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Wolley Ch XII 31
- Record Id:
- 040-001618616
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001617696
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000152.0x00030f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165174817.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wolley Ch XII 31
- Title:
- Will of Agnes Fearne, widow, of Wirksworth
- Scope & Content:
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Will of Agnes Fearne (d. by 1575), widow, of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. Among bequests to family and executors, she leaves her house and all her other houses, gardens, land and tenements in Wirksworth establish a free school and a bedehouse in the town; dated to 14 July 1574. Her sister’s stepson and one of her executors, Anthony Gell, founded the school and bedehouse in 1576.
Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, ‘Warksworth / Agnes Fern / her will’; in a different 17th century hand, ‘The will / of Agnes Fferne of Wirkswo[rth]’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001617696
040-001618616 - Is part of:
- Wolley Charters : Charters collected by Adam Wolley
Wolley Ch XII 31 : Will of Agnes Fearne, widow, of Wirksworth - Hierarchy:
- 032-001617696[0920]/040-001618616
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wolley Charters
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165174817.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1574
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- [14 Jul 1574]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 410 x 350 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
Decoration: Pen flourished initial.
Condition: Some text wanting along the creases.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
Wirksworth (Derbyshire), England.
Provenance:
Adam Wolley: bequeathed to the British Museum in 1828.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)