BIB_ID
130039
Accession number
MA 524.4
Creator
Piers, John, 1522 or 1523-1594.
Display Date
1593 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and documents in the autographs of the Archbishops of York. See collection record for more information.
The recipient was probably the sheriff of Yorkshire. Henry Constable, sheriff of Yorkshire, was married to Margaret Dormer Constable.
With address and trace of a seal. Docketed.
The recipient was probably the sheriff of Yorkshire. Henry Constable, sheriff of Yorkshire, was married to Margaret Dormer Constable.
With address and trace of a seal. Docketed.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1904.
Summary
Summoning Sir Henry Constable and his wife to York on 15 February 1594, between 9 and 11 in the morning, at which time they "shall know o[u]r mynde more fully." Signed John Piers, and by H. Huntyngdon; Humfrey Purefey (?), Ra: Rokebye, and Jo: Benet.
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