Indenture: Legal Document/Financial Agreement.

Allen, Anne & Others.

Published by Handwritten legal document on vellum; between Anne Allen of Marden, Kent [England] & John Charleton of Linton, Kent on 31 December1657.

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Size of handwritten document on vellum: 9 1/4" x 4 3/4"; 9 lines in English on front & 12 on the back. Wax seal is chipped away. With mark (A) of Anne Allen & signatures of Mich.[ael?] Beaver, John Austen & JH (?) Deane. Document shows 3 vertical folds, slight wear, light crease to area of signatures, small erasure in 2nd line, right; majority of wax seal is missing. (Scan shows the front of the document). Approximate contents (with some legal terms, or other words replaced by [-]): Know all men by these presents That I Anne Allen of Marden in the County of Kent widdow am held & firmely bound unto John Charleton of Linton in the County aforesaid yeoman In Three Hundred pounds of lawfull money of England To be paid to the said John Charleton his executors, Administrators or Assignors To which payment will and faithfully to be made I bind myself mine heires executors and Administrators firmely by these presents Sealed with my Seale Dated the one and thirtieth day of December in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand & Six Hundred ffifty and Seven The mark of Anne A Allen Sealed and delivered in the presence of Mich. Beaver John Austen JH [?] Deane. (On the back): The condition of the within written obligation is such That if the within bounden Anne Allen her heires executors Administrators Assignors [-] shall & doe well & truly observe aforementioned [-] and All and singular thereunto & one of Indenture bearing date with the within written obligation made between the within bounden Anne Allen of the one part And the within named John Charleton of the other part without the partys [?] & behalfe of the said Anne Allen her heires executors Adminstrators or Assignors and to be observed performed fulfilled or kept according to the effort intent and [-] of the said [-] Indentures The [-] within written obligation to be void and of none effect or else to stand and remain in full power force [-] and [-]/. Sold as a handwritten document & example of legal calligraphy. Seller Inventory # ABE-198090906

Bibliographic Details

Title: Indenture: Legal Document/Financial ...

Publisher: Handwritten legal document on vellum; between Anne Allen of Marden, Kent [England] & John Charleton of Linton, Kent on 31 December1657.

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)