Mortgage by Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton to Beorhtnoth
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Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton (1011×1015–1019×1027) mortgages a yardland by the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres) to Beorhtnoth; 1016 × 1020, probably 1018, in English and Latin, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1387).
THE PATERNOSTER, Ave Maria, and Creed, the seven dedes of mercy, the seven giftes of the holigoost, the eyzte blessynges of Jhesu Christ, etc. ;-The Harpe of ten stryngus [imperf.] On vellum, xivth cent. Duodecimo. [Bibl. Eg. 826.]
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Theology: Religious treatises: in old English. Lord's Prayer: The Paternoster, Ave Maria, etc.: in old English.
THE WYSZ BOOK of Phylosophye and of Astra[no]mye, conteyned and mad of xx. wysest phylysoforys and astronomerys, that ever wern syn the world was begunne ; with various other astrological tracts, etc. On vellum, xvth cent. Small Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 827.]
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Astrology: Astrological tracts: Old English. Astronomy: The wyse book of phylosophye and astranomye.
HOMILIES upon the Gospel of St. Matthew, attributed to Wycliffe;- Homily on the text Induite vos armatura Dei, etc. Ep. ad Eph. cap. vi. On vellum, xivth cent. imperfect at the beginning and end. Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 842.]
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John Wycliffe: Homilies upon St. Matthew, ascribed to him. Homilies: Homily on Eph. vi. 13: in Old English. Homilies: Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, attributed to Wycliffe. Bible: Homilies upon St. Matthew, ascribed to Wycliffe.
OLD ENGLISH translation of the Aurea Legenda ; imperfect at the beginning and end. [Cf. Ms. Add. 11,565.] On vellum, xvth cent. Folio. [Bibl. Eg. 876.]
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Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa: The Life of Seyntes,: in old English, translated from the Legenda Aurea. Saints: The life of Seyntes;: in old English translated from the Legenda Aurea. Aurea Legenda: Old English translation of the.
Confirmation of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester
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King Edward confirms the grant of Chilcomb, Hampshire, to Bishop Frithestan of Winchester, in return for the bishop’s confirmation to the king of leases for one hundred hides at Downton, Wiltshire, and seventy hides at Beddington, Surrey (with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hampshire, shal...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Coenwulf, his faithful man
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King Edgar grants four hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, to Coenwulf, his faithful man; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 961). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘þis is þæra feoƿer hyda land boc æt ƿiþiglea þe eadgar cing hæfð gebocod cenulfe’, another hand adding ‘on ece yrfe.’...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
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King Edgar grants seven hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk, to Æthelflæd, matrona; dated 962 (Sawyer, no. 703). Endorsed in an early 12th-century hand, ‘Carta ædgari regis de cherlesworde cuidam æffleade’, continued in a 13th-century hand, ‘que per istam et per propriam cartam reddidit maner...
Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman
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King Edgar grants of ten hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; dated 966, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 738). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is ðara ·X· hida land boc æt niƿanham þe eadgar cyning gebocode aelfgife his magan on ece yrfe’; and in ...