At Holiday Fair I only took two Baronial awards to do, and then was approached by two Laurels I respect and admire who have also been my mentors on a few things (one on scribal and approach to subjects, the other on wax carving and approach to subjects). One was taking his first apprentice and a contract was needed. He gave me a rough outline of what he wanted, the words, and a few period examples, then turned me loose. Unfortunately there are not a lot of pictures for this one, but I was happy with how it came out. Taking the medieval exemplars and comparing them with a typed copy of the wording, I found the hand appropriate to the time period that Master Sigurd wanted. One is: Charter of William de Hoo, knight, and Alice, his wife, granting to Roger de Pedewardyne, knight, their lands and tenements in South Warnborough in the county of Hampshire, which were formerly of Nicholas Malmayenes. The lands were to be held successively for their lives by Roger, by Hugh de Thorp, chaplain, and by Richard, son of William de Burton, citizen and goldsmith of London, and then to remain to the right heirs of Roger. South Warnborough, 23 October 1366. The other is: Charter of Thomas de Broughton, knight, granting to Roger de Newynton, the rector of the church of Hanwell, and John Gerad, the rector of the church of Shenington, and their heirs, lands and tenements in the in vill of Tanworth which is called Cheswick. Broughton, 12 July 1365. These were typically only one half of the charter, or contract, as one was kept with each person. We did a cipher in the middle so that it could be put together to prove it was the same contract. The cadel was not quite the right period, but I had shown Master Sigurd the red and black cadels from The Works of Jacques Devaulx, Pilot and Mariner and he had seemed to like them, so I drafted one using two other letters to make the missing letter T. As time was short, I only took a couple days of practicing the hand to get the feel and the right size. The materials used were: 11" x 14" pergamenta for my substrate, black Noodler's ink, red ink, and a couple hand cut quills.
Below are in progress pictures.
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