Will of William - Plasterer of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
by [Will - Education of the Poor in Oxfordshire]
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxfordshire: No Publisher, 1711. ?Copy of a will on vellum, approximately 240mm x 205mm. Old fold creases, slightly browned and slightly rubbed, lacking seal to foot. Will of William, a plasterer from Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, leaving bequests to educate poor children of Kidlington (twenty pounds), Cassington (twenty pounds), Eynsham (twenty pounds), Standlake (thirty pounds) and Stanton Harcourt (thirty pounds). He enjoins the trustees of his will 'to take care of the six score pounds given to ye poor children of the five towns be carefully sett forth and I do give them one whole yeare's interest of the six score pounds next after my decease'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 8vo (Oblong). Manuscript.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000908
- Title
- Will of William - Plasterer of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
- Author
- [Will - Education of the Poor in Oxfordshire]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Oxfordshire
- Date Published
- 1711
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Oxfordshire, Stanton Harcourt, Kidlington, Eynsham, Standlake, Cassington, Plasterer, Education, Poor, Poverty
- Size
- 8vo (Oblong)
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
Temple Rare Books is a division of Temple Bookbinders, which has been established for nearly twenty years. The bookshop is based within the bindery building. It is open between 10am and 4pm weekdays, any other times by appointment. All books listed on the website can be examined here, but please let us know first if you are travelling, so that we can make sure it is still available. Not all of the books in the shop are listed on the website. We are members of the PBFA and ABA and exhibit at several of their book fairs, please see our fairs / events page. We attend many auctions and are happy to execute commission bids on your behalf. We will issue printed catalogues sporadically, if you would like to receive these, please contact us at books@templerarebooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Unbound
- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...