Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16516, William Berkeley land grant to William and Thomas Wroughton, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift of Elizabeth Cromwell to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on February 14, 2020.

Content Description

This collection contains a land deed dated March 2, 1662, signed by William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia, granting 440 acres of land to William and Thomas Wroughton. A clerk's endorsement notes that the document was deposited on July 22, 1665; countersigned on verso with red wax seals and dated January 16, 1677 by William Wroughton (1632-1707), Thomas Wroughton (1657-1726) and others.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Real property -- Virginia