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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 67394

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Add Ch 67394
Title:
Testimony by Friar John Bradfield and others of a deathbed statement by William of Lener concerning the divorce of Robert Pilkington of Rovington and Alice of Astley
Scope & Content:
Friar John Bradfield, Robert of Hebton, William Brechton of Ekygan and John Fogg of Bradshaw testify that they heard William of Lener on his deathbed say that, when Alice of Hulton lay dying, he heard Richard French of Bolton say that the divorce between Robert of Pilkington of Rovington and Ali...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1447
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Add MS 22285

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Add MS 22285
Title:
The Martyrology of Syon Abbey
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts used by the nuns and brothers of Syon Abbey, including liturgical guides, obituaries, historical notices, a calendar, and a martyrology. For an edition and translation of the manuscript, see Gejrot, ed. The Martiloge of Syon Abbey (2015); for a list of book donors to Syon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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. Harley Ch 45 A 37

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Harley Ch 45 A 37
Title:
Record of the testimony of Margery, wife of Walter Dun, of the descent of lands in Porton
Scope & Content:
Record of the testimony of Margery, wife of Walter Dun, of the descent of lands in Porton, Wiltshire, over multiple generations, from Renaud of Ramsbury down to Walter and Margery. If Robert, Margery’s heir, has no heirs of his own, it shall revert back to the heirs of Renaud.Followed by certifi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1376
Extent:
1 leaf