muniments

British

/ ˈmjuːnɪmənts /

plural noun

law the title deeds and other documentary evidence relating to the title to land
archaic furnishings or supplies

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Then stepped forward Robert Howgrave-Graham, 72, a retired engineer and physicist and Assistant Keeper of Muniments of Westminster Abbey.

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This was followed by Part I. of “A Report on the Muniments of Merton Hall, Norfolk,” published in the “Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany,” edited by Walter Rye.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

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