1795 Indenture
Old indenture contains a number of names - Elizabeth Munns of Redmans Lane, St George, Middlesex, also Richard Norcutt of the same place who was her father and who left all his goods to her and on her death to Elizabeth Halton and Alice Harding. Alice was married to John Collier and lived in Upper Ground Street, Christchurch, Surrey.
There is a Catherine Osland of Nightingale Lane in the parish of St John, Wapping, and the house or some of it, seems to have been at 93 Old Gravel Lane, St George, Middlesex.
It has seals at the bottom and the signature of Catherine Osland. Sheepskin.
Location of parchment makers supplying Witherbys Stationers, London, 1705-1806. Mapped onto modern sheep density data (FAO 2014) from Doherty 2019
Established by Thomas Witherby in 1740, Witherbys & Co. was a legal stationer, which sold parchment, paper and sundries, along with making formal copies of legal documents (LMA/4682/006). Located within the financial district of London, the company grew during the 18th and 19th centuries, undertaking legal work for merchants, ship owners and the Lord Chamberlain of London (LMA/4682/C/06/002; LMA/4682/I/01/001). Witherbys sold in excess of 11,000 stamped parchment skins annually (LMA/4682/E/01/001). Between 1795 and 1806, four parchment makers are recorded in the accounts as supplying the company with finished parchment (LMA/4682/C/04/001; LMA/4682/C/04/002): Noah Crook of Oxfordshire, Thomas Crook and Thomas Rake of Wiltshire, and Samuel Bishop of Bristol
from Doherty 2019
Isotopic and proteomic analysis of parchment
This manuscript has been sampled for teaching purposes.