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1. Add Ch 19795

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Title:
Grant of Archbishop Wulfstan (d. 1023) to Wulfgifu
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Wulfstan grants a lease, for three lives, of a half (mansa) hide at Perry Wood in St Martin’s-without-Worcester, to Wulfgifu, with reversion to the church of Worcester; 1003 × 1016, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1385). Lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAVVM’ written along...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1003-1023
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2. Add Ch 20559

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Title:
Grant by Hawise, countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri, of land in Hedon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Hawise [d. 1214], countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri of land in Hedon, Yorkshire. Addressed to the bailiff of Hedon and all the people of the same vill; dated to between 1179, when Hawise became countess, and 1214, when she died. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Hedonn’. Affixed wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1179-1214
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add Ch 19794

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Title:
Grant of Archbishop Oswald (d. 992) to Cynelm, minister
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Oswald grants a lease, for three lives, of 2.5 hides (mansae) at Caldinccotan, in Bredon, Worcestershire, to Cynelm, minister, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester; dated 984 (Sawyer, no. 1347). Lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAVVM’ written across the upper edge. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
984
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4. Add Ch 19798

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Title:
Grant of Bishop Lyfing of Worcester (d. 1046) to Earcytel
Scope & Content:
Bishop Lyfing grants a lease, for three lives, of two hides (cassati) at Tapenhall in North Claines, Worcestershire, and two hagas in Worcester, to Earcytel, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester; dated 1038, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1393). Middle portion of a tripartite chirogra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1038
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5. Add Ch 22566

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Title:
Quitclaim by Isabella, widow of Warin of Bassingburn, to William de Briançon, lord of West Thurrock, of her rights to land in Breckenham and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabella, widow of Warin of Bassingburn, to William de Briançon [d. 1310], lord of West Thurrock, of all the rights she had in the lands and tenements which William has in Breckenham, Rossworth, and Shadwell in Norfolk, and Teversham in Cambridgeshire, which Warin, her husband, sold...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1287-1310
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Add Ch 19790

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Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (r. 757-796) to Æthelmund, minister
Scope & Content:
King Offa grants 55 hides (cassati) at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, to Æthelmund, minister; dated 793 × 796, Clobeshoas (Sawyer, no. 139). Endorsed in an 11th-century hand, ‘Westbyrig’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
793-796
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7. Add Ch 19793

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Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfwold, minister
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants 15 hides (cassati) at Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, to Ælfwold, minister; 969, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 772). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘Ðis is þara .xv. hida land boc. æt æpslea. þe EADGAR cyning. gebocade ælfƿolde his leofan. getreoƿan þegne a on ece yrfe;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 11th century
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8. Add Ch 19989

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Title:
Chirograph by Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting a grove to her daughter Johanna
Scope & Content:
A chirograph of Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting her daughter Johanna, a grove (gravam) called 'le sopperes wode'; given at ‘Elunder’ [possibly Ellenden, Kent?], the Sunday after the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr, 7 Edward II [8 July 1313]. Endorsed: in a lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1313
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Add Ch 19800

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Title:
Grant of Bishop Ealdred (d. 1069) to Balwine, his man
Scope & Content:
Bishop Ealdred grants a lease, for three lives, of two hides (mansi) and a yardland at West tun (Weston-on-Avon, Warwickshire), to Balwine, his man, with reversion to St Mary's, Worcester; c. 1053 (Sawyer, no. 1407). Lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYRO GRA PHVM’ written along the upper ed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1053
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10. Add Ch 19801

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Title:
Grant of Bishop Ealdred (d. 1069) to Dodda, minister
Scope & Content:
Bishop Ealdred grants a lease, for life, of two hides (mansae) and a yardland at Bredons Norton, Worcestershire, to Dodda, minister, with reversion to the bishopric; dated 1058, in Latin and English with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1405). Lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAVVM’ written ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1058
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