IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 444
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Attornment by Sarah Elys
Date(s): 1388
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: Single sheet
Name of creator(s): Elys | Sarah | fl 1388 | widow of Jankyn Elys
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Attornment was the legal process of transferring service or homage of tenants from one landlord to another.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Attornment by Sarah [Sare], widow of Jankyn Elys, at the request of Anneys, his younger daughter, to John Horder and Henry Stanleigh, on payment of 1d., of all lands and tenements which she held in inheritance for life as in dower. In the presence of Robert Sampson. Richard Harryes, John Guderych, James Smyth, Robert Whithorn, Richard Elyot, John Geffray, Robert Maisteres, John Cokerel and others. Dated at Babeton 'Thursday after Martinmas, 12 Richard II', or 12 November 1388.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
4" x 11". Seal wanting.
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Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
On permanent loan from the British Records Association (B.R.A. 125).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001