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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2003

(x) Historical Documents
1201 (11 Nov.) handwritten indenture on vellum, in a fine script, for grant of land at Halsham (a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire) by Hawisa de Blossevill, daughter of Jordan de Blossevill, and makes reference to Hugh, the Bishop of Lincoln; with the jagged edge at top and tail for the seal at foot. The indenture has been folded and there are a few surface imperfections, however, in remarkable condition for a document of this age. The document gives details of how the money is to be paid. It is rare for indentures of this age to be dated and bears two important witnesses. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

Indentures were written in duplicate on the same piece of parchment, then each copy was separated by cutting a jagged line between them. Each party would retain their own copy and, if required, the two parts could be fitted together to confirm the authenticity of the document.

"Hawisa of Blossevill daughter of Jordan of Blossevill to Fulk of Oiri, his heirs and assigns property all her desmesne of Halsham for her life, rendering 10 marks of silver yearly in the octave of St. Martin in Winter to her or her messenger at Torenton (Thornton, West Yorkshire) who carries her letters patent to Fulk." (from Hubert de Burgh's alleged Pouchard ancestry)

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