Letters Patent of Exemplification concerning Frome, Somerset, in Latin, sealed at Westminster on 4 March 1446

large single sheet document, c.375x630mm, plus c.75mm folded-up at the bottom, vellum, 36 lines (c.220x465mm), with three vertical and three horizontal folds across the text and some staining, not significantly affecting legibility, with a pendant GREAT SEAL OF HENRY VI of dark green wax, c.115mm in diameter, suspended on braided green and dark blue cords, with traces of gold filigree, depicting Henry on horseback with sword and shield, and Henry enthroned between the quartered arms of France and England, the edges chipped but preserving most of the central design and the surrounding legend on both sides

The text recites the descent of the manor, town, and hundred of Frome, with annual fair, warren, and other privileges, from Domesday down to the present tenant in chief, Robert Leversegge, at whose request the inquest was conducted. It begins ‘[H]enricus dei gratia rex Anglie et Francie et dominus Hibernie … Inspeximus quandam certificationem nobis in cancellariam nostram …’ and ends ‘... Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium quarto die Martii anno regni nostri vicesimo quarto’.

Accompanied by a modern translation.