Letter of attorney from Basil and William Fielding,
Indenture, ink on single sheet of vellum, 28 lines in English, signatures of Basil and William Feilding (Basill Fylding and Will Filding) at foot. Verso with signatures of witnesses Richard Gardas [?], William Richingham, George Feilding, Thomas Launder, William Launder, John Wolfreston, also endors...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Indenture, ink on single sheet of vellum, 28 lines in English, signatures of Basil and William Feilding (Basill Fylding and Will Filding) at foot. Verso with signatures of witnesses Richard Gardas [?], William Richingham, George Feilding, Thomas Launder, William Launder, John Wolfreston, also endorsed with memorandum of delivery of seisin by Ralph Parker. Seals missing. |
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| Item Description: | Title devised by cataloger. Basil Fieldinge of Newnham [Paddox] in Warwickshire, Esq., and William Fielding of Newnham, Kt., to Ralph Parker of Hartshill in Warwickshire, gent, to deliver seisin of a close called the Hey Meadow, occupied by George Fielding, and of three closes called the White Fielde, the Oatte Fielde and the Jarr Fielde, occupied by Thomas Holt, to Richard Whitall of Oldbury in Warwickshire, gent, to whom they sold it by a deed of the same date. Bears the signature of Basil Feilding of Newnham Paddox, high sheriff of Warwickshire during the Jacobean period. The Feildings were one of the most prominent families of the county. Also present is the signature of his son William Feilding, first earl of Denbigh who rose to prominence as a courtier and naval officer, assisted by the patronage facilitated through the influence of his brother- in-law George Villiers (1592-1628), first duke of Buckingham, Feilding having married Buckingham's sister Susan Villiers in 1606. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ; 17 x 24 cm |