Sujet

Ancient hanaper, 1860. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Ancient hanaper, 1860. A 14th-century container, used for the preservation of title-deeds of the Crown. The '...hanaper of twyggys is exactly 480 years old. Its story is interesting. It was discovered not long ago stowed away among a number of unexamined documents in one of the branch Record Offices in which the contents of the Royal Treasuries of Westminster had been deposited. The strings by which it was fastened were no doubt those originally attached, and on the strip of parchment at its side, looking something like a ribbon, was a description of the deeds it contained. When opened, the identical instruments were found in the place they had occupied for nearly five centimes. Young King Richard II., when visiting his domain at Berkhampstead, took a fancy to some land adjoining his own, and purchased it of the widow Hunt, to whom it belonged. Nothing can be more concise than the record of this negotiation and the description of the land. To keep all safe the indentures were then sent to the Royal muniment room, basketed, ticketed, and entered in the catalogue of its contents, a.d. 1380, to reappear in the same frail depository a.d. 1860'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B08_304

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,2Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 26,3cm / 4960 x 3112 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts art basket British color century Britain documents document newspapers press print property B&W records engraved engraving Colour deed 19th century legal document black & white black and white B W white and black 14th century deeds Fourteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown title deed container 19th-century