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1. Add Ch 13293

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 13293
Title:
Certificate for the safe delivery of Margaret of Anjou to Louis XI of France
Scope & Content:
A notarial instrument certifying the safe delivery of Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), once Queen of England and daughter of René of Anjou, by Sir Thomas Montgomery (b. c. 1430, d. 1495), commissioner for Edward IV (r. 1461-1470, 1471-1483), King of England, to Louis XI (r. 1461-1483), King...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
22 Jan 1476
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Arundel MS 71/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 71/1
Title:
Detached leaf from a Gradual
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single detached leaf from the opening of a large illuminated Gradual, made in Ghent between 1480 and 1483. The Gradual was probably commissioned by Margaret of York (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy, whose arms (formulated after her marriage in 1468 to Charles t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton Ch XII 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 4
Title:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel, to Bullington Priory
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel of Tirigt[ona], to Bullington priory [Lincolnshire], of all the lands which William held. Endorsed: in an early 13th-century hand, ‘Confirmacio Emme relicte / W[illelmo] Mustel i[n] viduitate sua / de t[er]ris in Tirigt[ona].’ Affixed with a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Harley MS 494

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 494
Title:
Anne Bulkeley's prayer-book
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-v: Elevation prayer, beginning ‘I do salute the moste holy body’. ff. 2r-4r: Latin prayers on the Five Joys, beginning ‘laudo amo adoro’, based on the Liber Specialis Gratiae, I.19. ff. 4r-4*r: Latin prayers for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, beginning ‘Veni sancte spiritus’....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1532-1535
Extent:

1 volume

5. LFC Ch III 1

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch III 1
Title:
Will of Margery de Crek
Scope & Content:
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],...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1282
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Royal MS 15 A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A I
Title:
Jane Lumley, translation of Isocrates, Archidamus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Archidamus, one of the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley. The manuscript is a presentation copy, probably intended as a New Year's gift fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Sloane Ch XXXII 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane Ch XXXII 1
Title:
Marriage licence from Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, for Edward Griffith and Elizabeth Palmer
Scope & Content:
Licence from Thomas Cranmer (r. 1532-53), archbishop of Canterbury, for Edward Griffith of Braybrooke and Elizabeth Palmer to marry; given at Lambeth, 27 September 1535. Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, ‘Licence for marriage to / Thomas Griffyn / Elizabeth Palmer’. Affixed with a fragmentary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1535
Extent:
1 leaf

8. Stowe Ch 64

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 64
Title:
Grant by Isabella, widow of Thomas del Hull of Snelston, to Henry of Kniveton, rector of Norbury Church, and Henry Wallour, chaplain, of property in Derbyshire and Staffordshire
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabella, widow of Thomas del Hull of Snelston, to Henry of Kniveton, rector of Norbury Church, and Henry Wallour, chaplain, of all the property in Derbyshire and Staffordshire that she inherited following the death of Isabella, who was the wife of John Shale, son and heir of John of Ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1405
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Wolley Ch XII 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Wolley Ch XII 31
Title:
Will of Agnes Fearne, widow, of Wirksworth
Scope & Content:
Will of Agnes Fearne (d. by 1575), widow, of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. Among bequests to family and executors, she leaves her house and all her other houses, gardens, land and tenements in Wirksworth establish a free school and a bedehouse in the town; dated to 14 July 1574. Her sister’s stepson...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[14 Jul 1574]
Extent:

1 leaf