Grants relating to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford
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Recto: 1. Grant of John Giffard, lord of Bremesfield, to the Priory of St John and Benedict, Oxford, of all the land and tenements he holds in Stockwell Street in the suburb of Oxford, which he had by the enfeoffment of William de Haunle, prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights ...
Response of Thomas Johnson in John Nott's case against him
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The response of Thomas Johnson in John Nott's case against him concerning the conversion of 500 acres of arable land into pasture in Conington (Huntingdonshire). With an account of legal fees signed by Philip Josselyn. Easter term, 1623.
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas to John Giffard of Boscobel for £4000 for Giffard to hold lands in Shropshire
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Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, to John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), for £4000 for Giffard to hold the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of ...
Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
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Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York, as set down by Walter of Langton, master of the hospital. Sets out the daily schedule based around the monastic hours, when the brethren and sisters should be silent, that they should not eat or drink in the town, that those who...
Bill of John Nott of Westminster against Thomas Johnson, concerning land in Conington
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Bill of John Nott of Westminster against Thomas Johnson, concerning the conversion of 500 acres of arable land into pasture in Conington (Huntingdonshire). With a note in English instructing a lawyer. 29 March 1623. The signature of John Sotherton. Dorse: An account of legal fees.
Poetic exercises; copies of charters relating to Warmington Priory
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A leaf possibly removed from a codex belonging to Warmington Priory, a cell of Préaux Abbey, Normandy. p. 1: Exercises in leonine verses and other rhyming metres. p. 2: Copy of an arbitration by John of Stotuwelle, rector of Covinton (Huntingdonshire), and William of Bocthon, rector of Warming...
Copy of the pardon of the commons of Kent by King Richard II of England (r. 1377-1399). Given at London, 15 June 1381. Followed by a note that the original sealed charter remains in the hands of Henry Appulderfield, with a list of the dates of the Black Death, the capture of John II of France,...
List of books in the library of Ramsey Abbey, listed under the names of the monk to which they had belonged. Beginning imperfectly. Decoration: Initials in red or blue. Headings in red.