Property transfer in Kent, England
Manuscript indenture of John and Thomas Dixon to Miss Young.
Kent, England: c.1700.
Price: $400.00
About the item
Pen and ink on one parchment membrane (308 x 610 mm), parchment tag with wax seal and signature of John Dixon on recto, signed by four witnesses on the dorse. Property transfer in Kent, England. Cut vertically in half, with significant loss of text, folded with some soiling on dorse not affecting signatures.
Item #313960
Deed transferring pastureland, barn, stable buildings and other property in the parish of Folkestone, in Kent, England during the reign of King George I
Incomplete due to the contemporary practice of cutting such documents in half vertically, this would be an excellent paleographical example for teaching, the more so because it is in English, and the hand is a clear one.
