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Table 1 Collection information of deeds analysed

From: Scratching the surface: the use of sheepskin parchment to deter textual erasure in early modern legal deeds

Collection

n

Date range (AD)

Collection information

Cheshire records office

15

1786–1813

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property in Cheshire

Doherty collection

8

1913–1940

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property across England and Wales

Hull history centre

38

1596–1969

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Lee collection

254

1499–1907

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property across England, Wales and Scotland

Lincoln records office

9

1742–1907

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property in Lincolnshire

Lord collection

50

1582–1893

Title deeds concerning Lower Winskill Farm, Settle, North Yorkshire

Tye collection

254

1650–1904

Artificial collection of title deeds concerning property in the City of London. Documents were discarded from the Sun Fire Office, London, company archives

Westminster city archives

1

1707

Title deed from the City of Westminster

Wills collection

16

1652–1790

Title deeds concerning property in Somerset

  1. The artificial collections contain documents of different provenance, while the others have grown organically around a single property