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Alms-giving, from "Christian Virtues"
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Engraving, Christian Virtues
Christian Virtues, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Phyllis Massar 2011
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PLAN of the ESTATE of Thos Seckford, Esq. Lying in
Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlesex; Given for the Support of
his ALMS -HOUSES AT WOODBRIDGE, in Suffolk. 1587. (Taken in
1764)
PLAN of the ESTATE of Thos Seckford, Esq. Lying in
Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlesex; Given for the Support of
his ALMS -HOUSES AT WOODBRIDGE, in Suffolk. 1587. (Taken in
1764)
This is a plan of Thomas Seckford's estate in
Clerkenwell. A note at bottom left states that the estate is to be
leased in 6 parts for 60 years each. It seems that there was
intent...