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412. Royal MS 15 C VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 15 C VII
- Title:
- Dossier of Texts Pertaining to the Cult of St Swithun, including Lantfred's Translatio et Miraculi Sancti Swithuni and Wulfstan Cantor's Narratio Metrica de Sancto Swithuno
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a dossier of liturgical material pertaining to St Swithun, with Latin and Old English glosses. This includes the earliest copies of Lantfred of Fleury's Translatio et Miraculi Sancti Swithuni, an acrostic hymn in honour of St Swithun, Wulfstan Cantor's letters to Bishop ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 990-1200
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
413. RP 9375
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RP 9375
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel. Autograph Card Signed to Miss Levinson, sending his greetings, with four lines from the 'Crist' of Cynewulf in Anglo-Saxon on the recto, Oxford. Creation dates: Dec 1956
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and English, Old
- Date Range:
- 31 Oct 2008
- Extent:
- 2 photocopies
414. Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
- Title:
- Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
- Scope & Content:
- Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read; 1047 × 1065 (Sawyer, no. 1124). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Icki...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Extent:
-
1 leaf
415. 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
416. Stowe Ch 6
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 6
- Title:
- Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth
- Scope & Content:
- King Offa of the Mercians grants to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth, 15 sulungs (aratra) at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald, in Buckholt and Blean Forest, wood-gathering privileges in Harres, Buckholt and Blean, the urban tenement (ui...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
417. Stowe Ch 8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 8
- Title:
- Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Æthelnoth, prefectus; Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry
- Scope & Content:
- King Cuthred of Kent grants three sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne, Kent, to Æthelnoth, prefectus, in return for 3000 pence; dated 805 × 807 (Sawyer, no. 41). Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry, and his wife Gænburg, concerning the disposition of their land at Eythorne, Kent; in English, dated 805 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 9th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
418. Stowe Ch 10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 10
- Title:
- Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
- Scope & Content:
- King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants two sulungs (aratra) at Appincg lond near Rainham, two sulungs at Suithhunincg lond at Graveney near Faversham, and two and a half tenements (hagae) in Canterbury, all in Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred, in return for 126 mancuses; dated 1 August 811, London (Saw...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 10th century-Early 11th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
419. Stowe Ch 11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 11
- Title:
- Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
- Scope & Content:
- King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants ten sulungs (aratra) at Bexley, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury; with English bounds, dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 175). Endorsed in a ?10th-century hand, ‘to byxlea’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ceonulfus rex dedit bixlea. wulfredo arc...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
420. Stowe Ch 14
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 14
- Title:
- Record of a synod of Clofesho; bounds of Godmersham and Challock, Kent
- Scope & Content:
- Record of a synod of Clofesho concerning the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred of four sulungs (aratra) at Easole, Kent, promised to him by Ealdberht, comes, and Selethryth, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwoenthryth, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet; dated 824 (Sawyer, no. 1434). Endorsed in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half 9th century-1st half 11th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf