This one-item collection comprises a common recovery
Although an impressive looking document, the common recovery was the product of a fictitious legal action in court used to break an entail and effect the transfer of land.
Common recovery relating to a manor and property in East Sussex
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 MS464
- Dates of Creation
- 1633
- Language of Material
- Latin
- Physical Description
- 1 item
Scope and Content
Access Information
Open. Access to all registered researchers.
Other Finding Aids
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Archivist's Note
Described by Anne George, November 2014, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Custodial History
Former location: MSS 6/iv/11; original provenance now not known