Letters patent for Thomas de Greystoke

Description

Title: Letters patent for Thomas de Greystoke
Creator: Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
Published / Created: 1393 February 27.
Publication Place: Westminster, England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing letters patent granting Thomas de Greystoke the right to hold a market every Monday and an annual three-day fair on the manor of Greystoke in Cumberland
Description: In Latin.
Great seal of England attached by red silk cord.
Layout: single column of 19 lines.
Script: secretary script.
Decoration: large initial R and calligraphic ascenders in the first line.
Provenance: Phillipps MS 28734. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 l. : 240 x 390 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 14th century
Letters patent England 14th century
Seals England 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Economic conditions
Subjects: Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1066-1485
England > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Richard II, Letters Patent for Thomas de Greystoke (Takamiya MS 10). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.