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  • Letter of Thomas Jermy to William Paston

    Alternative Title
    Thomas Jermy to William Paston, Letter
    Subject
    Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator
    Jermy, Thomas
    Contributor
    Paston family
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    January 31, 1565
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Eng.2
    Extent
    1 sheet of paper; 37 lines; 300 x 420 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--Norfolk, England, and England--Suffolk
    Coordinates
    52.16045, -0.70312, 52.66667, 1, and 52.16667, 1
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Folded to make bifolium, writing on one side only, plus signature, with address and note of sender. Creasing and wear patterns suggest entire sheet was previously folded quite small with address on the outside. Letter and address are in one hand (Thomas Jermy's); note...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    The letter was donated to University of Victoria in 1985 by Dorothy Sweet. She found it among the belongings of her parents, who had unknowingly inherited it (in chests of drawers with other abandoned papers) when they purchased their Cornwall home in 1953. Ownership before 1953 is unknown, though the letter clearly came into the hands of Francis Blomefield sometime before his death in 1752. Documents related to ownership history are housed with the letter.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1985-005
    Fonds Title
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC070
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/medieval-studies-collectionSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2012-02-23
    Transcript
    Transcriptions and description by Brenna Hussey, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-eng-2.pdf
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.