1614 Common Pleas Court Exemplification of a Fine Archer v Ashton Lincolnshire

Original early-Stuart legal document on vellum: 

An Exemplification of a Fine (Final Concord) from the Court of Common Pleas, Michaelmas term 1614 (James I).

The case notes on the reverse read “Exemplification of a fine … Michas 12 James 1614 … Henry Archer Esqᵣ [plaintiff] vs Arthur Ashton & wife [deforciants]”. 

Latin secretary hand; multiple mentions of the parties acting per attornatum (“by attorney”), typical of fines.

Features: original parchment with lower plica and tag (seal now lacking), neat boxed pen-sign/mark, old docketing and inventory numbers. Likely relates to property in Lincolnshire (notation on dorse).

Expected folds, some toning and staining, and edge wear from age; overall sound and legible. 40 x 26 cm.

A solid, researchable piece of James I legal history—useful for genealogy, social history, and palaeography.

Keywords:
James I; 12 Jac I; Michaelmas; Court of Common Pleas; Feet of Fines; per attornatum; Lincolnshire; Lincoln; vellum deed; property conveyance; livery of seisin; Stuart England; legal history; genealogy; antiquarian; Latin manuscript.