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2141. Stowe Ch 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 35
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to his man, Æthelred
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants land in Canterbury and six agri outside the city to his man, Æthelred, for two lives, in return for seven pounds, with reversion to Christ Church; dated 11 July 1003 for 1002, Canterbury, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 905). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, perhaps that o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1002
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2142. Stowe Ch 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 38
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Archbishop Ælfstan of Canterbury (d. 1020)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma), grants a woodland called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst in Ticehurst), Sussex, to Archbishop Ælfstan (Lyfing); dated 1018, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 950). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Ðis is þæs dennes boc ÆT HÆSELERSCE. þe .CN...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1018
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2143. Stowe Ch 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 39
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants his crown and the port of Sandwich to Christ Church, Canterbury; dated 1023. Endorsed in a 14th-century hand, ‘Carta Cnut Regis. De portu sanwichi.’ and ‘Carta Cnuth de Sanwicho’; and in a 15th-century hand, ‘Registra’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2144. Stowe Ch 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 40
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
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

2145. Stowe Ch 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 41
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Bishop Eadsige (d. 1050)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick (Westenhanger), Kent, to Bishop Eadsige; dated 1035, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 974). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Boc to bereƿican ÷’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cnuth rex dedit berewike eadsino episcopo’; and in another 12th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1035
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2146. Stowe Ch 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 43
Title:
Restitution of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135) to Archbishop William and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry I (r. 1100–1135), King of England, restores to Archbishop William de Corbeuil (b. c. 1070, d. 1136) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and William I (r. 1066–1087). A bilingual charter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1123-c 1136
Extent:
1 leaf

2147. Stowe Ch 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 44
Title:
Restitution of King Henry II (r. 1154–1189) to Archbishop Theobald and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry II (r. 1154–1189), King of England, restores to Archbishop Theobald (b. c. 1090, d. 1161) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), William I (r. 1066–1087), and Henry I (r. 1100–1135). A bil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1155
Extent:
1 leaf

2148. Stowe Ch 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 83
Title:
Quitclaim by Margery, daughter of Elias the porter of Burton, to John of Branston and his wife Petronilla of land in Branston
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Margery, daughter of Elias the porter of Burton, once the wife of Ralph the clerk of Stapenhill [Derbyshire], to John of Branston [Staffordshire] and his wife Petronilla of a bovate of land and a croft in Branston. In return, John gave Margery 4½ marks of silver. Endorsed: in a lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2149. Stowe Ch 158

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 158
Title:
Confirmation by Hugh, earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Hugh (b. 1147, d. 1181), 5th Earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory of ten librates of land in Gransden [Huntingdonshire], for the soul of his father, Ranulf, earl of Chester, himself, and all his ancestors. Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1164-1172
Extent:
1 leaf

2150. Stowe Ch 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 159
Title:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Chester, to Repton Priory, of land in Gransden
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda (d. 1189), countess of Chester, with the consent of her son, Hugh, earl of Chester, to Repton Priory [Derbyshire], of all her land in Gransden, for the love of God, the souls of King Henry and his heirs, his mother the empress [Empress Matilda] her friend, the countess’s father ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1172-1189
Extent:
1 leaf

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