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11. Add Ch 11271

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Title:
Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Stephen’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Étienne’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, that the abbey owes them two bushels of winter grain. In return, the Templars quitclaim all right to the tithes of Mariuas and Villeneuve. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘de labess d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1233
Extent:
1 leaf

12. Add Ch 11282

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Title:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy, abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, of Ermengarde and her daughter Helota
Scope & Content:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy [r. 1257-73], abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons and their preceptor Pierre Bouana, of Ermengarde, daughter of Helindis Lahasar, and her daughter Helota; given June 1264. Endorsed: in a late 13th-century hand, ‘m. de ff. / De Les...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1264
Extent:
1 leaf

13. Add Ch 13038

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Title:
Letter of attorney from Ismania, widow of Laurence Berkerolles
Scope & Content:
Grant by Ismania, once the wife of Laurence Berkerolles, to John Forster, John Chount and Walter Deneby, appointing them her attorneys to receive her dowry of all of the lands and tenements that Laurence once held in Gloucestershire and the Welsh March in the same county; given at Ouleknolle, Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1411
Extent:
1 leaf

14. Add Ch 13945

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Title:
Confirmation by Alfonso of Brienne, count of Eu, and his wife Marie de Lusignan, of a grant to the Abbey of St Anthony, Paris
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Alfonso of Brienne (b. c. 1228, d. 1270), Count of Eu and Grand Chamberlain of France, and his wife Marie de Lusignan (b. c. 1223, d. 1260), with Jean Mathieu, of a grant of 15 bushels of wheat a year to the Abbey of St Anthony, Paris; March 1255. Affixed with two seals. The fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mar 1255
Extent:
1 leaf

15. Add Ch 15340

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Title:
Bill of sale by Antonio Colona to Angelo Gadi of Florence, selling Marta, an enslaved Russian woman
Scope & Content:
Bill of sale by Antonio Colona, attorney for Taddeo de Consio and Maria Vibarco of Venice, to Angelo Gadi of Florence, selling to him an enslaved Russian woman called Marta for 36 gold ducats; given 7 February 1450. Notarial certificate and notary mark by Marinus Sponsus, son of Andrea Umetiis,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1450
Extent:
1 leaf

16. Add Ch 15584

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Title:
Grant by Matilda, abbess of Barking Abbey, to Henry Lohot, of tenements in Tollesbury
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda [illegitimate daughter of Henry II], abbess of Barking Abbey [Essex], at the petition of Geoffrey son of Baldwin, to Henry Lohot, for his service and homage to the abbey, of all the tenements that Geoffrey had in Tollesbury [Essex]. In return, Henry gives the abbey 4 marks of si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1175-1202
Extent:
1 leaf

17. Add Ch 16789

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Title:
Will of Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Paytfyn of Heddingley, with probate certificate
Scope & Content:
Will of Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Paytfyn of Heddingley, with probate certificate. She leaves her body to be buried in Esschewolde, and makes bequests to the church of Cabilay, several religious houses, to her brothers’ children, to her siblings, and to others; dated the vigil of St Bartholomew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1342
Extent:
1 leaf

18. Add Ch 17295

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Title:
Will of Gunnilda atte Denne
Scope & Content:
Will of Gunnilda atte Denne, leaving her body to be buried in the churchyard of St Peter Newdigate [Surrey], and making bequests to that church for her obit mass, to the poor, her family and friends, and appointing executors; dated 12 April 1318. Probate certificate by John, rector of Lanihook,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1318
Extent:
1 leaf

19. Add Ch 17741

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Title:
Lease by Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, to John Wode, of the hundreds of Gallow, Brothercross and North Greenhoe
Scope & Content:
Lease by Elizabeth Woodville (b. c. 1437, d. 1492), Queen of England and wife of Edward IV (r. 1461-1470, 1471-1483), to John Wode, of the hundreds of Gallow, Brothercross and North Greenhoe, Norfolk, for the term of three years. The charter is an indenture, given on 24 November 1467 [7 Edward I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
24 Nov 1467
Extent:
1 leaf

20. Add Ch 18199

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Title:
Acquittance by Margaret of France, Queen of England, to John de Sandale, Keeper of the Exchange of London, for a payment into her wardrobe
Scope & Content:
Margaret of France (b. c. 1279, d. 1318), Queen of England and second wife of Edward I (r. 1272-1307), issues an acquittance to John de Sandale, Keeper of the Exchange of London, for a payment into her wardrobe of £159 8s. 7d., as received by the queen’s keeper of the wardrobe, John de Godele; g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
30 Sept 1301
Extent:
1 leaf

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