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CH/20/117
Reference code
CH/20/117
Level of description
Item
Title
Surrender of Letters Patent of the Porter of the Close, 1736
Original Title
Shillingford's Patent Surrendered 1736
Date
16 Jun 1736
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Deed of the Dean, John Clarke (Dean, 1728-1757) and Chapter, recording the surrender of "the Letters Patent of the Office of Porter of our Close of Sarum" by one Matthew Shillingford.
Mention is made of "Matthew Shillingford the Elder and Matthew Shillingford the Younger", and of a James Rigby and a John Carpenter, but the ink is faded and the deed stained so as to make part of the text indecipherable.
Three roughly circular stains, one quite dark; some small holes in the parchment.
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: parchment, paper, wax.