15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 47
 

47

Legal Documents An impressive collection of legal instruments (c.100) dating from the 16th to...

Legal Documents
An impressive collection of legal instruments (c.100) dating from the 16th to the 19th century, many from the 17th and 18th, principally dealing with Durham and Yorkshire, most on vellum, some retaining wax seals. Includes 1566 and 1575 indentures, a pair of 1634 indentures, retaining wax seals, a 1691 release and a 1791 mortgage amongst many others. A long record of land and money captured in legal formulae and detailing the vital transactions of everyday life. The dates cross turbulent times - the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the execution of Charles, the Fire of London, the Glorious Revolution and the Napoleonic War - but there is something pleasing in the stability which the consistent legal language reflects. As crowns fall, people die and the country changes, the act of witness gives a fixed point, life continues regardless.

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. Highly variable, some dusty, stained, marked etc.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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