Record of a purchase by Plegred from Æthelmod, dux
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Plegred declares that he has purchased from Æthelmod, dux, part of a tun near Canterbury formerly pertaining to Wilburgewellan, Kent: 859 for c. 853 × 858 (Sawyer, no. 1196). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Pleired dedit eðelmod duci terram at Ƿilburgeƿel.’ and ‘.latine.’
This composite manuscript is the second volume of Cotton MS Tiberius D IV and is made of two parts. The first part (ff. 1-157) continues the collection of hagiographical texts of Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1. The second part (ff. 158-166) contains De Abbatibus (On the Abbots) by Æthelwulf (fl. 9th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Leaf of the Breviary of Margaret of York, incorporating a mounted papyrus fragment of Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in Evangelia, followed by fragments of the Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1586
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Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 390. 1. An assignment of 200,000 fl. per month to the E. of Leicester, by the States General, for the prosecution of the war; with the assessment of the same on the several provinces. 1586. 3. 2. Omitted. 3. An affadavit of several inhabitants of the ...
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1576–1580
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Part I Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 178. 1. Minutes of state papers from the Low Countries. 1577. 1. 2. Q. Elizxabeth’‘s instructions sent to Dan Rogers, being at present in Germany with the D. of Saxony. July 30,1577. 3. 3. The K. of Spain’‘s warrant in favour of sir Tho. Stuck...
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1587
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[See Rymer, xvi. 27.] Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 305. 1. Dr. Tho. Wilson, [afterwards Dean of Durham and Secy of State.] to lord Burleigh? reports a conference with Don John of Austria, and various intelligence concerning the affairs of the Spanish Netherlands. (Orig.) Brussel...
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1591
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Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 296. 1. Historical notes concerning Guelders and Zutphen. 2. 2. The English officers in garrison at Brill: their articles laid before the Privy Council; and the Councils answers. 3. 3. A note how the £.25, 700 may be employed to the advancement of the...
This manuscript contains one of only two non-fragmentary surviving manuscripts of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse. It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus. The volume includes: f. 1: part of a memorandum dated 1371-72 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, Latin, and Saxon, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century - the 3rd quarter of the 14th century