Item Summary

Document pertaining to the entail of Redgrave Hall property near Rickinghall, Suffolk, to Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579), first Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal under Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), and dated 3 October 1566. The entail is a regrant to Sir Nicholas Bacon from Thomas Seckford (1515?-1588) and Robert Nowell (d. 1569) and is signed by all three. Contemporary inscription on the dorse "to remayne with Edward" indicating it was intended to be passed on to Bacon's third son, Edward.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Entail, 1566 October 3, of Redgrave Hall property to Sir Nicholas Bacon]
Call Number
South wall 19, Garrett MS. 167e
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcbn999n067
Language
Latin
Date Created
1566
Extent
1 sheet : parchment ; 340-345 x 545-550 (260 x 485) mm. + 1 seal.
Provenance
Belonged to Edward Bacon. Probably included with material sold to Sir John Holt in 1702. Likely sold by the Holt family before 1920. P.M. Barnard acquired the document and sold it to Sir Henry Yates Thompson. Sold from his collection in 1920 to Lathrop C. Harper, then to Giuseppe Martini who sold it in 1922. Robert Garrett acquired the manuscript from Ernest Dressel North in 1927. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 382-383.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Incipit: "Omnibus christi fidelibus ad quos hoc presens Scriptum Indentatum quadrupertitum peruenerit Thomas Seckeforde et Robertus Nowell Armigeri salutem in Domino sempiternam. Sciatis quod nos prefatos Thomam et Robertum dedisse contessisse et hoc presenti scripto nostro confirmasse Nicho Bacon Militi domino Custodi magni Sigilli ..."
Explicit: "... datum Tercio die Octobre dicto Anno regni predicti domine Elizabeth dei gratia Anglie ffrancie et hibernie Regine fidei defensoris et cetera."
Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment.
Layout: 45 long lines ; ruled.
Accompanying materials: With 1 seal (fragmentary), applied, signet of Thomas Seckfort (red) on a tag. With 2 additional tags for seals (missing).
Origin: Written for Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 3 October 1566.

Discovery Information

Subject
Bacon, Nicholas Sir 1509-1579—Estate—Early works to 1800
Entail—England—Suffolk—Early works to 1800
Land tenure—England—Suffolk—History—Sources
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Seals

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c3a48f65-ae9a-4e32-99bb-84c6a72e01ba/manifest