Title
Deed of sale for land.
Coverage
East Yorkshire, England
Date
c. 1200
Subject
Document in Latin
Description
This undated deed of sale records a transaction between William Bate of Goldale (modern Gowdall) and Radulf Moye of Goldale for land on the Aire river in what is now East Yorkshire. As is the case with most legal documents from this period, it is written in Latin. The parchment tie that would have held a wax seal is lost.
Source
From the collection of Carson Koepke
Format
110 × 180 mm, parchment with 14 lines of text in protogothic documentary script. Missing seal.