Roger Bigod deed : manuscript, ca. 1201-1205
- Description
- Record of 3 grants of land in Suffolk by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, to the sons of magister William de Risinges (Walter, Simon, Eustace, and Peter), for which Bigod received a riding horse, a windmill with a rood of land (possibly the earliest mention of a windmill in Suffolk), and an annual fee. Written in 17 long lines, in a chancery script, with the central part of a wax seal still remaining on a parchment tag. The remnant of the seal shows part of an equestrian figure on one side and a heraldic lion on the other.
- Creator
- Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk, -1221
- Risinges, Walter de
- Risinges, Simon de
- Risinges, Eustace de
- Risinges, Peter de
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- deeds
- legal documents
- seals (artifacts)
- Manuscripts, Latin
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Date
- 1201
- Language
- Latin
- Subject
- Real property -- England -- Suffolk
- Windmills -- England -- History
- Windmills
- History
- Real property
- Geographic Subject
- England
- England -- Suffolk
- Collection
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 111 x 167 mm
- Notes
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
- In Latin.
- Related works
- Video orientation
- The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Digital facsimile for download (OPenn)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 211
- Provenance
- Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 27838, number written in ink on verso).
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 26 June 1974, lot 3057, probably to Paul Grinke (Eye, Suffolk; book label on former housing, with 1974 written on it in ink).
- Appears in Sam Fogg Ltd.'s cat. 16 (1995), no. 44.
- Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 42.
- Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
- Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
- Grinke, Paul, former owner.
- Stanitz, John D., former owner.
- Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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