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Proposal from creditors of the 'Royal Company of Adventurers of England trading into Africa'

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MSS. Eng. misc. d. 12-13 (R)
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Two proposals from creditors of the 'Royal Company of Adventurers of England trading into Africa', dated Dec. 15, 1670, and Sept. 11, 1671, about the liquidation of their claims. The names of the sixty signatories of the first proposal and the fifty-eight of the second, which does not much differ in form and signatures, are in an index in the Library.

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Dec 1670 and 11 Sep 1671

Extent

2 rolls

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 12 (R), fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Eng. misc. d. 12-13 (R)

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20595

Abstract

Proposal from creditors of the 'Royal Company of Adventurers of England trading into Africa'

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 30497-30498

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Gough room in 1889.

Physical Facet

On parchment, a good deal rubbed

Dimensions

(1) 3 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 7 1/2 in. (2) 3 ft. 4 1/ in. × 7 3/4 in. together in a cloth box 9 7/8 × 1 3/4 sq. in.

Title
Proposal from creditors of the 'Royal Company of Adventurers of England trading into Africa'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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