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Land tenure -- England -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Collection of land indentures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1779
Scope and Contents Collection includes 1,449 handwritten land indentures, mostly on parchment and some on paper. The materials relate to the sale and ownership of land in England over nearly three centuries, including deeds, leases, manorial records and mortgages. Also included are prenuptial and loan agreements, wills and probate records. Original provenance of the collection is unknown. Several documents were apparently mailed to George Minns, a Salt Lake City genealogist, but how the whole collection was...
Dates: 1405-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of land indentures

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