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1. Stowe Ch 1-646

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 1-646
Title:
Stowe Charters
Scope & Content:
Charters collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 646 charters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1800
Extent:
646 items

2. 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

3. Stowe Ch 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 30
Title:
Grant of Æthelflæd to Ælfwold
Scope & Content:
Æthelflæd grants a swine-pasture at Heronden in Tenterden, Kent, to Ælfwold, in return for 1450 pence; dated 968, in English and Latin with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1215). Endorsed with a later addition: Ælfwold makes an additional payment to Eadwold and his son, ‘⁊ ælfƿold gesealde eadƿolde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
968
Extent:

Parchment leaf

4. Stowe Ch 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 24
Title:
Grant of King Edmund of England (r. 939–946) to Ælfstan, minister
Scope & Content:
King Edmund grants six hides (mansae), equated with six sulungs, at Miclangrafe in Thanet (St Nicholas at Wade), Kent, to Ælfstan, minister; dated 943, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 512). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is þara .vi. sulunga boc æt miclangrafe. þe eadmund cing gebocod...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
943
Extent:

Parchment leaf

5. 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

6. Stowe Ch 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 26
Title:
Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Ælfwynn, religiosa femina
Scope & Content:
King Eadred grants of six sulungs (aratra) at Wickhambreux, Kent, to Ælfwynn, religiosa femina, in return for 2 pounds of purest gold; dated 948, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 535). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex eadredus dedit wicham cuidam femine nomine elfuuen.’ and ‘.latine.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
948
Extent:

Parchment leaf

7. Stowe Ch 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 34
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred (r. 978–1016) to Bishop Ælfwold of Crediton
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants two hides (cassati) at Sandford, Devon, to Bishop Ælfwold; dated 25 July 997, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 890). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘þis is ðara tƿeira hida land boc æt sand forda þe æðelred cinge het gebocian algƿolde bisceope on ece yrfe.’; and in a 13th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
997
Extent:

Parchment leaf

8. 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

9. Stowe Ch 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 25
Title:
Grant of King Edmund of England (r. 939–946) to Ælfstan, minister
Scope & Content:
King Eadmund grants 12 hides (mansae), equivalent to 12 sulungs, at Ealdingtune in Thanet (i.e. Monkton), Kent, to Ælfstan, minister; dated 944, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 497). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara tƿelf sulunga boc æt ealdingtune \on tenyt/ [added by a l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
944
Extent:

Parchment leaf

10. 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