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1578314592Luton England 1578. 450 x 320 mm. Ink on parchment. Old folds wax seal partially intact on parchment hang tag. Contemporary annotations on verso. 450 x 320 mm. Bedfordshire history. An indenture between Thomas Cheyney of Bramanyer in the parish of Luton in the Countie of Bedford and John Partridge who is described as a yeoman -- which is a comparatively wealthy non-titled farmer.<br/><br/>It is compartively unusual to see a seal survive on such a document. The hand is distinct uses several common and some less common abbreviations derived from Latin documentary hands and the document uses gothic lettering for emphasis in places. unknown books