1347-1920
Ref:GB 133 EGR2
Location:University of Manchester Library
Extent:Physical composition: all items are single sheets of paper unless otherwise stated. Conservation record: Many of the manorial records were found in very poor physical condition, having been stored in a damp environment for many years. They were found under a blanket of mould, which had severely weakened and decayed both paper and parchment. In 1992-5 a major conservation project took place on the records, funded by the Pilgrim Trust, the National Trust, the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust and the Radcliffe Trust. Bundles that had been tightly-folded or rolled up were carefully opened out, using a steam pencil to release consolidated material. Mould was brushed off in a fumigation cabinet. Flaking and peeling ink on seventeenth-century parchment rolls was consolidation by spraying with a parchment size solution. Loose fragments were re-attached to paper documents with small strips of Japanese tissue. The treated material was then encapsulated in Mylar polyester wallets
Language:Language: before 1733 all the manorial court records were written in Latin (except for the years 1651-1660). However, the proceedings of the courts tended to be written in English from the late sixteenth century onwards
