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21. Stowe Ch 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 35
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to his man, Æthelred
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants land in Canterbury and six agri outside the city to his man, Æthelred, for two lives, in return for seven pounds, with reversion to Christ Church; dated 11 July 1003 for 1002, Canterbury, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 905). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, perhaps that o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1002
Extent:

Parchment leaf

22. Stowe Ch 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 36
Title:
Will of Ælfhelm
Scope & Content:
Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambridgeshire, to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford (probably Stratford...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
975-1016
Extent:

1 leaf

23. Stowe Ch 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 37
Title:
Will of Æthelstan Ætheling (d. 1014)
Scope & Content:
Will of Æthelstan Ætheling; dated 1014, probably 25 June (Sawyer, no. 1503). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘¶ ÆÐELSTANES CǷYDE ÆÐELINCGES ÷ \OF OLINGEBVRNE into cristes cerce/ [added subsequently in smaller capitals]’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Elstan etheling filius eðelreð regis dedit eccle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1014
Extent:

Parchment leaf

24. Stowe Ch 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 38
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Archbishop Ælfstan of Canterbury (d. 1020)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma), grants a woodland called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst in Ticehurst), Sussex, to Archbishop Ælfstan (Lyfing); dated 1018, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 950). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Ðis is þæs dennes boc ÆT HÆSELERSCE. þe .CN...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1018
Extent:

Parchment leaf

25. Stowe Ch 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 40
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants the reversion of land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, after the death of his priest, Eadsige; c. 1035, in both Latin and English (Sawyer, no. 981). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donatio regis cnut. de folkestane. latine et anglice.’; in a 13th-century han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

26. Stowe Ch 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 41
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Bishop Eadsige (d. 1050)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick (Westenhanger), Kent, to Bishop Eadsige; dated 1035, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 974). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Boc to bereƿican ÷’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cnuth rex dedit berewike eadsino episcopo’; and in another 12th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1035
Extent:

Parchment leaf

27. Stowe Ch 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 42
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Eadsige (d. 1050) to St Augustine’s, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Eadsige grants land near Canterbury to St Augustine’s; 1048 × 1050 (Sawyer, no. 1400). Lower portion of a bipartite chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAPHVM’ written along the upper edge. Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Eadsinus archiepiscopus dedit ad ecclesiam sancti augustini .v. acras ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1048-1050
Extent:

Parchment leaf

28. Stowe Ch 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 43
Title:
Restitution of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135) to Archbishop William and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry I (r. 1100–1135), King of England, restores to Archbishop William de Corbeuil (b. c. 1070, d. 1136) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and William I (r. 1066–1087). A bilingual charter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1123-c 1136
Extent:
1 leaf

29. Stowe Ch 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 44
Title:
Restitution of King Henry II (r. 1154–1189) to Archbishop Theobald and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry II (r. 1154–1189), King of England, restores to Archbishop Theobald (b. c. 1090, d. 1161) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), William I (r. 1066–1087), and Henry I (r. 1100–1135). A bil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1155
Extent:
1 leaf

30. Stowe Ms 1-1085

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ms 1-1085
Title:
Stowe Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 1085 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Old, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Scots, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1800
Extent:
1085 items

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