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11. Add Ch 28657

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 28657
Title:
Confirmation of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning gifts made by Earl Leofric and Godgifu
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms the gifts made by Earl Leofric and Godgifu (Godiva) to Abbot Leofwine and the brethren at Coventry minster; spurious, in English and Latin (Sawyer, no. 1098).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

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12. Add Ch 33658

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 33658
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ramsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms and grants privileges to Ramsey Abbey of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington, and Old Weston, Huntingdonshire; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

13. Add Ch 33659

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 33659
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ramsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms and grants privileges to Ramsey Abbey of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington, and Old Weston, Huntingdonshire; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

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14. Add Ch 33686

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 33686
Title:
Four grants to Ramsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar (943/4–975) confirms and grants to Ramsey Abbey privileges of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington and Old Weston, Huntingdonshire; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Ravel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

15. Add MS 7138

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7138
Title:
The Plegmund Narrative or Crediton Claim (with letters from Sir Walter Trevelyan and Henry Petrie)
Scope & Content:
Statement of Crediton’s claim to certain estates in Cornwall, giving an account of the purported creation of new bishops and their consecration in 905 (Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherborne, Wells, Crediton, Selsey and Dorchester), and statement of the assignment to Crediton, on that occasion, of land...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf bound with paper correspondence

16. Cotton Ch VI 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VI 2
Title:
‘First Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms to Westminster Abbey its privileges and lands, comprising (a) 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middlesex; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

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17. Cotton Ch VI 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VI 4
Title:
Grant of King Æthelberht of the West Saxons (d. 865) to Bishop Deora of Rochester (765×72–781×85)
Scope & Content:
King Æthelberht of Wessex grants land near Rochester to Bishop Deora of Rochester; dated 761, altered to 781, spurious (Sawyer, no. 266). Endorsed in a 15th-century hand, ‘Ethelbertus de redditu Roffensi’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 9th century
Extent:

1 leaf

18. Cotton Ch VIII 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 3
Title:
Grant of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (d. 757) to Abbot Eanberht
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of the Mercians grants ten hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wiltshire) and the tumulus called Reada beorg to Abbot Eanberht; dated 757 (Sawyer, no. 96).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century
Extent:

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19. Cotton Ch VIII 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 4
Title:
Grant of King Cynewulf of the Saxons (d. 786) to Bica, comes and minister
Scope & Content:
King Cynewulf of the Saxons grants of 13 hides (manentes) at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, to Bica, comes and minister; dated 778 (Sawyer, no. 264).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century
Extent:

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20. Cotton Ch VIII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 6
Title:
Grant of King Eadred (r. 946-955) to the thegn Wulfric
Scope & Content:
King Eadred grants 12 hides (cassati) at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire – bounds of 20 hides at Bourton, 7 hides at Maugersbury, and 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucestershire – to the thegn (miles) Wulfric; dated 949 (Sawyer, no. 550).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

Paper leaf