(Leicester Square) Handwritten Indenture on Vellum. (1683)

Handwritten Indenture on Vellum. December 24, 1683. Leicester Square, London. Measures 27" wide by 24" tall, written in black and brown inks.

Relates to the lease of land for 41 years in the area of Leicester Square to Michael Rolles. 

Nicely scalloped top edge with a large and elaborate flourish of handwriting of the beginning of the first T and the I. 

Names of people in agreement:

Michael Rolles

Right Honourable Philip, Earl of Leicester

Robert Viscount Lisle

Locations named in agreement:

Leicester Square
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields

Describes the coordinates 50' x 37' and position of the 37 foot courtyard which faces South onto Lisle Street. 

57 lines, all legible. Some discoloration along edges and some age-browning, but not brittle, no tears. Usual fold lines and remains of a hole where originally there had been a seal. Generally Good.

With, a separate 9" x 6.75" sheet of vellum that shows measurement in feet of the other properties the land faces, strings attached. Bright, Good condition.

Unique. Suitable for framing.

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