Antique Manuscripts

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Persons Involved: James Peach, David Kennedy, Joanne Bell, Joanne Watson, Andrew Jackson, Charles Lesly, James Wilson and others Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout with a signature at the base.

A 16th Century probate copy of the will of Sir Thomas Burton, on vellum, dusty and creased. On the reverse is a later reference to the Rectory Manor of Wakefield, A previous owner dated this to 1555, presumably from internal evidence, but sold as seen. An early manuscript item.

This is a handwritten leather bound album, which has mostly handwritten entries, and there are over 130 pages with handwritten entries. There are also several newspaper cuttings throughout, and a bookplate like piece of card with two cats drawn on it to the inner front board (see pictures).

I have here for sale a genuine antique VELLUM DOCUMENT written on sheep vellum in 1669. Difficult to read as the text is Latin, main text fading but an addendum at the bottom is clear. Name of ADAMI DAVIDSON, WILLIAM CHALMERS, JOHN MASON, NOTARY PUBLIC.

I have here for sale a genuine antique VELLUM DOCUMENT written on sheep vellum in 1680. English language - mainly readable, reign of Charles II - places are FAZACKERLEY and LIVERPOOL. Names of ROBERT WHITFOIL, HANNAH WHITFOIL, HENRY MARTIN, Richard Gray.?.

This is a collection of original antique documents and writings.

Date: 1678 Location: Farm with land and two other houses with land, all in Charlton Horethorne in Somerset Persons Involved: Gabriel Reeve, John Reeve and Edmond Dawes Contents: Release – part two of a two part sale of property with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, past and present tenants, acreage, land use, field names, property names and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures and at the base is a red wax seal wrapped in paper attached to a vellum pendant.

Date: 1689 Location: Two houses with gardens and lands in the parishes of Charlton Horethorne and Corton Denham in Somerset Persons Involved: Thomas Husey, George Husey, Edmond Dawe and John Cheeke Contents: Lease for a year – part one of a two part sale of property with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, acreage, land use, property names, field names and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures and at the base are two ornate red wax seals on vellum pendants.

Date: 1754 Location: A house and shop with garden in Pilgrim Street in Newcastle in Tyne and Wear Persons Involved: John Pearson, John Stoddart and Thomas Dunford Contents: Assignment of a Mortgage with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, history back to 1742, full boundaries, past and present tenants, rights and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, on the left there are three blue duty stamps with a piece of silver attached and an ink stamp. There are signatures and at the base three red wax seals each displaying a hogs head.

The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography.

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Persons Involved: Joanna Watson and James Falconer Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout with a signature at the base.

Date: 1709 Location: Land in the parish of Knapdale in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Persons Involved: Robert Campbell , Archibald Mc Alester, Alexander Mc Alester, William Buchanan and James Buchanan Contents: Transfer of property with details given including the sum of money, location within the parish, history, field names and concludes with the terms and conditions Material: Vellum Language: English Size: A single leaf 23 inches by 8 ½ inches Other: There is nice calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures and at the base an ornate marking by the notary Condition: Excellent (A-Grade).

As stated property deed with seal, clear writing from 1665.

Date: 1679 Location: Two houses with gardens in Newbury in Berkshire Persons Involved: Charles Hunt and Edmund Cooper Contents: Conveyance with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, full boundaries, past and present tenants, rights and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures on the reverse and at the base a further signature with a vellum pendant below.

Date: 1730 Location: A house with yard in the town of Newcastle Upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear Persons Involved: Jeremiah Cooke and Thomas Allison Contents: Lease – part one of a two part sale of property with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, full boundaries, past and present tenants and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, on the left there are three blue duty stamps with a piece of silver attached and an ink stamp. There are signatures and at the base is a red wax seal displaying a rabbit.

Date: 1727 Location: House with garden, orchard and land in Great Coggeshall in Essex Persons Involved: Richard Frost and William Townsend Contents: Lease for a year – part one of a two part sale of property with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, a boundary, past and present tenants and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, on the left there are three blue duty stamps with a piece of silver attached and an ink stamp. There are signatures and at the base is a red wax seal.

Handwritten 'Document of Surrender'. Manor of Saint Lawrence, in the County of Berkshire. Surrender of a Ten Acre Parcel of Land, Situate near Hammonds Wood. Dated 17th April 1851.

A vellum indenture dated 1820 describing the lease of land in Snag Lane, Rumboldswhyke, a small parish east of Chichester (now within the suburbs of Chichester). The lndenture has six wax seals along the bottom, signed by the various persons mentioned in the deed.

Date: 1686 Location: Lands in Trent, Somerset Persons Involved: John Martyn, Dorothy Bicknell, Bridgett Harbyn, Anthony Poole the elder and Anthony Poole the younger Contents: Mortgage with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, history back to 1657, past and present tenants, acreage, land use, rights, field names and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures and at the base a vellum pendant.

Location: A house and land in Kenilworth in the county of Warwick Persons Involved: Thomas Taylor and Judith his wife and Edward Heywood Contents: Lease for a year part one of a two part sale of property with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, past and present tenants, acreage, land use, field names and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, there are signatures and at the base are two red wax seals each on a vellum pendant.

Date: 1754 Location: Property it relates to is in Lombard Street at the corner with Birchin Lane, London Persons Involved: John Bigsby and Samuel Granger and Drucy his wife Contents: A Final Agreement that at court confirms a property transaction through the process of a fake court case. Whereby Bigsby the purchaser and here the plaintiff takes Granger and his wife, the vendors and here the defendants to court. The court finds in favour of the plaintiff but awards compensation to the defendants i.e. the sale price Indented with markings along two sides to prove authenticity along with the other two documents and copies of each other made of the same sheet of vellum. One copy each would go to the vendor and purchaser respectively and the third would be held by the court.

original Elizabeth I of ENGLAND document.

Date: 1744 Location: A house in the parish of Saint Peters at Arches in the City of Lincoln Persons Involved: Elizabeth Wastby, George Wastby, John Trawley the elder and Harrison Millington Contents: Release – part two of a two part transfer of property as part of a marriage settlement with details given including the occupation of those involved, the sum of money, location, history, boundaries, past and present tenants, measurements and concludes with the terms and conditions Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the introduction. Handwritten in beautiful legible script throughout, on the left there are three blue duty stamps with a piece of silver attached and an ink stamp. There are signatures and at the base two red wax seals displaying the head of a man.

ORIGINAL 1814 MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM INDENTURE DEED OF COVENANT DOCUMENT CONCERNING A PROPERTY KNOWN AS TREWOLVAS, STITHIANS, BETWEEN JOHN BROWN, A YEOMAN OF STITHIANS OF THE ONE PART AND CALEB KNOWLES, A YEOMAN OF THE SAME PARISH OF THE OTHER PART.