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Esholt Priory Charter
Unknown artist, 1485
The document is a licence under letters patent of Richard III permitting Margaret Clifford to give the advowson of the church of Belton-in-Axholme, Lincolnshire, to the Priory of Esholt, with power for the Priory to appropriate the revenues of the living.
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Title of artwork, date
Esholt Priory Charter, 1485
Date supported
1991
Medium and material
Ink on vellum, with wax seal & silk cords
Dimensions
26 x 53 cm
Grant
5000
Total cost
24465
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