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571. Egerton Ch 406

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 406
Title:
Statutes for the running of Marrick Priory
Scope & Content:
A set of statutes for the prioress and nuns of Marrick Priory, Yorkshire, to follow, set down following an inquisition held at Marrick on Tuesday just before the Feast of St Denis [8 October] 1252. The statutes set out how the prioress should treat her nuns, rules around guests at the priory, re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1252
Extent:
1 leaf

572. Egerton Ch 428

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 428
Title:
Grant by Alexandria, daughter of Ralph fitz Bernard, and others to Stixwould Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Alexandria daughter of Ralph fitz Bernard, Matilda, Hawise, Beatrice, Beatrice’s fiancé William, and Aime, to Stixwould Priory [Lincolnshire], of all their lands in Huntingdon and the advowson of St Andrew’s Church, Wilgebia, so that they may forever partake in the spiritual benefits of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

573. Egerton Ch 434

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 434
Title:
Grant by Alexandria, daughter of Ralph fitz Bernard to Stixwould Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Alexandria daughter of Ralph fitz Bernard, with the consent of Robert de Herierbi and her son William, to Stixwould Priory [Lincolnshire], of all her dowry after her husband Robert and her son William are dead. When Alexandria dies, the priory will receive her body as if she were a memb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

574. Egerton Ch 469

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 469
Title:
Acknowledgement by Eustacia, prioress of Stixwould, of accounts received
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Eustacia, prioress of Stixwould [Lincolnshire], that she has received the final account of John Burbut, once bailiff of her manor of Honington, and an acquaintance of receipts and payments; given at Stixwould, 3 February 1400. Endorsed: in a 16th-century hand, ‘super n. Burbo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1400
Extent:
1 leaf

575. Egerton Ch 620

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 620
Title:
Grant by Conrad III, King of the Romans, to Corvey Abbey of the nunnery of Kemnade
Scope & Content:
Conrad III (r. 1138-1152), King of the Romans, granting the nunnery of Kemnade to Abbot Wibald (b. 1098, d. 1158) and the Benedictine abbey of Corvey (Westphalia). The nunnery was to be held in the same way as the three other abbeys of Eresburg, Meppia and Visbike. The grant was subject to an an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1147
Extent:
1 roll

576. Egerton Ch 621

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 621
Title:
Grant of Eleanor of Aquitaine to the Abbey of Saint-Maixent of immunity from certain services
Scope & Content:
Grant by Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. c. 1122, d. 1204), Queen of England, Duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Countess of Anjou, to the abbot and monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maixent (diocese of Poitiers), of immunity from the procuration paid to her and the services due from the forests of Saura...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200
Extent:
1 leaf

577. Egerton Ch 2130

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 2130
Title:
Mortmain licence by Joan of Kent, princess of Wales, for Michael de la Pole, Lord Chancellor, to grant property to the Maison Dieu of Myton
Scope & Content:
Mortmain licence by Joan (b. c. 1320, d. 1385), princess of Wales, duchess of Cornwall, countess of Chester, and lady of Wake, to Michael de la Pole (b. c. 1330, d. 1389), knight, chancellor of her son, Richard II, to grant a messuage and land in Cottingham and Willerby to the Maison Dieu next t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1383
Extent:
1 leaf

578. Egerton Ch 8256

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 8256
Title:
Will and probate certificate of Agnes Sowle
Scope & Content:
Recto: Will of Agnes Sowle, leaving her body to be buried in the parish church of Glatton [Huntingdonshire] and making bequests to the church, her daughter Isabelle, and to her executors John Sowle, John Vance, and John Schulde. Given at Glatton, 10 May 1465. Dorse: Probate certificate of Agnes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1465-1470
Extent:
1 leaf

579. Egerton MS 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 159
Title:
Collection of medical tracts in Irish
Scope & Content:
Medical tracts compiled from various sources. A detailed description of this manuscript is provided by O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, i, pp. 280-85. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Definitions taken from Bernard de Gordon's Lilium Medicinæ. ff. 3r-7r: Medical maxims and definitions...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish and Latin
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 volume

580. Egerton MS 608

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 608
Title:
The Four Gospels
Scope & Content:
This highly illuminated 11th-century manuscript contains the four Gospels with prologues by St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420) and Eusebius of Caesarea (b. 260, d. 339), Eusebian canons and a capitulare evangeliorum, assigning pericopes from the Gospels to most feasts of the liturgical year. It is one o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

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