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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2008.2.7 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name document, charter Title Queen Elizabeth I Colchester Charter Description This charter was issued on 20th February 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I.Colchester was one of the most important towns in medieval England and the surviving royal charters, issued by a series of monarchs, reveal how it gained rights and privileges allowing the town to prosper. Colchester Museums curate 17 historic charters, the earliest dating to 1364 issued by king Edward III. Production date 1559 Production period Tudor Material parchment Dimensions charter height: 560.00 mm charter width: 770.00 mm Location In Store Documentation Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2008.2.7
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

document, charter
Title

Queen Elizabeth I Colchester Charter
Description

This charter was issued on 20th February 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I.Colchester was one of the most important towns in medieval England and the surviving royal charters, issued by a series of monarchs, reveal how it gained rights and privileges allowing the town to prosper. Colchester Museums curate 17 historic charters, the earliest dating to 1364 issued by king Edward III.
Production date

1559
Production period

Tudor
Material

parchment
Dimensions
Location

In Store
Documentation

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