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Language Latin Place Romney Marsh, Kent

1. Add MS 5516

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Add MS 5516
Title:
KENT AND SUSSEX CHARTULARIES: fragments of chartularies and transcripts of deeds, chiefly relating to south-west Kent, including Romney Marsh, and the adjacent areas of East Sussex, 12th cent.-1447; 15th cent. Chiefly Latin. Origin: England . The collection may have been complete by the 16th cent., when it was owned by John 'Frognll' (Frogenhall?), whose ex libris (f. 4v) and memoranda appear (ff. 3v-6, 8, 18). Some headings and memoranda in a late 17th cent. - early 18th cent. hand. The MS....
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Romney Marsh, Kent: Fragments of cartularies, etc., rel. to: 14th-15th centt: Chiefly Lat. Chartularies: County of Kent: Fragments of cartularies, etc., rel. to Kent and Sussex: 12th-15th centt: Chiefly Lat. includes: ff. 1-8 Chartularies: Monks Horton Priory; Kent: Fragment of cartulary of M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 28550

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Add MS 28550
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Fragment of a register of the Cistercian abbey of Robertsbridge, Sussex, in Latin. Also included are some musical pieces.
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1. Part of a chronicle of the abbey; 1308-1333. Imperfect at the beginning. At the end is a reference to a continuation of the work in a later part of the original volume. f. 1. 2. Reports of suits in the courts of Exchequer and the King's Bench, with regard to claims of the abbey at Salherst,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe Ch 4

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Stowe Ch 4
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the English (d. 796) to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury (d. 792)
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King Offa of the English grants three sulungs (aratra) at Lydd, Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury; dated 774 (Sawyer, no. 111). Endorsed in a hand of the 2nd half of the 10th century, ‘to hlidum’, repeated by a slightly later hand; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Offa rex. dedit Iamberto. arc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
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Parchment leaf

4. Stowe Ch 10

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Stowe Ch 10
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants two sulungs (aratra) at Appincg lond near Rainham, two sulungs at Suithhunincg lond at Graveney near Faversham, and two and a half tenements (hagae) in Canterbury, all in Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred, in return for 126 mancuses; dated 1 August 811, London (Saw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
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Parchment leaf

5. Stowe Ch 23

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Stowe Ch 23
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Plegmund (d. 914) to Byrhtræd
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Archbishop Plegmund grants a three-year lease of 80 acres (iugera) at Wæfincg mersc, Kent, to Byrhtræd, in return for a payment of 385 pence; dated 924, for 905 or 920, probably 905 (Sawyer, no. 1288). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Plegmundus archiepiscopus dedit byrhtrede .lxxx. iugera ƿef...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

6. Stowe MS 850

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Stowe MS 850
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS relating to Kent and other counties, articles 6-8 having originally formed separate MSS.:- 1. Transcripts of deeds and other documents relating to Canterbury, chiefly tempp. Hen. VII.-Hen. VIII., with a few of earlier date. Lat. and Engl. ff. l b, 45, 115 b. Included among them are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item