Depositions of witnesses in a lawsuit, Sir William Yelverton and William Worcester v. John Paston and Thomas Howes, concerning the executorship of the will of Sir John Fastolf
Depositions of witnesses in a lawsuit, Sir William Yelverton and William Worcester v. John Paston and Thomas Howes, concerning the executorship of the will of Sir John Fastolf, 1464-1465.
Abstract printed in The Paston letters, ed. James Gairdner, ii (1900), 154-8.
Dates
- Creation: 1464-1465
Extent
104 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Norf. c. 4, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Norf. c. 4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18043
Abstract
Depositions of witnesses in a lawsuit, Sir William Yelverton and William Worcester v. John Paston and Thomas Howes, concerning the executorship of the will of Sir John Fastolf, 1464-1465.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54523.
Custodial History
Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 916; Phillipps MS. 9309.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 24 June 1935, lot 131.
Physical Facet
19th-century straightgrained morocco
Subject
- Yelverton | Sir | William | ? d. 1477 | justice (Person)
- Worcester | William | 1415-? 1482 | antiquary, traveller (Person)
- Paston | Sir | John | 1442-1479 | landowner (Person)
- Howes | Thomas | fl. 1438-1465 | chaplain to Sir John Fastolf (Person)
- Fastolf | Sir | John | 1380-1459 | Soldier and landowner (Person)
- Title
- Depositions of witnesses in a lawsuit, Sir William Yelverton and William Worcester v. John Paston and Thomas Howes, concerning the executorship of the will of Sir John Fastolf
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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