1676 Handwritten Parchment Document regarding Marriage

1676. Good. 1 handwritten parchment document (34 x 66 cm.), folded. Articles of agreement dated 16 Oct. 1676 involving 1) John Palmer, one of the aldermen of the borough of Stamford, and his son John Palmer; 2) Anna Pawley, daughter of Robert Pawley, late of South Croyston or Croxton, and Joyce Pawley widow of Robert Francis Needham of Leicester County, gentleman; and 3) Samuel Needham of Trinity College, Cambridge. Regards the disposition of property in Stamford, Leicester County, England, relating to the impending marriage between John Palmer, the younger, and Anna Pawley. Signed by John Palmer, the elder, John Palmer, Jr., and Anna Pawley, and by witnesses John Hall, Luke Blythe, William Hallewell, and Thomas Smaron. In Good Condition: dampstaining and soiling; just starting to separate at fold intersections; otherwise, solid.