Cartulary of lands in Leicestershire of Bartholomew Brokesby. — 1445; England

Title

Cartulary of lands in Leicestershire of Bartholomew Brokesby. — 1445; England

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 7

Associated place

Leicestershire

Date

1445

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

197 + ii fols

Decoration

Good border

Good initials

Later drawing (scribble), fol. 187v

Acquisition

Bought by the library in 1690

Provenance

Arms of Brokesby and initial 'B' on fol. vii

At the bottom of fol. 1, from which a miniature and a coat of arms have been cut, are (a) a merchant's mark; (b) the arms of Brokesby: barry nebuly of six, or and gules, on a canton of the second a mullet pierced or (See Nicholl's Leicestershire, iii. 969)

Signature of 'Thomas Brokesbye' on fol. 187 (s.xv/xvi)

Formerly no. 109 in the library of Ralph Sheldonof Beoley (see MS. Wood D. 6, fol. 59)

Anthony à Wood

Title

A chartulary with rentals and terriers of the lands in Leicestershire of Bartholomew Brokesby

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 7

Summary

A chartulary with rentals and terriers of the lands in Leicestershire of Bartholomew Brokesby, compiled (see fol. 109v) in 1445. The heading 'Registrum Bartholomei Brokesby de terris et tenementis suis in villis infrascriptis' (fol. 1) is followed by a table of contents reaching only to fol. 105, and preceded by memoranda of dates when rents fell due (fol. ivv).

(fol. 143 is mutilated)

Date

Written in 1445

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment

Physical extent

191 Leaves

Custodial history

At the bottom of fol. 1, from which a miniature and a coat of arms have been cut, are a merchant's mark; the arms of Brokesby: barry nebuly of six, or and gules, on a canton of the second a mullet pierced or. Thomas Brokesby's signature is on fol. 187.