[Quittance du XIIe-Indre] Parchment; 1 leaf; single-sided manuscript Receipt for an annuity of 4 setiers of wheat owed to the priory of Jarsay (Indre) by the heirs of Jacques de Brizay, lord of Villegongis, dated 1212. Dim: 18.3 x 19.6cm. Margins formerly trimmed but without damage to the letter; good ex. [Cession du XIIe-Indre] Parchment; 1 leaf; recto only handwritten in pretty capital letters. Cession by Guillaume de Chauvigny, lord of Châteauroux (Indre) to the nuns of the priory of Jarsay of certain heritages between him and them disputed in 1296. Dim: 19.5 x 34.5 cm. Vellum formerly folded and restored (lining executed on verso with a vellum tab, resulting in a few letters missing); soiling.

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