Catalogue description "A Booke of Survey .... of the mannor of Drayton Bafsett", co. Stafford, belonging to...

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Details of DU/VOL. XIX
Reference: DU/VOL. XIX
Description:

"A Booke of Survey .... of the mannor of Drayton Bafsett", co. Stafford, belonging to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, "lyinge in Drayton, Faseley, Bonthill, Bitterscourt and Dunstall", co. Stafford, "accordinge to a perfecte plott thereof made" in 1584, etc. At the end (f.25b) are the arms of Goodere in colours, with a dedication to the Earl by "Henicus Gooderus" and two complimentary Latin couplets.

 

Folio; ff.25. In vellum covers, stamped with the Earl of Leicester's arms

Date: 1584
Held by: Longleat House, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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