Manuscript indenture, on parchment, detailing an agreement between the Prior and canons of the Augustinian priory of Bromehill on the one part and the Mayor, burgesses, merchants and residents of the town of Thetford on the other part. The indenture concerns the rights to income from the annual Prior's fair at Bromehill, including rights to the toll, stallage and pickage fees.
Description:
Annotated in a later hand, possibly that of the Norfolk antiquary Thomas Martin., Docketed in a sixteenth-century? hand: the indentur of Bromehyll ffeyes., Formerly owned by Thomas Martin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 26 lines. Head of document indented., Script: secretary script., and With: Seal of the Prior and Canons of Bromehill Priory, in green wax, containing a pyramid between a star, below, and a crescent moon, above.
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)--Early works to 1800. and Thetford (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians--England., Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England), and Martin, Thomas,--1697-1771--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Fairs--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Markets--England--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Monasteries and state--England.