanstede [Stansted, Essex] and led from Halstede towards Colne from an oak known as 'Crokedehok' (Crooked Oak) to the house of John atte Hatthe and was 160 perches, 10 feet, in length and one an a half perches in width. The condition was that Robert de Burghcher make another road on his own land for public use. EST. $600-800.