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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3397/1
TitleCharter of Queen Elizabeth I founding the Free Grammar School, 17 July 1585
Date1585
Description3 parchments, in Latin, with the Great Seal (partly damaged) attached. The charter has borders and initial letters decorated with painted figures and motifs, consisting of crowns, tudor roses, royal coat-of-arms supported by a lion and dragon, a harp, a crowned eagle on a tree trunk holding a sceptre, and clouds with rays of the sun coming down. The initial ‘E’ is decorated with a particularly fine miniature painting of Queen Elizabeth on her throne, with the letter ‘E’ incorporating and being surrounded by allegorical figures, exotic birds, animals and fruits (including a robin, dragonfly and snake). Endorsed with itemised receipt totalling £28 12s for charter paid by Humphery Strete, citizen of London and merchant tailor, born in Ashbourne, on 26 July 1585. [Scanned copy available – CD 19. To be produced in place of original]

This document is number 18 in Derbyshire Record Office’s “50 Treasures” selection. For more information, click the link below.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorQueen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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