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1. Add Ch 10605

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Add Ch 10605
Title:
Grant by Richard de Campville and Eustacia his wife to Bicester Priory of tithes in Bicester, Stratton and Wretchwick
Scope & Content:
Grant by Richard de Campville and Eustacia his wife to Bicester Priory of all their tithes of hay from their lands in Bicester, Stratton and Wretchwick [Oxfordshire]. Endorsed: in a faded 15th-century hand, Bicester [text illegible] / tythes in stratt byr wrase’. Affixed with two seals. First...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 24243

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Add Ch 24243
Title:
Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight
Scope & Content:
Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight, leaving her body to be buried in the chancel of the Austin Friars, Thetford [Norfolk], next to the tomb of her daughter Elizabeth Homgrave, and leaving bequests to that and other churches, and appointing executors, with the signature of Thomas Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1411-1416
Extent:

1 document

3. Add Ch 26317

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Add Ch 26317
Title:
Will of Joanna Lane, widow of Nicholas Lane of Snape
Scope & Content:
Will of Joanna Lane, widow of Nicholas Lane of Snape, Suffolk. She asks to be buried in the churchyard of Snape Church, and makes bequests to her daughters, her goddaughter, and her goddaughter’s family, and appoints executors. Dated 20 November 1500. Dorse: Probate certificate by Roger Church...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1500-1501
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Add Ch 60433

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Add Ch 60433
Title:
Will and probate certificate of Margaret Hervy of Ryburgh
Scope & Content:
Will and probate certificate of Margaret Hervy of Ryburgh [Norfolk]. She leaves her body to Ryburgh Church, makes bequests to her children Robert, Thomas and Elizabeth, and appoints Robert Hempton and Elizabeth Hervy as her executors; given 1508. Dorse: probate certificate by the official of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1508
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Add Ch 70471

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Add Ch 70471
Title:
Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp, Cristian Tack of Calais and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais
Scope & Content:
Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp and Cristian Tack of Calais, on the one part, and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais, on the other. Peter and Christian owe Agnes £7 16s which they promise to repay on the feast of St Martin next (11 November); given 20 July 1496. Signed by P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1496
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Add Ch 70601

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Add Ch 70601
Title:
Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton
Scope & Content:
Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton [Kent], leaving her body to St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, to be buried there beside her husband Nicholas Leigh, leaving bequests to the altars there, at Newington [Kent], and West Hythe [Kent], money for lights at Cheriton church, arrangement...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1516-1518
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Add Roll 17253

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Add Roll 17253
Title:
Will of Margaret Paston
Scope & Content:
Will of Margaret Paston (1422-84), widow, wife of John Paston senior and daughter and heir of John Mautby. She leaves her body to be buried in the aisle of Mautby Church, Norfolk, before the image of the Virgin Mary and beside the bodies of her ancestors, and gives 20s to the church. She makes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1482
Extent:
1 roll

8. Arundel MS 146

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Arundel MS 146
Title:
The Syon Additions to the Rule of St Saviour
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the text of a set of additions to the rules compiled for the sisters of the Brigittine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary, and St Bridget of Syon, founded by King Henry V (r. 1413-1422) in 1415. Other surviving versions of the Additions to the Rule include: London, Guildhall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton Ch XVI 72

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Cotton Ch XVI 72
Title:
Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

10. Cotton MS Claudius B I

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Cotton MS Claudius B I
Title:
The Life and Revelations of Birgitta of Sweden
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the two extant full-text translations of the Revelations of the mystic and saint Birgitta of Sweden (b. 1303, d. 1373), known as the Liber celestis revelationum (Heavenly Book of Revelations). Another full copy of the text now survives as Cotton MS Julius F II. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume