Catalogue description Placard bearing a description of the situation and distance of certain meres in...

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Details of MPC 1/90
Reference: MPC 1/90
Description:

Placard bearing a description of the situation and distance of certain meres in Downholland and Formby, Lancashire, as stated by plaintiff and defendant in the case, Henry Halsall v Edward, Earl of Derby, and others, concerning the boundaries of the manors of Downholland and Formby. Solid brown border. For related documents see DL 3/75, H3, and for earlier papers in the case see DL 3/64, H2. Apparently related to map at MR 1/2.

Date: [1557-1558]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: DL 31/104
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Language: English
Dimensions: 46.5 cm x 99 cm
Physical condition: On canvas. Black and red ink, black-letter script. Some letters illegible where face of placard worn
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 3244. Plate 75 in Maps in Tudor England, P D A Harvey, (London, British Library and Public Record Office, 1993).

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