Lot 191
Elizabethan indenture
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£3,000
Description
dated 20th February 1589, a mortgage for £300 of the tithes of Hartishill, Warwickshire by Sir Henry Goodere of Polesworth to William Cooke, with signatories including Michael Drayton, 64 x 78cm on 1.5 leaves of vellum, some soiling and tears
Footnote
Note: One of the witnesses to the document is possibly the English poet, Michael Drayton, 1563-1631. Various scholars have linked Drayton to the Goodere family, although more recent enquiry has cast doubt upon this.