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Unpublished IPMs: Gilbert Talbot, Gloucestershire, 1419

Posted by: mholford in Unpublished inquisitions 10 years, 6 months ago

This IPM into the Gloucestershire lands of Gilbert Talbot has been calendared as CIPM xxi.322, but only five brief disconnected phrases from its text appear there, followed by the statement ‘remainder mostly illegible'.  Both the Chancery and Exchequer texts do indeed present challenges, but in fact between them the entire text can be read, with some effort and the use of an ultra-violet lamp.  It appears below.

Circumstantial evidence: proving the age of the Brokholes heiresses 1426-7

Posted by: mholford in Featured inquisition, Proofs of age 10 years, 6 months ago

Michael Hicks discusses CIPM xxii.829-30, two proofs of age which bear on the legal dispute central to the Armburgh papers, one of the few surviving letter collections from medieval England.