For sale, three 19th Century British manuscript documents on Parchment (sheepskin). With beautiful handwritten penmanship, they would make impressive decorator accents when matted and framed,
they can make unique and quite distinctive additions to one's home or office.1838 : Indenture, James Whitall to Thomas Giles
1853 : Indenture, Miss Herring of Knight to James Whitall
1863 : Manor of Bexhill (UK) document, copy of admission of Henry Fuller on Arthur Fuller.
(the Manor House stood for 900 years, until its’ demolition in 1967)
English deed hand-written on fine vellum with large pine resin seal. Manuscript on vellum - Old waxed parchment paper / Old ink, to be decrypted. Handwritten legal deed signed on a single sheet of vellum, indented head, engraved with handwritten inserts, without any repairs where they are worn and folded, overall in a fresh and impeccable condition despite its age.
The large handwritten document on parchment with a red seal, This beautiful calligraphy can give you the impression of the meaning of life in those times. The top edge of the document shows the wavy, or "indented" margin that gives these documents their name; as a safeguard against counterfeiting, the copies given to all parties were placed together and cut in this margin in a wavy, irregular pattern, thus uniquely identifying the authenticity of each copy.
To frame or for collection.
These are an original handwritten documents, not a copy! Extremely rare.
Note on the term "Indenture":
We have all heard of the American "indentured servants" who came to this country in the earliest days as contract laborers. Such fascinating documents are, alas, virtually non-existent today, as it was the practice to burn them on discharge of their terms. The term "Indenture" however is simply the now-archaic word for a legal contract, written as an agreement between two or more parties to any number of activities.