Table 1 Collection information of parchment documents analysed in the study (n = number of samples). Collagen quality criteria outlined in the methods section. The artificial collections contain documents of different provenance, while the others have grown organically around a single property.
From: Tracking the British agricultural revolution through the isotopic analysis of dated parchment
Collection | n | Date range (AD) | Collection information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Acceptable collagen quality | |||
Cheshire Records Office | 15 | 15 | 1786–1813 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property in Cheshire |
Campana et al.54 | 13 | 9 | 1730–1830 | Artificial collection of various legal documents |
Doherty Collection | 8 | 8 | 1913–1940 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property across England and Wales |
Hull History Centre | 38 | 33 | 1596–1969 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property in the East Riding of Yorkshire |
Lee Collection | 254 | 245 | 1499–1907 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property in England, Wales and Scotland |
Lincoln Records Office | 9 | 9 | 1742–1907 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property in Lincolnshire |
Lord Collection | 50 | 48 | 1582–1893 | Title deeds concerning Lower Winskill Farm, Settle, North Yorkshire |
Tye Collection | 254 | 253 | 1650–1904 | Artificial collection of deeds concerning property in the City of London. Documents were discarded from the Sun Fire Office, London, company archives |
Westminster City Archives | 1 | 1 | 1707 | Title deed from the City of Westminster |
Wills Collection | 16 | 14 | 1652–1790 | Title deeds concerning property in Somerset |
Total | 658 | 635 | ||
