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1. Cotton Ch

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch
Title:
Cotton Charters
Scope & Content:
Charters I 1–XXX 41
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Charters

2. Cotton Ch I 2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 2/1
Title:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others. This volume may have been created as a dossier for the defendants' lawyers. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 booklet

3. Cotton Ch I 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 14
Title:
Contributions of Huntingdonshire to repairing St Paul's Cathedral; assessment for the poor relief of Ridley parish
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Memorandum of contributions from the inhabitants of Huntingdonshire to the repairs of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 26 April 1634. ff. 3r-v: Assessment for the poor relief for Ridley parish (Huntingdonshire), 1635. Signed by Oliver Cromwell (c 1562-1655), uncle of Oliver Cromwell, the fut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1634-1637
Extent:
1 booklet

4. Cotton Ch II 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 1
Title:
Confirmation of Bishop Everard of Norwich to Norwich Cathedral Priory of its rights and property
Scope & Content:
Confirmation of Everard (r. 1121-1145), bishop of Norwich, to the cathedral priory of Norwich, of the chapter’s rights and property granted to them by his predecessor Herbert (r. 1094-1119), King Henry I (r. 1100-1135), Pope Paschal II (r. 1099-1118), and King Stephen (r. 1135-1154), including m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1135-1145
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Cotton Ch II 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 2
Title:
Confirmation of Henry I to Norwich Cathedral Priory of a grant by Ralph, son of Godric, of land at Newton
Scope & Content:
Confirmation of King Henry I of England (r. 1100-1135) to Norwich Cathedral Priory of a grant by Ralph, son of Godric, of land at Newton (Norfolk) with privileges there. Witnesses: Queen Matilda (1080-1118), William Bigod (d. 1120), Roger, bishop of Salisbury (1102-1139), and Ralph son of Godri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1102-1118
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Cotton Ch II 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 3
Title:
Final concord of William, son of Ralph of Wye, conveying to Rochester Cathedral Priory land in Elham
Scope & Content:
Final concord of William, son of Ralph of Wye, quitclaiming to Rochester Cathedral Priory all his land in Elham (Kent), for which the priory gives William 30 marks. Agreed in the court of the king at Westminster before Richard of Ilchester, bishop of Winchester (r. 1173-1188), Geoffrey Ridel, bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1182
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Cotton Ch II 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 4
Title:
Notification of Henry I that he has given Bishop Everard of Norwich 100s a year in exchange for Steventon church
Scope & Content:
Notification of King Henry I of England (r. 1100-1135) to Richard Basset, Aubrey de Vere, and the sheriff, barons and others of Norfolk, that he has given Everard, bishop of Norfolk (r. 1121-1145), 100s a year out of £10 rent from the hundreds of Walsham and Blofield (Norfolk), in exchange for t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1131-1133
Extent:
1 leaf

8. Cotton Ch II 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 5
Title:
Writ of Henry II to the sheriff of Norfolk to allow Norwich Cathedral Priory free pasture between Bixley and Framingham
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Henry II of England (r. 1100-35) to the sheriff of Norfolk to allow Norwich Cathedral Priory free pasture between Bixley and Framingham (Norfolk). Witnesses: Thomas Becket, chancellor (1155-62). Given at Bury St Edmunds. Endorsed: 'H. primus / de pasture inter Framlingham / et Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1155-1162
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Cotton Ch II 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 6
Title:
Writ of Henry I to Roger Bigod and Ralph Passelewe ordering them to cause Bishop Herbert of Norwich to hold his land and people of Brisley as well as he did under William II
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Henry I of England (r. 1100-1135) to Roger Bigod (d. 1107) and Ralph Passelewe, ordering them to cause Herbert, bishop of Norwich (r. 1094-1119), to hold his land and people of Brisley (Norfolk), and his man Alwin son of Floten’, and his other men and property, just as well as he he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1100-1107
Extent:
1 leaf

10. Cotton Ch II 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 7
Title:
Writ of Robert, earl of Leicester, to the prior of Ely to do right to Humphrey son of Geoffrey regarding his estate at Dunnigge Land (mislaid)
Scope & Content:
Writ of Robert, earl of Leicester, to the prior of Ely to do right to Humphrey son of Geoffrey regarding his estate at Dunnigge Land. Dated to between 1107, when Robert I de Beaumont was created earl of Leicester, and 1204, the death of Robert IV de Beaumont, the final earl of Leicester to have...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1107-1204
Extent:
1 leaf