Having completed the round of posts about a set of charters pertaining mostly to Preston in Suffolk, England, we turn to 2 more English charters in that private collection, as now revealed to our view.<\/p>\n
![\"Group](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2193-Set-of-Preston-Charters-cropped-300x195.jpg\")
Group of 8 Preston Charters: Front. Photograph Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n
The first round considered the group in stages, pair by pair:<\/p>\n
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- Charters 5 and 7:\u00a0 Full Court Preston<\/a> and Preston Take 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Charters 6 and 9:\u00a0 Preston Charters Continued<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Charters 10 and 11:\u00a0 Charter the Course:\u00a0 More on Preston Charters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Charters 12 and 13: Preston Charters: The Chierographs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
(Remember, Charter 8 is missing.)<\/p>\n
Now we turn to a new pair:\u00a0 Charters 1 and 2 in the same set.<\/p>\n
These documents have the owner’s numbers 1 and 2 entered on their dorse in black ink, at top left.\u00a0 The numbers on the “Preston” group as we considered them show their placement clearly.<\/p>\n
![\"Private](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2116-Preston-Charters-Full-Set-Dorse-Views-cropped.jpg\")
Preston Charters: Dorse with Guide. Photograph Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n
For Charters 1 & 2, the first purchased among the collector’s English charters, we can at present show you their face, not dorse. These 2 were purchased as single items.<\/p>\n
Charter 1<\/h2>\n
6 Richard II (= 22 June 1382 – 21 June 1383)
\n“On the Feast of Saint Michael Archangel” = 19 September
\n19 September 1382<\/h4>\nFrom Juliana X [Name to be deciphered], Wife of John of Saint Andrew, Miles <\/em>(“Soldier”)
\n<\/em><\/h4>\nTo Thomas Merdeleye of Sutton and others<\/h4>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-Face-cropped-unnamed-top-1024x357.jpg\")
Charter 1: 6 Richard II Face.<\/p><\/div>\n
Richard II<\/a> (6 January 1367 \u2013 c. 14 February 1400), who reigned from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.
\nAmong his Regnal Years<\/a>, Year 6 spanned spanned 22 June 1382 – 21 June 1383.<\/p>\n![\"London,](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronation_Richard2_England_01-1018x1024.jpg\")
London, British Library, Royal MS 14 E IV, folio 10 recto. “Recueil des croniques” by Jean de Wavrin. Coronation of Richard II at the age of 10 in 1377.<\/p><\/div>\n
The document specifies the date of the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel<\/a> \u2014 namely 19 September.\u00a0 Within the span of this king’s regnal years, crossing from one June to the next, that feast fell in the first calendar year.<\/p>\n
Damage to the document by liquid, smears, folds, and holes imposes strategic impediments to deciphering some of the names.\u00a0 Examples include the surname or appelation of the vendor<\/p>\n
Ego Juliana ???\u00a0 uxor Johannis de sancto Andrea milities<\/em><\/p>\n
“Juliana [???], wife of John of Saint Andrew, miles<\/em>” (line 1 and again line 6, both times disrupted after her first name)<\/p>\n
and the names of some buyers and witnesses.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-Face-cropped-top-center-1024x327.jpg\")
Charter 1: 6 Richard II Face top center.<\/p><\/div>\n
Image enhancement by the owner improves the legibility.\u00a0 For example, viewing with Black Light<\/a> reveals more of the text through the water damage.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-black-lighting-of-water-damage-cropped.jpg\")
Charter 1: 6 Richard II Charter Face with black-lighting of water damage.<\/p><\/div>\n
Similar for other portions of the water-damage, lower down on the document.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-Charter-black-lighting-of-water-damage-midway-rotated.jpg\")
Charter 1: 6 Richard II Charter with black-lighting of water damage.<\/p><\/div>\n
Docketing<\/h4>\n
Another method, Back-lighting<\/a>, reveals more of the docketing inscription on the dorse.\u00a0 That inscription, for what it is worth, had the benefit of viewing the text before the water damage, which affected the docketing as well.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-back-lit-docketing-cropped-1024x410.jpg\")
Charter 1: f 6 Richard 11. Docketing Inscription under back-lighting.<\/p><\/div>\n
All the same, the inscription exhibits some variations from the text of the document.<\/p>\n
A Deede from Julian [sic<\/em>] . . . wife of John S[. . .] A[.]nd[ . .]\/
\nto Thomas Mo[?]edoley, of Sutton, to John d[. . . ] \/
\nau to John de Bredon capellan [. . . ] \/
\ndated on . . . sct[. . . ] \/
\n[ . . . ]<\/p>\nPeople<\/h4>\n
The names might find identifications with persons recorded in other sources \u2014 provided, of course, that the dates are correct and the identifications are secure.\u00a0 For example, records survive for<\/p>\n
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- a Johannis de sancto andrea<\/a> at Byfield, in 1428 (Way too late)<\/li>\n
- a Thomas de Merdeleye<\/a> and Thomas de Merdeley<\/a>, and<\/li>\n
- a John de Bredon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
More work to do.\u00a0 Would you like to join the quest?<\/p>\n
And the Seal<\/h4>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6-Richard-II-seal-1008x1024.jpg\")
Charter 1: 6 Richard II Charter Seal.<\/p><\/div>\n
Charter 2<\/h2>\n
10 Henry VII (22 August 1494 \u2013 21 August 1495)
\n“Seventh Day of December” = 7 December 1494<\/h3>\nFrom Thomas X
\nTo X
\nAt “Kymbaston”<\/h3>\n![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10-Henry-VII-unnamed-Last-1024x563.jpg\")
Charter 2: 10 Henry VII Face.<\/p><\/div>\n
Date and Place<\/h4>\n
The text closes with its dating clause.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10-Henry-VII-Face-lower-left-1024x702.jpg\")
Charter 2: 10 Henry VII Face, lower left.<\/p><\/div>\n
Apud Kymbaston . . . septimo die mensis decembris anno regni Regis Henrici septimi post conquestum Anglis decimo.<\/em><\/p>\n
“At Kymbaston . . . on the seventh day of the month of December in the tenth regnal year of King Henry VII after the conquest of the English.”<\/p>\n
Henry VII<\/a> (28 January 1457 \u2013 21 April 1509) reigned from 22 August 1485 until his death. Among his Regnal Years<\/a>, Year 10 spanned 22 August 1494 \u2013 21 August 1495.<\/p>\n
So:\u00a0 7 December 1491, at a place then called Kymbaston<\/em>.<\/p>\n
![\"London,](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Enrique_VII_de_Inglaterra_por_un_artista_an\u00f3nimo-743x1024.jpg\")
London, National Portrait Gallery, Portrait painted 29 October 1505. Henry VII wearing the Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and holding a rose.<\/p><\/div>\n
Who, What, Where<\/h4>\n
The forcible removal of much of the document by excision prevents a clear view of the transaction entire.<\/p>\n
The vendor was a Thomas. That much is clear.<\/p>\n
![\"Charter](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10-Henry-VII-Face-top-left.jpg\")
Charter 2: 10 Henry VII Face top left.<\/p><\/div>\n
More research may reveal more about the persons and places.<\/p>\n
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- a Thomas de Merdeleye<\/a> and Thomas de Merdeley<\/a>, and<\/li>\n
- a Johannis de sancto andrea<\/a> at Byfield, in 1428 (Way too late)<\/li>\n
- Charters 12 and 13: Preston Charters: The Chierographs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Charters 10 and 11:\u00a0 Charter the Course:\u00a0 More on Preston Charters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Charters 6 and 9:\u00a0 Preston Charters Continued<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n