This original 18th-century legal manuscript is a "Final Concord" (or "Fine"), a form of property conveyance recorded in the Court of our Sovereign Lord the King at Westminster during the Trinity Term of King George II's 23rd year of reign (1750). The document features the characteristic wavy, scalloped top edge, known as a chirograph, which historically proved its authenticity when matched against its duplicate copies.
 
Document Details:
The Transaction: The agreement transfers property rights for the consideration of sixty pounds sterling.
 
The Parties: The document lists Thomas Willis, Gent, as the plaintiff, and James Collier and his wife Jane, alongside Joseph Gould and his wife Eve, as the deforciants.
 
The Property: The estate in question includes a messuage, a cottage, four acres of land, four acres of meadow, four acres of pasture, pasture for six beasts, common of pasture for all cattle, common of Turbary, and a moiety of an additional messuage with twelve acres of land in the parish of Shirtey and Hiddulton.
 
Historical Endorsements: The reverse side bears original period ink endorsements, including the filing note "Trin 23 Geo the 2d / Collier & wife & Gould & wife fine" and the formal declaration "Delivered by proclamation according to the form of the Statute".
 
This piece is an excellent, compact example of Georgian-era legal history, perfect for framing, historical display, or addition to an antiquarian document collection and measures 51 x 37.5cm, it will be despatched folded along the original crease lines.