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21. Add Ch 18791

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Title:
Will of Katherine Cook of St Andrew’s parish, Lewes
Scope & Content:
Will of Katherine Cook of St Andrew’s parish, Lewes [Sussex], leaving her body to St Mary’s Chapel in St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Lewes, next to the tomb of her husband John Cooke, leaving money to that and other churches, for her tomb, masses for her soul, and to her daughter Agnes Chamb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1504-1505
Extent:
1 leaf

22. Add Ch 19146

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Title:
Will of Margaret, widow of John de Covert
Scope & Content:
Will of Margaret, widow of John de Covert, knight, leaving her body to be buried in the chapel of St Mary Sullington [Sussex], and leaving money for her burial, obituary mass, and the poor, and making bequests to friends and family, the friars of several towns, Sullington Church, and appointing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1367
Extent:
1 leaf

23. Add Ch 19516

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Title:
Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to the minster of Sts Mary and Peter, Exeter
Scope & Content:
King Æthelstan of England grants one hide at Monkton to the minster of Sts Mary and Peter, Exeter; dated 670 (for 924 x 939); Latin with Old English bounds; spurious (Sawyer, no. 387). Endorsed in hands contemporary with the charter, 'Munecatunes boc' and 'to Muneca tune'; in a 13th-century ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
1 leaf

24. Add Ch 19573

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Title:
Grant by Adeliza of Louvain, widowed Queen of England, to Reading Abbey, for the maintenance of the lights before the body of Henry I
Scope & Content:
Adeliza of Louvain (b. c. 1103, d. 1151), widowed Queen of England and second wife of Henry I (r. 1100-1135), grants lands and a church in her manor of Stanton, Oxfordshire, to Reading Abbey, for the maintenance of the lights before the body of the King, buried in the abbey. Witnessed by Herman...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1135 and 1151
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Add Ch 19574

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Title:
Order of Adeliza of Louvain, widowed Queen of England, to Abbot Edward and Reading Abbey, commanding them not to alienate the church of Stanton or her other grants
Scope & Content:
Adeliza of Louvain (b. c. 1103, d. 1151), widowed Queen of England and second wife of Henry I (r. 1100-1135), orders Abbot E(dward) (fl. 1136–1154) and the convent of Reading Abbey not to alienate the church of Stanton, Oxfordshire, or any other of her grants to them. Witnessed by Reinald (or R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1138 and 1151
Extent:
1 leaf

26. Add Ch 19576

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Title:
Confirmation by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Windsor and Catteshall
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), confirms the grant to Reading Abbey of the land of Windsor, Berkshire, and Catteshall, Surrey, made by Geoffrey Purcell when he became a monk there, for the salvation of her own soul and that of her father, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:
1 leaf

27. Add Ch 19577

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Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the commemoration of the souls of Henry, her father, Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

28. Add Ch 19578

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Title:
Notification by Empress Matilda of her confirmation of the grant of the church of Stanton to Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), notifies A(lexander), bishop of Lincoln (r. 1133-1148), and the barons of Oxfordshire, of her confirmation of the grant of church of Stanton to Reading Abbey, originally granted by Queen A(deliza of Louvain)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:
1 leaf

29. Add Ch 19579

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Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury (duplicate)
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b.1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the souls of Henry, her father, and Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142). Given at Deviz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

30. Add Ch 19587

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Title:
Indulgence granted by Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford, to visitors to the relics of St James the Apostle at Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford (b. c. 1110, d. 1187) grants an indulgence for twenty days, to all those visiting the relics of St James the Apostle at Reading Abbey, upon or during the octave of his festival. Endorsed: 'Gileb[ertus]. Hereford. d[e] absolutio[n]e penite[n]tiu[m] i[n] festo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1148-1163
Extent:
1 leaf

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