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ECR 56 080

Reference code

ECR 56 080

Title

Lyminster, Sussex: Appointment of proctor

Level

Item

Date

4 April 1390

Content description

Appointment by Johanna, abbess of the monastery of Almenesch, and the whole convent, of Margaret de Auribecco, a nun of the same, as their proctor in England for the rule, governance and possession of all their lands and rights there.
Given in the chapter at capitular hour.
Two seals, pointed oval, brown wax, on tongues.
(1) The Abbey. Slightly chipped at top and botton. The Virgin with Child on her left knee, a lily in her right hand. A star above a crescent to her right side.
(2) The Abbess. 40 x 30 (originally about 55 x 40) mm. The Virgin enthroned within a gothic canopy (the upper part missing), the Child on her left knee, in her right hand a lily. Beneath an arch, to the right of which is on a shield an eagle displayed. The figure within the arch and the lower left of the seal is missing.
A green silk skippet.
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