Manuscript indenture from the reign of Queen Elizabeth relating to London property

England, 1575. Ink on parchment, 330x525cm. Old folds, parchment hanging tab with partial wax seal. Verso stained and darkened from folded storage, with legible contemporary annotations. Ink on parchment, 330x525cm. This indenture, between Richard Briton of Woodford and Henrie or William Berton late of London, Thomas Christie, and John Entes of London relates to property in the capital messuage or mansion house of Richard Breton, just outside "steplegate," London.

An excellent example of a transfer laid out in a fairly clear hand on lined parchment with all the usual legal formulae represented.