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Description: | This manuscript was originally compiled in 1380 by Thomas Walsingham, the precentor of the Benedictine abbey of St. Albans, as a record of those who had made gifts to the abbey.
The five laymen and one laywoman are each shown holding a grant of land: a charter with a red or green wax pendant seal. The artist would not have known what the individuals looked like, but has tried to vary their representations by different head-gear, colour of hair, etc. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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