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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7676/BagC/3320a
TitlePhotographic reproduction of Letters Patent under the Great Deal of King Charles I, dated at Oxford 1643, creating Sir William Widdrington, Bart., Baron of Widdrington of Blankney, County Lincoln, as a reward for his services to the royalist cause at Sheffield and elsewhere
Date(10 Nov 1643)
DescriptionWith enlargement of the seal and caption card
Extent3 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorBagshawe family of Foolow
Administrative HistorySir William's great grandson (the then holder of this peerage) was attainted for high treason in the Jaobite rebellion of 1715, and the title was forfeited.
Custodial HistoryThe original patent was previously at Hassop Hall and was given to the Bodleian Library by Mr Bagshawe and Mr Bradbury in 1931.
FormatPhotographic
TermFirst English Civil War (1642-1646)
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