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21. Cotton Ch IV 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 5
Title:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne
Scope & Content:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne, beginning with Ranulph de Blundeville (c. 1172-1232), Earl of Chester, Lincoln and Huntingdon, his death and burial, and the marriages of his four sisters. It then records the same for his heir, John of Scotland (c. 1207-1237), 9th earl of Huntingdon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
middle of 15th century
Extent:
1 leaf

22. Cotton Ch IV 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 7
Title:
Confirmation of the dean and chapter of Lichfield Cathedral of the foundation of Maxstoke Priory
Scope & Content:
Confirmation of Richard Ralph, dean of Lichfield Cathedral, and the cathedral chapter, at the instance of Roger of Northburgh (1321-1358), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, of the foundation by William of Clinton (1304-1354, earl of Huntingdon from 1337) of Maxstoke Priory (Warwickshire). Given...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1336
Extent:
1 leaf

23. Cotton Ch IV 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 8
Title:
Testimonies on the foundation of Maxstoke Priory and the appropriation of Fillongley church
Scope & Content:
Testimonies on the foundation of Maxstoke Priory (Warwickshire) and the appropriation of Fillongley church, taken before the official of the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and Master Luke of Hendeborwy in Maxstoke church. Given the morrow of St Kenelm (17 July) 1345. Endorsed: 'Ffilonlee / a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1345
Extent:
1 leaf

24. Cotton Ch IV 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 11
Title:
Benefices in the gift of the bishop of Worcester; narrative of St Aldate, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and Hengist; questions to ask during a visitation
Scope & Content:
Recto: List of benefices in the gift of the bishop of Worcester and their value; short narrative of St Aldate, bishop of Gloucester, discussing with Ambrosius Aurelianus, king of Britain, what to do with the captured Hengist in AD 500. Verso: Questions to ask abbots and other religious when car...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Cotton Ch IV 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 12
Title:
Order from Conrad Caraccioli, bishop of Malta and papal chamberlain, to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London, that he effect the translation of Richard Young to the see of Rochester
Scope & Content:
Order from Conrad Caraccioli, bishop of Malta and chamberlain, to Pope Boniface IX (r. 1389-1404), to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London (r. 1381-1404), ordering that he transfer the temporalities of the see of Rochester to Richard Young (r. 1404-1418), who has been translated there from Bangor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1404
Extent:
1 leaf

26. Cotton Ch IV 13/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/3
Title:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas to John Giffard of Boscobel for £4000 for Giffard to hold lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, to John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), for £4000 for Giffard to hold the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

27. Cotton Ch IV 13/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/4
Title:
Acknowledgement by John Giffard of Boscobel of a debt of £1000 he owes to John Cotton
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire) in the Court of Chancery of a debt of £1000 he owes to John Cotton, son of Thomas Cotton. Signatures of Richard Moore, chancery master, dated 29 June, and of John Giffard. Given at Westminster, 20 June 1632.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

28. Cotton Ch IV 13/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/5
Title:
Bond of John Cotton, Francis Gaston and Thomas Bedingfield, with Thomas Geers, for £200
Scope & Content:
Recto: Bond of John Cotton of Gidding (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, Francis Gaston of Clauden (Surrey), and Thomas Bedingfield of Oxborough (Norfolk), esquires, with Thomas Geers of St Benets' parish, Paul's Wharf, London, gentleman, for £200, for payment of £102. Given 17 March 1638...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1638
Extent:
1 leaf

29. Cotton Ch IV 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 14
Title:
Poetic exercises; copies of charters relating to Warmington Priory
Scope & Content:
A leaf possibly removed from a codex belonging to Warmington Priory, a cell of Préaux Abbey, Normandy. p. 1: Exercises in leonine verses and other rhyming metres. p. 2: Copy of an arbitration by John of Stotuwelle, rector of Covinton (Huntingdonshire), and William of Bocthon, rector of Warming...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

30. Cotton Ch IV 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 16
Title:
Letter of John Hawkwood to the rulers of Siena asking that they send troops to Lucignano
Scope & Content:
Letter of John Hawkwood (d. 1394), captain-general and condottiere, to the Council of the Nine Governors and Defenders of the Commune of Siena, asking that they send cavalry, infantry and crossbowmen to Lucignano (Arrezo, Tuscany). Written at Civitella, 1 May 1382. Endorsed: 'Magnificis et pot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1382
Extent:
1 leaf

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