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Gaol keeper's agreement, Oxford

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3937

Scope and Contents

Agreement between William Pope esq, sheriff of Oxfordshire, and John Bagwell, 'yoman Gaioler and keeper of her majestys common Gaiole of the sayd Countye of Oxford', detailing Bagwell's duties and responsibilities. Includes several clauses regulating the movement of prisoners and the restraint of recusants. Indenture, 2 pages, signed and sealed by Bagwell, witnessed by George Blynco, John Bankes, William Kirkby, W Cole, and Geffraye Cooke (?). Numerous alterations.

Dates

  • Creation: 21 Dec. 1601 (44 Elizabeth I)

Conditions Governing Access

Not to be produced

Extent

1 collection (paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Very worn, and torn at lower half of first page

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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