Identity area
Reference code
GC/BUR/D/III/5
Unique identifier
GB 2198 GC/BUR/D/III/5
Title
Draft acknowledgement by the Master and Fellows of receipt under his [J. Strange] will of 1000 sheep and certificate of prayers
Date(s)
- c. 1517 (Creation)
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1 document Manuscript Paper
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Biographical history
'M.' (presumably master, but he was a married man). Late of Little Massingham.
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The prayers are to be said by William Buckenham DD [Master] and Thomas Swayne BD, or whichever is the survivor, and the Master and Fellows determine that after the death of Buckenham and Swayne the prayers shall be as determined by the Master and President of Gonville Hall for the time being. It ends 'In wytness whereof' - and is evidently an incomplete draft: presumably the original was given to the executors.
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Note
Undated, but since the gift of the sheep was to be at midsummer 1518, it was presumably in 1517 at latest. Sheep - 700 ewes and 300 lambs.
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