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Add Ch 24243
- Record Id:
- 040-002155419
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002155414
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000908.0x000163
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172072115.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 24243
- Title:
- Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight
- Scope & Content:
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Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight, leaving her body to be buried in the chancel of the Austin Friars, Thetford [Norfolk], next to the tomb of her daughter Elizabeth Homgrave, and leaving bequests to that and other churches, and appointing executors, with the signature of Thomas Martin; given at Norwich, 15 September 1411.
Dorse: probate certificate by the official of the bishop of Norwich, 15 June 1416, with signature.
Endorsed: in a 19th-century hand, ‘The will of Marg[eret] the wife / of Sir John Todenham / A.D. 1411’.
Affixed with a fragmentary seal of the official of the bishop of Norwich, lozenge, green, with Christ, half-length, his right hand raised in blessing, his left hand holding a cross. Below, under an arch, an official praying, with the fragmentary legend, ‘…tatis eccles…’ (see Birch, Catalogue of Seals (1887-1900), I, p. 319).
The charter is affixed with a paper sheet, inscribed with an English translation of the will by George Bursall, 14 June 1802.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002155414
040-002155419 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 24239-24245 : GRANTS of lands in Longdon, Rugeley, King's Bromley, co. Staff.; Avaton-Giffard, co. Devon; and St. Andrew's Undershaft…
Add Ch 24243 : Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight - Hierarchy:
- 032-002155414[0005]/040-002155419
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 24239-24245
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 document
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100172072115.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1411
- End Date:
- 1416
- Date Range:
- 1411-1416
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment; paper.
Dimensions: 315 x 110 mm (membrane); 200 x 70 mm (paper sheet).
Foliation: ff. 2.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Consistory Court of Norfolk, 1416.
George Bursall, 1802.
Presented by A. W. Franks, esq., to the British Museum, 24 June 1874, together with Add Chs 24239-24245.
- Publications:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum, 1887-1900), I, p. 319.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)