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Cotton Roll II 25/1
- Record Id:
- 040-004536178
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567347.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Roll II 25/1
- Title:
- Draft summary of the case by the attorney general against Sir Thomas Cotton and others concerning the enclosure of land
- Scope & Content:
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Draft summary for Charles I by Sir John Banke, attorney general, of the case against Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd baronet (1594-1662), owner of the manor of Conington (Huntingdonshire), Sir Thomas Mounson, Dame [blank] Mounson, and Sir Robert Mounson, of North Carleton (Lincolnshire), owners of the manor of North Carleton, and Robert Horseman, Richard Statie, and [blank] Wentworth, owners of the manor of Stretton (Rutland), in the Star Chamber concerning the illegal enclosure of common land in those manors, turning arable land into pasture.
11 February 1636.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536178 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Roll II 25/1 : Draft summary of the case by the attorney general against Sir Thomas Cotton and others concerning the enclosure of land - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0060]/040-004536178
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1636
- End Date:
- 1636
- Date Range:
- 1636
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 380 x 305 mm.
Foliation: 18 membranes.
Script: Secretary.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet.
Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7.
Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-1702
Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662 - Places:
- Conington, Huntingdonshire