Excerpt from wedding contract Letters
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Another excerpt from the draft of the wedding contract between Lord 
Semine and Bailiff Thrush.
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The bride, Agnes, shall bring to the marriage as her dowry two long brocades, six embroidered robes, three good winter coats and two lined summer robes. Three Bardejov hats and two men’s fine rabbit hats. Also linen for three beds and pillows and quilts of good goose down. Utensils of copper and pewter sufficient for two full tables and a very fine mirror in a frame of bone. Of jewels, two necklaces of river pearls, two brooches of silver and one inlaid with almandine, called the Marian brooch.
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