Guide to the Adam Eccleston Indenture 1597
Cage 5081

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Title
Adam Eccleston Indenture
ID
Cage 5081
Date [inclusive]
1597
Extent
3 linear feet of shelf space, 1 oversize folder
Location
MASC Staff use: Basement map case.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Indenture documenting a 1597 transaction between Adam Eccleston and his father-in-law, Richard Holland, related to Singleton Grange in Lancashire, England.

Preferred Citation

Adam Eccleston Indenture, 1597

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Richard Holland (1542? 1547?-1619) of Denton, Lancashire was married to Katherine Ramsden. Their daughter Mary married Adam Eccleston. Another daughter, Elizabeth, married John Preston.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single item: a manuscript indenture, written on a single membrane of parchment (30 x 59 cm), documenting a transaction related to Singleton Grange in Lancashire, England. Adam Eccleston sold or leased the property to his father-in-law, Richard Holland, possibly as part of a marriage settlement in 1597. The verso of the document contains several signatures, including that of John Preston, another of Richard Holland's sons-in-law.

The document has a remnant of a wax seal, and is written in a Tudor secretary hand. At the time the collection was processed, only the first few lines had been deciphered and transcribed.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Acquisition Information

When this item was processed in 2016 from an old cataloging backlog, no acquisition information could be located (MS.2016.15).

Processing Information

Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2016, with research assistance from Julie King.

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Related Materials

Related Material

The repository holds another document related to the Holland family:

Queen Anne Letters Patent [?], circa 1702-1707 (Cage 5076).

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Names and Subjects

Family Name(s)

  • Holland family.
  • Eggleston family.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Sources

Subject(s)

  • Indentures -- Specimens
  • Legal documents -- Specimens
  • Home and Family.

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