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Osborn fa41.2
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of, 1478-1521
Writings at Thornbury belonging to Stafford Duke of Buckingham : [ca.
1520]
1 p. ; 40 cm. x 26 cm.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing a brief box-level
inventory of muniments stored at Thornbury Castle by the third Duke of
Buckingham. Items listed include a box "with my lordys pedygrese;" two boxes
"with evidence concerynynge a Chauntrie in Newport;" a box of indulgences,
pardons and licences; a box of writings concerning a voyage to France made by
the first Duke of Buckingham in 1437; boxes of documents relating to the
marriages of the Duke's son and daughter; and a variety of boxes of land
grants, charters, and deeds.
Title added to document in another contemporary hand (possibly after the
execution of the Duke in 1521?).
Annotations on verso in a 17th century hand; 6p. of annotations
concerning the genealogy of English noble families in the same hand attached
to the inventory.
Accompanied by typed transcript.
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of, 1478-1521--Archives.
Family archives--England.
Nobility--England.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547.
Inventories.
Acc.: 04.6.5
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