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661. Harley Ch 84 I 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 84 I 22
Title:
Quitclaim by Margery daughter of Isabel, daughter of Alulf of Merch, to Biddlesden Abbey, of land at Whitfield
Scope & Content:
Confirmation and quitclaim by Margery daughter of Isabel, daughter of Alulf of Merch, to Biddlesden Abbey (Buckinghamshire), of the donations made to the abbey by Thomas of Armentières and R. Barry of land in Whitfield (Northamptonshire), in the fee of the earl of Leicester. Endorsed: in four 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

662. Harley Ch 85 B 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 85 B 17
Title:
Grant by Lucy de Cokefield to Biddlesden Abbey of all her land in Charwelton
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Lucy de Cokefield, with the assent of Adam, her son, to Biddlesden Abbey, of all her land in Charwelton (Northamptonshire), which lands she received in the court of the king at Westminster in a case against Ralph de Cheinduit. In return, the abbey will pay her a rent of 3 marks four...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1200
Extent:
1 leaf

663. Harley Ch 86 B 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 86 B 5
Title:
Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, of 2 acres of land in Berkhamsted
Scope & Content:
Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, for his homage and service, of 2 acres of land in the manor (halimoto) of Berkhamsted. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Halimoto’. Affixed with a fine seal of Petronilla, lozenge, green, with a full-length image of a wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

664. Harley Ch 86 C 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 86 C 40
Title:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey of salt rents in Hoilande and land in Houghton
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey, for the souls of Robert Grunwald, her husband, Pagan, her father, Adeliz de Raimes, William, her grandfather, and all her ancestors, of the salt rents and their appurtenances in Hoilande, and 1 virgate of land in Houghton. In return, Matilda and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

665. Harley Ch 112 C 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 112 C 27
Title:
Grant by Margaret de Quincy, widow, countess of Winchester, to Ulverscroft Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret [de Quincy] (d. 1235), widow, countess of Winchester and sister of Robert [de Beaumont] (d. 1204), earl of Leicester, to Prior Walter of Ulverscroft Priory [Leicestershire], of all her land in Ryall [Devon] and Bishop’s Hull [Somerset]. Date based on the death of Margaret’s hu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1219-1235
Extent:
1 leaf

666. Harley Ch 112 G 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 112 G 53
Title:
Confirmation by Matilda de Chauz to Hugh Bard of a grant of land
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Matilda de Chauz, in her free power, without a man, to Hugh Bard, of all the land which Geoffrey de Lefremunt had of her ancestors in Kirketon, Walsby, Willoughby, Besthorpe, and in Birchwood [Nottinghamshire], which William the son and heir of Geoffrey gave to Hugh. Endorsed: i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

667. Harley MS 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2
Title:
Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas Becket; Eustace of Faversham, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis;and William of Malmesbury, De Gesta Pontificum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains ten parts written in England during the 2nd half of the 12th century or the 1st half of the 13th century. Most likely they were once part of different manuscripts (as suggested by a quire mark (‘III’) on f. 257v). A (? late) 13th-century table of contents that lists all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

668. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

669. Harley MS 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 46
Title:
Glossed Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-v: Capitula referring to quires and folios of the manuscript. ff. 3r-4r: Preface on the Gospels, excerpted from Genesis, beginning: ‘Fecit deus duo magna luminaria’ ff. 4r-6v: Glossed prologue to the Gospel of St Matthew, beginning: ‘Mattheus ex iudea sicut in ordine’; gloss on the pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

670. Harley MS 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 59
Title:
Pseudo-Hegesippus, Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript preserves the work known as Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae (The History of Josephus on the Jewish Wars and the Destruction of the City of Jerusalem), a 4th-century adaptation of Josephus' (b. 37, d. 100) Jewish Wars. The work was attributed to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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