Letter from Pope Martin V to John Kemp, archbishop of York, regarding a dispensation for William Kellum to marry Catherine Schakersdale
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A letter addressed to the archbishop of York from Pope Martin V (r. 1417-31), informing him of the dispensation to marry granted to William Kellum and Catherine Schakersdale; the Church of the Holy Apostles, Rome, 24 June 1428. The archbishop of York at this time was John Kemp (b. 1380/81, d. ...
A mass-produced indulgence by Peter de Monte (b. c. 1400, d. 1457), apostolic notary and papal collector. In exchange for money towards the conversion of the Greeks and defending the borders of Christendom from non-Christians, Margery Dicks and her sister Anna may choose a confessor who can offe...
Grant of confraternity by Sir Thomas Norton, master of the Hospital of Burton of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, to Elizabeth Vachell
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A grant of confraternity by Sir Thomas Norton (fl. 1505-1526), knight and master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, to Elizabeth Vachell; 1512. The text lists the spiritual benefits of membership. The document was mass produced, with blank spaces left for t...
Petition by Joan Astley, nurse of Henry VI, for an increase in salary
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Recto: Petition by Joan, nurse of the king and wife of Thomas Astley, esquire, to Henry VI asking if her letter patent of 28 April 1423 granting her £20 a year could be cancelled in return for a new letter patent granting £40 a year. Dorse: Endorsement noting that Joan’s petition was accepted; ...
Manuscripts collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 1085 manuscripts
This manuscript contains a decorated Gallican Psalter and Canticles (ff. 168v-180v), made in England in the mid-11th century. The Psalter was glossed in Old English in the second half of the 11th century. This Psalter might be related to fragments/binding strips of a glossed Psalter in Cambrid...
This manuscript contains the Four Gospels with prologues and tables of contents, followed by a lectionary in which readings from the Gospels are divided over the liturgical year. The manuscript has, on stylistic grounds, been identified as a product of the Benedictine abbey of St Remaclus in Sta...
Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronica de tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum
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This manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica (Scholastic History) by the theologian Petrus Comestor (d. 1187). The Historia offers a retelling of the Old and New Testaments and was a popular work in the later Middle Ages. It also includes excerpts from the Chronica de tribus maximis circums...
CONCORDANCE, or Harmony of the Gospels, in Latin, the four narratives being combined into one by selection of passages from each. Begins with John i. 1, "In principio erat Verbum," and ends with the last words of the same Gospel, " qui scribendi sunt libros,"followed by the colophon,"Explicit sa...
