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"Large Legal Documents" by Lady Rebecca the Contrary.

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Large Legal Documents

by Lady Rebecca the Contrary

Introduction:

A common theory in the scribal community is that larger legal documents did not exist for the time period we study. This comment always had me wondering how large legal documents really did get. We like to compare our SCA awards to legal documents because very often our awards do change the rank of our persona. Several of our awards carry grants, which existed in period. In fact this is such a common theory that many are certain the scribes of our period never worked on large documents and never worked on anything larger than 5X7.

I shared the same feeling until I became more curious about the subject. After some investigation through various lists of legal documents I noted an interesting trend. There were miniature-sized documents and the most common size for a legal document might be a 5X7 or 8X10. However there were also very large legal documents and the larger-sized documents in period were not as uncommon as we thought.

The Search:

The most comprehensive web site I could find which lists a large amount of legal documents and their details is from Harvard Law School special collections section.¹ They have the text and properties of a large series of legal documents at their web site.

There are other web sites out there but I have not searched them carefully yet.

I focused on the deeds section because I could find the most detail here however there are other sections that are equally interesting. I compiled a brief list from this web site bringing over as much pertinent information about the documents as I could.

Results of Search to Date:

The most interesting point is that while 5X7 or 8X10 may be the most common size, they certainly did have larger legal documents. Some of the documents were huge. They were mostly out of parch. The web site I focused on listed the measurements in cm. It helps to remember that 2.5 cm = 1 inch when looking at this list. I have yet to collect document size information on every item listed on the web site however I did collect the information on a pretty large section. It is pretty easy to see by the following collection of information in Appendix 1 that regardless of the year or time period a variety of document sizes were used.

From this collection it appears that the average size is 13.5 cm by 25.34 cm (5.4 X 10.14 in). However this is an incomplete collection and the main focus of this research was to find the larger legal document. I suspect when this is all collected together that we’ll find a majority were either 5X7 or 8X10. Those smaller than 5X7 did exist however I’m uncertain of their frequency.

I also note that currently year has no correlation to size. There is no way to say “they only had larger sizes in later years or earlier years” etc. There were larger sizes at least from 1200 on in a variety of sizes.

As a side tangent it is interesting to note that a huge majority of these documents were parch although there is one instance of paper used in this list.

APPENDIX 1 – NOTE – 1 INCH = 2.5 CENTIMETERS

Compiled from http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/manuscripts/deeds/index.php

Type of Document	YEAR	DESCRIPTION	LENGTH	MMT	WIDTH	MMT	TYPE
Grant	1397	Grant, 1397, Sept. 3. 21 Richard II. 1 item	95	cm	29	cm	parch
Grant	1329	Grant, 1329, July 25. 3 Edward III. 1 item	95	cm	21.5	cm	parch
Grant	1459	Grant, 1459, August 11. 37 Henry VI. 1 item	40.5	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Grant 1450	1450	Grant 1450, September 22. 29 Henry VI. 1 item	37.5	cm	37	cm	parch
Conveyance	1563	Conveyance, 1563, February 16. 5 Elizabeth I. 1 item	31.5	cm	42	cm	parch
Conveyance	1563	Conveyance, 1563, February 16. 5 Elizabeth I. 1 item	31.5	cm	42	cm	parch
Bargain and Sale	1575	Bargain and Sale, 1575, Nov. 25. 18 Elizabeth I. 1 item	30.5	cm	46.5	cm	parch
Grant	1236	Grant, ca. 1236. 1 item	28	cm	27.6	cm	parch
Bargain and sale	1586	Bargain and sale, 1586, July 20. 29 Elizabeth I. 1 item	27	cm	42	cm	parch
Lease	1536	Lease, 1536, October 2. 28 Henry VIII. 1 item	24.5	cm	31.5	cm	parch
Grant	1571	Grant, 1571, February 15. 13 Elizabeth I. 1 item	24	cm	31	cm	parch
Confirmation	1170	Confirmation, ca. 1170. 1 item	23	cm	19	cm	parch
Grant	1540	Grant, 1540, August 17. 32 Henry VIII. 1 item	22	cm	33.5	cm	parch
Agreement	1341	Agreement, 1341, October 1. 15 Edward III. 1 item	22	cm	29	cm	parch
Demise	1511	Demise, 1511, July 31. 3 Henry VIII. 1 item	21.5	cm	30	cm	parch
Grant	1275	Grant, 1275, January 12. 3 Edward I. 1 item	21.5	cm	22	cm	parch
Recovery in Worth vs. Hawke	1545	Recovery in Worth vs. Hawke, 1545, November 26. 37 Henry VIII. 1 item	21	cm	45.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1429	Quitclaim, 1429, September 28. 8 Henry VI. 1 item	21	cm	41	cm	parch
List of deeds 1585	1585	List of deeds 1585, September 9. 2 p	20.5	cm	30	cm	paper
Inspeximus	1290	Inspeximus, ca. 1290. 18 Edward I. 1 item	20.5	cm	28	cm	parch
Lease	1334	Lease, 1334, Feb. 18. 8 Edward III. 1 item	20.5	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Lease	1516	Lease, 1516, March 24. 7 Henry VIII. 1 item	20	cm	35	cm	parch
Grant	1583	Grant, 1583, February 6. 25 Elizabeth I. 1 item	20	cm	34	cm	parch
Appointment	1300	Appointment, ca. 1300. 1 item	20	cm	33	cm	parch
Grant	1404	Grant, 1404, March 25. 6 Henry IV. 1 item	20	cm	25	cm	parch
Lease	1533	Lease, 1533, October 8. 25 Henry VIII. 1 item	20	cm	20	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1290	Quitclaim, 1290, January 27. 18 Edward I. 1 item	20	cm	12	cm	parch
Grant	1349	Grant, 1349, August 28. 23 Edward III. 1 item	19	cm	28	cm	parch
Lease	1459	Lease, 1459, September 29. 38 Henry VI. 1 item	19	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1372	Grant, 1372, November 7. 46 Edward III. 1 item	19	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1310	Grant, ca. 1310. 1 item	19	cm	18	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1516	Quitclaim, 1516, August 1. 8 Henry VIII. 1 item	17.5	cm	30	cm	parch
Warranty	1336	Warranty, 1336, Nov. 20. 10 Edward III. 1 item	17.5	cm	23.5	cm	parch
Bargain and sale	1571	Bargain and sale, 1571, April 26. 13 Elizabeth I. 1 item	17	cm	33	cm	parch
Bargain and Sale	1510	Bargain and Sale, 1510, August 20. 2 Henry VIII. 1 item	17	cm	32	cm	parch
Lease	1544	Lease, 1544, October 2. 36 Henry VIII. 1 item	17	cm	30.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1511	Quitclaim, 1511, December 12. 3 Henry VIII. 1 item	17	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Bond	1599	Bond, 1599, December 7. 42 Elizabeth I. 1 item	17	cm	27	cm	parch
Grant	1600	Grant, 1600, October 26. 42 Elizabeth. 1 item	16.5	cm	31	cm	parch
Grant	1180	Grant, ca. 1180. 1 item	16.5	cm	18	cm	parch
Grant	1532	Grant, 1532, December 8. 24 Henry VIII. 1 item	16	cm	42.5	cm	parch
Fine in Worth vs. More	1547	Fine in Worth vs. More, 1547, April 24. 1 Edward VI. 1 item	16	cm	32	cm	parch
Declaration	1450	Declaration, circa 1450. 1 item	16	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Grant	1330	Grant, ca. 1330. 1 item	16	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1521	Grant, 1521. 13 Henry VIII. 1 item	16	cm	12	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1527	Quitclaim, 1527. 19 Henry VIII. 1 item	15.5	cm	30.8	cm	parch
Grant	1453	Grant, 1453, October 5. 32 Henry VI. 1 item	15.5	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Grant	1340	Grant, 1340, March 5. 15 Edward II. 1 item	15.5	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Bond	1577	Bond, 1577, April 16. 19 Elizabeth I. 1 item	15.5	cm	25.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1300	Quitclaim, ca. 1300. 1 item	15	cm	38	cm	parch
Grant	1449	Grant, 1449, August 11. 27 Henry VI. 1 item	15	cm	27	cm	parch
Agreement	1275	Agreement, 1275, January 12. 3 Edward I. 1 item	15	cm	24	cm	parch
Agreement	1336	Agreement, 1336, August 1. 10 Edward III. 1 item	15	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant of free warren	1254	Grant of free warren, 1254, November 22. 39 Henry III. 1 ite	15	cm	22.5	cm	parch
Grant	1270	Grant, ca. 1270. 1 item	15	cm	15.5	cm	parch
Mortgage	1576	Mortgage, 1576, Oct. 17. 18 Elizabeth I. 1 item	14.5	cm	29	cm	parch
Grant	1514	Grant, 1514, December 31. 6 Henry VIII. 1 item	14.5	cm	25.5	cm	parch
Grant		Grant, 12th century. 1 item	14.5	cm	15.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1524	Quitclaim, 1524, September 1. 16 Henry VIII. 1 item	14	cm	42.5	cm	parch
Fine in Beauchamp vs. Shokesdon	1372	Fine in Beauchamp vs. Shokesdon, 1372, April 11. 46 Edward III. 1 item	14	cm	32	cm	parch
Grant	1338	Grant, 1338, July 5. 12 Edward III. 1 item	14	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Demise	1362	Demise, 1362, Dec. 24. 36 Edward III. 1 item	14	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1293	Grant, 1293, November 22. 22 Edward I. 1 item	14	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1363	Quitclaim, 1363, July 12. 37 Edward III. 1 item	13.5	cm	42.5	cm	parch
Grant	1393	Grant, 1393, April 23. 16 Richard II. 1 item	13.5	cm	36.5	cm	parch
Appointment	1586	Appointment, 1586, Sept. 23. 28 Elizabeth I. 1 item	13.5	cm	26.5	cm	parch
Grant	1304	Grant, 1304, September 14. 32 Edward I. 1 item	13.5	cm	20	cm	parch
Grant	1270	Grant, ca. 1270. 1 item	13.5	cm	20	cm	parch
Agreement	1499	Agreement, 1499, October 14. 15 Henry VII. 1 item	13.5	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Grant	1280	Grant, ca. 1280. Edward I. 1 item	13.5	cm	18	cm	parch
Grant	1280	Grant, ca. 1280. 1 item	13.5	cm	14.5	cm	parch
Grant	1373	Grant, 1373, Nov. 20. 47 Edward III. 1 item	13	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1410	Grant, 1410, November 11. 12 Henry IV. 1 item	13	cm	26.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1465	Quitclaim, 1465, Jan. 28. 1 item	13	cm	26	cm	parch
Grant	1418	Grant, 1418, January 25. 6 Henry V. 1 item	13	cm	26	cm	parch
Bond	1526	Bond, 1526, Apr. 25. 18 Henry VIII. 1 item	13	cm	23.5	cm	parch
Grant	1325	Grant, 1325, June 26. 18 Edward II. 1 item	13	cm	23	cm	parch
Agreement	1289	Agreement, 1289, February 2. 17 Edward I. 1 item	13	cm	23	cm	parch
Grant	1351	Grant, 1351, Nov. 19. 25 Edward III. 1 item	13	cm	22.5	cm	parch
Grant	1270	Grant, ca. 1270. 1 item	13	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1346	Grant, 1346, May 6. 20 Edward III. 1 item	13	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1325	Grant, 1325, June 14. 18 Edward II. 1 item	13	cm	20	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1261	Quitclaim, 1261, November. 46 Henry III. 1 item	13	cm	18.5	cm	parch
Grant	1322	Grant, 1322, December 11. 16 Edward II. 1 item	12.5	cm	35	cm	parch
Grant	1337	Grant, 1337, September 11. 11 Edward III. 1 item	12.5	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Grant	1260	Grant, ca. 1260. 1 item	12.5	cm	19	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	12.5	cm	14.5	cm	parch
Demise	1498	Demise, 1498, May 6. 13 Henry VII. 1 item	12	cm	32.5	cm	parch
Sale	1544	Sale, 1544, September 22. 36 Henry VIII. 1 item	12	cm	30	cm	parch
Release	1365	Release, 1365, April 6. 1 item	12	cm	29	cm	parch
Grant	1510	Grant, 1510, February 1. 1 Henry VIII. 1 item	12	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1332	Quitclaim, 1332, May 8. 6 Edward III. 1 item	12	cm	28	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1337	Quitclaim, 1337, January 13. 10 Edward III. 1 item	12	cm	25	cm	parch
Indulgence	1299	Indulgence, 1299, August 10. 1 item	12	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1230	Grant, ca. 1230. 1 item	12	cm	17.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1250	Quitclaim, ca. 1250. 1 item	12	cm	17	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	12	cm	15	cm	parch
Bond	1428	Bond, 1428, August 13. 6 Henry VI. 1 item	11.6	cm	10	cm	parch
Grant	1350	Grant, 1350, Oct. 25. 24 Edward III. 1 item	11.5	cm	28	cm	parch
Grant	1366	Grant, 1366, Nov. 3. 40 Edward III. 1 item	11.5	cm	25	cm	parch
Grant	1384	Grant, 1384, May 9. 7 Richard II. 1 item	11.5	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant	1325	Grant, 1325, March 9. 18 Edward II. 1 item	11.5	cm	21.5	cm	parch
Grant	1438	Grant, 1438, April 8. 16 Henry VI. 1 item	11.5	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1280	Grant, ca. 1280. 1 item	11.5	cm	20.5	cm	parch
Grant	1220	Grant, ca. 1220. 1 item	11.5	cm	18.5	cm	parch
Grant	1200	Grant, ca. 1200. 1 item	11.5	cm	16.5	cm	parch
Grant	1180	Grant, ca. 1180. 1 item	11.5	cm	15	cm	parch
Grant	1434	Grant, 1434, Oct. 4. 13 Henry VI. 1 item	11	cm	31	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1408	Quitclaim, 1408, October 14. 10 Henry IV. 1 item : parch	11	cm	29.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1533	Quitclaim, 1533, April 10. 24 Henry VIII. 1 item	11	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Grant	1334	Grant, 1334, September 11. 8 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	28.5	cm	parch
Grant	1362	Grant, 1362, April 19. 36 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	28	cm	parch
Grant	1349	Grant, 1349, January 10. 23 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	27	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1366	Quitclaim, 1366, May 9. 40 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Release	1347	Release, 1347, July 2. 21 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1200	Grant, ca. 1200. 1 item	11	cm	17.5	cm	parch
Grant	1348	Grant, 1348, March 9. 22 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	17	cm	parch
Grant	1358	Grant, 1358, April 24. 32 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	17	cm	parch
Grant	1327	Grant, 1327, October 21. 1 Edward III. 1 item	11	cm	17	cm	parch
Grant	1473	Grant, 1473, October 6. 13 Edward IV. 1 item	10.5	cm	35	cm	parch
Release	1363	Release, 1363, September 10. 37 Edward III. 1 item	10.5	cm	30	cm	parch
Grant	1337	Grant, 1337, February 3. 11 Edward III. 1 item	10.5	cm	27	cm	parch
Grant	1341	Grant, 1341, July 24. 15 Edward III. 1 item	10.5	cm	21.5	cm	parch
Grant	1295	Grant, 1295, July. 23 Edward I. 1 item	10.5	cm	21	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1328	Quitclaim, 1328, December 8. 2 Edward III. 1 item	10.5	cm	19	cm	parch
Statute Staple	1567	Statute Staple, 1567, Dec 2. 9 Elizabeth I. 1 item	10	cm	34	cm	parch
Grant	1355	Grant, 1355, January 1. 28 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	28	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1345	Quitclaim, 1345, April 26. 19 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	28	cm	parch
Grant	1358	Grant, 1358, July 20. 32 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1359	Grant, 1359, August 14. 33 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	27	cm	parch
Grant	1357	Grant, 1357, Feb. 12. 32 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	25.5	cm	parch
Acquittance	1404	Acquittance, 1404, January 10. 5 Henry IV. 1 item	10	cm	25	cm	parch
Grant	1371	Grant, 1371, June 27. 45 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1335	Quitclaim, 1335, Feb. 27. 10 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Letters of Attorney	1511	Letters of Attorney, 1511, July 31. 2 Henry VIII. 1 item	10	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant	1334	Grant, 1334, March 6. 2 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	24	cm	parch
Declaration	1487	Declaration, 1487, April 4. 2 Henry VII. 1 item	10	cm	23	cm	parch
Release	1362	Release, 1362, January 16. 36 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1346	Grant, 1346, Mar. 19. 20 Edward III. 1 item	10	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1297	Grant, 1297, August 16. 25 Edward 1. 1 item	10	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1260	Grant, ca. 1260. 1 item	10	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 35 Henry III. 1 item	10	cm	19	cm	parch
Grant	1329	Grant, 1329, January 8. 2 Edward III	10	cm	17	cm	parch
Grant	1358	Grant, 1358, February 14. 32 Edward III. 1 item	9.5	cm	32.5	cm	parch
Grant	1350	Grant, ca. 1350. 1 item	9.5	cm	31.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1439	Quitclaim, 1439, June 22. 17 Henry VI. 1 item	9.5	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Grant	1362	Grant, 1362, January 21. 36 Edward III. 1 item	9.5	cm	22.5	cm	parch
Release	1368	Release, 1368, October 1. 42 Edward III. 1 item	9.5	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Grant	1281	Grant, 1281, November 2. 10 Edward I. 1 item	9.5	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Declaration	1477	Declaration, 1477, August 18. 17 Edward IV. 1 item	9	cm	38	cm	parch
Grant	1358	Grant, 1358, February 14. 32 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	32.5	cm	parch
Grant	1358	Grant, 1358, February 14. 32 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	30.5	cm	parch
Certificate	1501	Certificate, 1501, May 23. 16 Henry VII. 1 item	9	cm	30	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1368	Quitclaim, 1368, Jan. 21. 42 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	27	cm	parch
Grant	1337	Grant, 1337, September 17. 11 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	26	cm	parch
Grant	1355	Grant, 1355, June 7. 29 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	26	cm	parch
Grant	1336	Grant, 1336, September 13. 10 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	25.5	cm	parch
Grant	1542	Grant, 1542, July 6. 34 Henry VIII. 1 item	9	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Grant	1332	Grant, 1332, June 12. 6 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	23.5	cm	parch
Receipt	1352	Receipt, 1352, April 9. 26 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	23	cm	parch
Grant	1280	Grant, ca. 1280. 1 item	9	cm	22	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1341	Quitclaim, 1341, June 29. 15 Edward III. 1 item	9	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	9	cm	20.5	cm	parch
Grant	1408	Grant, 1408, Mar. 3. 10 Henry IV. 1 item	8.5	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant	1355	Grant, 1355, July 23. 29 Edward III. 1 item	8.5	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant	1290	Grant, ca. 1290. 1 item	8.5	cm	20	cm	parch
grant	1250	grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	8.5	cm	18.5	cm	parch
Grant	1487	Grant, 1487, April. 2 Henry VII. 1 item	8	cm	31.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1428	Quitclaim, 1428, April 7. 6 Henry VI. 1 item	8	cm	27.5	cm	parch
Bond	1543	Bond, 1543, January 7. 34 Henry VIII. 1 item	8	cm	27	cm	parch
Grant	1337	Grant, 1337, July 10. 11 Edward III. 1 item	8	cm	24	cm	parch
Grant	1346	Grant, 1346, June 15. 20 Edward III. 1 item	8	cm	23	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	8	cm	22.5	cm	parch
Surrender	1438	Surrender, 1438, April9. 16 Henry VI. 1 item	8	cm	22	cm	parch
Letters of Attorney	1348	Letters of Attorney, 1348, December 9. 22 Edward III. 1 ite	8	cm	18	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	8	cm	16	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1290	Quitclaim, ca. 1290. 18 Edward I. 1 item	8	cm	14	cm	parch
Agreement	1361	Agreement, 1361, January 29. 35 Edward III. 1 item	7.5	cm	33.5	cm	parch
Receipt	1334	Receipt, 1334, Aug. 5. 8 Edward III. 1 item	7.5	cm	30	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1381	Quitclaim, 1381, December 25. 5 Richard II. 1 item	7.5	cm	23	cm	parch
Bond	1278	Bond, 1278, March 9. 6 Edward I. 1 item	7.5	cm	22	cm	parch
Grant	1300	Grant, ca. 1300. 1 item	7.5	cm	19	cm	parch
Bond		Bond, ca. 1280. 1 item	7.5	cm	18.5	cm	parch
Manumission	1270-1271	Manumission, 1270-1271. 55 Henry III. 1 item	7.5	cm	18	cm	parch
Grant	1281	Grant, 1281, April. 9 Edward I. 1 item	7	cm	28	cm	parch
Grant	1373	Grant, 1373, September 8. 47 Edward III. 1 item	7	cm	27	cm	parch
Acquittance	1439	Acquittance, 1439, June 22. 17 Henry VI. 1 item	7	cm	25	cm	parch
Grant	1334	Grant, 1334, May 11. 8 Edward III. 1 item	7	cm	23	cm	parch
Quitclaim 1294	1294	Quitclaim 1294, November 12. 22 Edward I. 1 item	7	cm	20	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1294	Quitclaim, 1294, November 12. 22 Edward I. 1 item	7	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1330	Quitclaim, 1330, September 28. 4 Edward III. 1 item	7	cm	18.5	cm	parch
Grant	1200	Grant, ca. 1200. 1 item	7	cm	15.5	cm	parch
Grant	1250	Grant, ca. 1250. 1 item	6.5	cm	33.5	cm	parch
Notice	1362	Notice, 1362, January 14. 36 Edward III. 1 item	6.5	cm	24.5	cm	parch
Quitclaim	1345	Quitclaim, 1345, May 31. 19 Edward III. 1 item	6.5	cm	23	cm	parch
Letters of Attorney	1316	Letters of Attorney, 1316, May 2. 9 Edward II. 1 item	6.5	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Request	1350	Request, 1350, March 14. 24 Edward III. 1 item	6	cm	33.5	cm	parch
Appointment	1382	Appointment, 1382, April 25. 5 Richard II. 1 item	6	cm	24	cm	parch
Probate of Will	1500	Probate of Will, 1500, January 31. 1 item	5.5	cm	31	cm	parch
Letters of attorney	1334	Letters of attorney, 1334, September. 9. 8 Edward III. 1 item	5.5	cm	20	cm	parch
Letters of attorney	1393	Letters of attorney, 1393, April 4. 16 Richard II. 1 item	5.5	cm	19.5	cm	parch
Letters of Attorney	1397	Letters of Attorney, 1397, May 11. 20 Richard II. 1 item	3.5	cm	21	cm	parch
Grant	1220	Grant, ca. 1220. 1 item	3.5	cm	18	cm	parch

EndNotes:

1.) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/manuscripts/deeds/index.php">http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/manuscripts/deeds/index.php

Works Cited

Harvard Law School Library, Special Collections; http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/manuscripts/deeds/index.php">http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/manuscripts/deeds/index.php, Accessed 2/20/2007

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