Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire.
Published / Created:
Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England, 1680 April 1.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) ; 31 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Engraved affidavit, completed in manuscript, certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire: “Elizabeth Harvey & Sarah Waynman of the parish of Gamlingay ... maketh oath that Mary daughter of Francis & Mary Harvey ... lately deceased, was not put in wrapt or wound up or buried, in any shirt, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, gold, or silver; or any coffin lined or faced with any cloth, stuff, or ... any other material contrary to [the] late act of Parliament for burying in woolen, but sheeps wool only ...”
Subject Terms:
Harvey, Mary, -1680 -- Death and burial. | Harvey, Elizabeth. | Waynman, Sarah. | Burial -- Great Britain. | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- England. | Wool -- England. | Woolen goods industry -- England. | Death -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Certificates. | Death certificates. | Blank forms. | Engravings -- 1680. | Burial in woolen affidavits. | Seals.
