Bull of Pope Adrian IV granting privileges to Neasham Priory
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Bull of Pope Adrian IV (r. 1154-1159), at the instance of the nuns of Neasham Priory (County Durham), confirming the foundation of the house and its possessions, listing and confirming previous donations to the priory, exempting the priory from tithes from the food for their animals or from the ...
Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair
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Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart (b. 1454, d. 1485), duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair. This was part of an attempt to secure the succession of Albany's son from his second marriage, John Stewart. John Otterburn, official of St Andrews in the archdeaconry of Lothian ...
Petition to Celestine III by Vaggia, widow of Bernardo di Bardi, and her sons, to choose a confessor
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Petition to Pope Calixtus III (r. 1455-58) from Vaggia, widow of Bernardo di Bardi, and Alexander and Hilary, their sons, of Florence, asking for permission to choose a confessor, secular or regular, who can celebrate mass despite an interdict or other ecclesiastical censure, using a portable al...
Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp, Cristian Tack of Calais and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais
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Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp and Cristian Tack of Calais, on the one part, and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais, on the other. Peter and Christian owe Agnes £7 16s which they promise to repay on the feast of St Martin next (11 November); given 20 July 1496. Signed by P...
Will of Margaret Canon, granting to John Lye and Thomas Russell of Hythe all of her lands and tenements in Hythe
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Will of Margaret Canon, granting to John Lye and Thomas Russell of Hythe all of her lands and tenements in Hythe, Kent, once held by her feoffees John Chilton, John Prylle and Robert Combe; given 12 October 1424. Endorsed: in a 15th-century hand, ‘Test[amentum] Marg[eret]ie / Canon sup[er] / el...
Will of Margery Loqmer, widow of John Loqmer of Newington-next-Hythe, leaving a bequest to John Curte and his wife Beatrice
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Will of Margery Loqmer, widow of John Loqmer of Newington-next-Hythe [Kent], leaving to John Curte and his wife Beatrice 3 portions of land in the said parish; dated 1 October 1473. Affixed with an imperfect seal of Margery, oval, red, with an ‘I’ monogram with wheat sheaves on each side.
Will of Joanna Chiltern, widow, wife of John Chiltern, of Newington-next-Hythe
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Will of Joanna Chiltern, widow, wife of John Chiltern, of Newington-next-Hythe [Kent], leaving her body to St Mary’s chapel in Newington Church, and leaving bequests to the altar there, to the parish priest for repairs, to several relatives and friends, and appointing her executors. An addendum ...
Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton
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Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton [Kent], leaving her body to St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, to be buried there beside her husband Nicholas Leigh, leaving bequests to the altars there, at Newington [Kent], and West Hythe [Kent], money for lights at Cheriton church, arrangement...