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1. Add MS 26785

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Add MS 26785
Title:
ORIGINAL petitions and papers relating to proceedings in the county of Kent in ecclesiastical matters ; 1639-1641. Included are letters addressed chiefly to Sir Edward Dering, M.P. for East Kent, from- George Strode; Squerries 2 Sept., 19 Oct. 1640, ff. 3,15. [Sir]PeterHeyman[M.P.for Hythe]; 29 Sept. 1640, f. 5. Edward Boys; 1 Oct. 1640, f. 7. George Hauly; 2 Oct. 1640, f. 9. [Sir] John Sedley; St. Clare in East, 5 Oct. 1640, f. 11. Jolin Player; Ashford, 15 Oct. 1640, f. 13. James Hugessen...
Scope & Content:
England, Ecclesiastical History: Papers and letters on ecclesiastical affairs in Kent: 1639-1641. Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Letters to: 1639-1641. County of Kent: Papers and letters relating to ecclesiastical affairs in: 1639 - 1641. includes: f. 1 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 40717

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Add MS 40717
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS acquired with Add. MSS. 40696- 40716, viz. 1. Papers relating to the Cinque Ports and their members. They, with articles 3, 4 and 5, probably came into possession of their former owners, the Oxenden family, on the death of Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Bart. of Brome, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Governor of Dover Castle, who died without issue in 1750, his estate passing by will to his nephew, George Oxenden. As follows:- (a) English translation, lacking the first ...
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includes: f. 1 Edward VI of England: Confirmation of charters to the Cinque Ports, 1548. Engl. transl.: 1553.ff. 1-142 Cinque Ports: Papers and patents rel. to: 1465-1712.: Partly copies.ff. 1-17 b Thomas Hoker, Town Clerk of Winchelsea: Wrote: in 1553.ff. 1-17 b Scribes: Thomas Hoker, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1465-1799
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 42075

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Add MS 42075
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HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 89). Letters and papers rel. to Dover and the Cinque Ports (cf. Add. MS. 40717, art. i, where the descent of these papers is explained); 16th cent.-1759. The most noteworthy are:-(1) Letters and papers, mainly copies, rel. to Dover harbour; 1 Apr. 1609-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1759
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe Ch 2

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Stowe Ch 2
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to the churches and monasteries of Kent
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants privileges and immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition of lay domination over St Peter’s at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo; dated 699 × 716, Bapchild, Kent. With confir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

5. Stowe Ch 40

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Stowe Ch 40
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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King Cnut grants the reversion of land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, after the death of his priest, Eadsige; c. 1035, in both Latin and English (Sawyer, no. 981). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donatio regis cnut. de folkestane. latine et anglice.’; in a 13th-century han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf