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• Author/Creator:Martin, Phil., active 18th century.
  
• Title:[Receipt for drawing and engrossing lycence for Mr Skynnor and Lady].
  
• Production:[Great Britain] : P. Martin, 1757.
  
• Physical Description:1 sheet ; 19 x 15 cm
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: S562.G7 M37 1757 Box
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    

   
• Notes:"Stephen Skynner, esqr., his bill. 1757 Decemr. [1] Drawing and engrossing lycence for Mr Skynnor and Lady to domise [i.e. demise] his copy hold estate held of the man of Marshalls £-13/4. [2] Stamps and parchment, -2/8. [3] Paid the Lord his fine as receipt, 1/1/-. [Total] £1/7/0."
  Payment recorded at bottom: "22d. September 1758, recd. the full contents of this bill, Phil. [?] Martin."
  On reverse: "Stephen Skynnor esqr."
  
• Biographical / Historical note:"Drawing and engrossing" in the present context refers to the working out of a rough draft and then having the final terms of the instrument copied legibly onto parchment paper. Demise refers to the conveyance of an estate.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Subjects:Martin, Phil., active 18th century.
  Skynner, Stephen.
  Administration of estates--Great Britain.
  
• Genre/Form:Legal documents.
  Receipts (financial records)
  Ephemera.
  Financial records.