Cartulary of Nuneaton Priory, Warwickshire, containing copies of 21 grants to the nuns there. No. 1 is a grant by Henry II; no. 2 by Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; nos 3-20, grants by various bishops and popes down to 1293. No. 21, written in a later hand, is a grant by a chaplain, da...
Papal licence for Maria and Caterina Foscari to wear dresses with trains
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Licence by Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-1455) to Maria and Caterina, daughters of Jacopo Foschari of Venice, son of Doge Francesco Foscari (b. 1373, d. 1457), of the right to wear dresses with trains, elaborate shoes, girdles, and gold and silver ornamentation, signed by Pietro de Noreto. Given at...
A notarised copy of the will of Cecilia, daughter of John Veneno and widow of Frederico Foschari, made by Caesar Ziliolus, notary and secretary to the doge of Venice. 5 May 1567, bearing the notarial mark of Caesar Ziliolus and signatures. The original will was made by Jacopo Grasolarius of St...
Francesco Erizzo; Doge of Venice: Letter to the Podestà of Treviso: 1636.: Lat. and Ital. Oderzo, Venetia: Appointment of Ricardo Pietro de Barbini as Dean of: 1636. Justiniano Justiniaino, Podestà of Treviso: Letter to, from the Doge of Venice: 1636.: Lat. Ricardo Pietro de Barbini: Appointm...
Giovanni Antonio Zanchi: Letter from the Doge of Venice conc. estate of: 1759.: Lat. Francesco Loredan; Doge of Venice: Letter conc. estate of G. A. Zanchi: 1759.: Lat.
Venice: Petition to the Pope on behalf of the Doge, his wife, and his daughter Camilla: 16th-17th cent.(?).: Lat. Court of Rome: Petition to the Pope rel. to indulgences in Venetian churches: 16th-17th cent.(?).
The household roll of Katherine de Norwich (d. c. 1341-1343), containing a set of accounts produced in her household. Katherine de Norwich was the daughter of Sir John de Hethersett, and the widow respectively of Piers Braunche (d. 1296) and Walter de Norwich (d. 1329). The first five membrane...