Will of Margery de Crek, widow of Bartholomew de Crek, leaving her body to be buried in the church of Flixton Priory, the nunnery that she founded in 1258, making other bequests to the priory, the bishop of Norwich, her family, and others; dated the morrow of St Luke the Evangelist [19 October],...
Confirmation of William I, king of Scots, to Clerkenwell Priory
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Confirmation by William [I], king of Scots, to the Priory of Fons Clericorum [Clerkenwell, Middlesex], of lands in the Ganre of Toteham [Tottenham, Middlesex], which Robert, son of Swwin de Norhamtone, gave to the priory, and half a holme which Engelram held, and four trunks of firewood out of T...
Grant of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
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King Alexander II grants to Melrose Abbey the whole fishery of Old Roxburgh in River Tweed as far as 'Brockestrem', which King David I, his great-grandfather, gave, as David's charter and confirmation of King William I, his father, bear witness.
Grant of William I, king of Scots (d. 1214), to John Waleram
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King William to John Waleram; has given whole land which William Carpenter held in 'Ballebotl' (Babbet), that is, every fith rig of whole half of 'Ballebotlia'; and in fields of 'Dreinin' (Drony) the land which was perambulated for Roger de Camera on orders of Countess Ada, by Hugh Giffard, Alexa...
Grant of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Balmerino Abbey
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King Alexander II announces that he has founded an abbey of Cistercian order at Balmerino in Fife, and has given lands of Balmerino and Coultra in Fife, with mother church of Balmerino and all things belonging to those lands, which Adam of Stawell, brother and heir of Richard Revel, quitclaimed b...
Restoration by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109) to the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
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Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109) restores to the monks of Canterbury half of the revenue of the high altar of the cathedral, as granted by his predecessor Archbishop Lanfranc (b. c. 1010, d. 1089), grants the other half, and restores to the monks the manor of Stisted, Essex....
After an inquisition into the property of the late Thomas Watwood, held at Wolverhampton on 7 April 1581, who died in debt to the Crown, Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) leases to Hugh Rabone one of Watwood’s former properties, a croft without pasture called Whitmoors or Le Priors Gyrche, Staffordshir...
Confirmation by Margaret de Lacy, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, widow, to John the chaplain
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Confirmation by Margaret de Lacy, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, widow, to John the chaplain, for his homage and service, of all the land which he purchased from Roger son of Simon in the fee of Bradeham; dated to between 1245, when Margaret’s second husband Walter Marshal, earl of Pembroke, ...
Quitclaim by Agnes, widow of Robert of Sandcroft, knight, to her son Robert of Sandcroft
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Quitclaim by Agnes, widow of Robert of Sandcroft, knight, to her son Robert of Sandcroft, of all her right to the service of Robert Cholle of le Grisewe, villein of Robert of Sandcroft, and other properties held by him; given at Flixton, the day of the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr [7 July...
Grant by Albreda of Old Romney, widow, to Robertsbridge Abbey, of Dudeman’s Land in Pinhall
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Grant by Albreda of Old Romney [Kent], widow, to Robertsbridge Abbey [Sussex], of all the land in Pinhall that was held by Dudeman called Dudeman’s Land, in return for sixteen marks of silver. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Albrede de ve… Rume’; in an 18th-century hand, ‘Sans Date'; in a di...