Scope and Contents This collection contains the early modern European documents (dating from the 16th to 18th centuries) owned by the Hesburgh Library which are not part of a discrete archival collection. That is to say, this is an artificial collection of early modern European documents, grouped not by provenance, but by origin (early modern European) and genre (diplomatics). As such, it is composed of a wide variety of diplomatic genres, including: papal bulls, lease and releases, leases, surrenders,...

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Mortgage by conveyance of lands in Ruardean (Gloucestershire) by William Jeffes to Charles Hopkins which were formerly granted to William Jeffes by Richard Gwinnett, forever, in exchange for £123 and 12 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.