Rare Old 1766 Vellum Sheepskin Manuscript Document Indenture UK King George III

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Rare Old 1766 Vellum Sheepskin Manuscript Document Indenture UK King George III:
$84.00

Click Here to Discover our Other items!
And we welcome your questions & comments on this item
- - -TheChronicles at - - - Rare English hand scripted 252 year old vellum indenture
Approximately 14\"x22\" and dated 1766
In clean attractive condition
(For more information on early Indentures, see our comments in blue below)Beautifully handwritten and very displayable
In quaint Old English script that is quite readableThe top of the indenture reads:
\"This Indenture made the first day of January
in the sixth year of the Reign of Sovereign Lord George the Third\"King George III was the last King of America
And when this document was written 1766, he was still ruling the American Colonies With signatures and red seals of William Lacy and Thomas & Elizabeth Boyes on verso Here\'s a Description of the Images displayed above:
1. Front Upper Left with Start of Indenture
2. Front of Indenture showing full document with Red Wax Seals & Signatures
3. Closeup of Bottom Left Seal & Signature - Thomas Boyes
4 Closeup of Bottom Center Seal & Signature - His Wife, Elizabeth Boyes
(Like many folks in the 1700s, the Boyes couldn\'t write so they left their Mark)
5. Closeup of Bottom Right Seal & Signature - William Lacey
6. Closeup of Tax Stamp at Center Left of Indenture
7. Back of Indenture \"Sealed and Delivered by All the Parties...\" with two signatures
8. Back of Indenture with more text and dated 1766
9. Back of Indenture. Other side of tax stamp with \"GR\" and Crown
10. ...And for Reference, here\'s painting of King George III in 1762[And for Ancestry Buffs: Willam Lacy was from Bishop\'s Waltham, a medieval market town
in Southampton, Hampshire, UK. The Boyes were from nearby Bishop\'s Stoke (now Bishopstoke)] More on Vellum Indentures:
Indentures are legal contracts, and are entirely written by hand on large sheepskins,
in keeping with legal practice dating back to Medieval times Today, these early British legal manuscripts are prized collector\'s items,
and make impressive decorator accents when matted and framed The top edge of the document shows the wavy, or \"indented\" margin that gives
these documents their name. As a safeguard against counterfeiting,
the copies given to all parties were placed together and cut in the margin in a wavy,
irregular pattern, thus uniquely identifying the authenticity of each copyFor extra protection, this item will be shipped in an archival folderAll items that are offered by The Chronicles are from a large collection that we acquired
from an avid collector & dealer of Scarce Paper Americana in the late 1900s
They include newspapers, documents, books, maps and images, with a focus on the civil war era and beforeAll items are genuine originals. We do not handle copies or reproductions of any items