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1841. Add Ch 75638

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Add Ch 75638
Title:
ORDER BY CHARLES, DUC D'ORLÉANS to his Treasurer to pay for New Year's gifts; 7 Jan. 1414. French. Sotheby's sale-cat. 12 Dec. 1966, lot 173. Purchased from H. D. Lyon, April 1967.
Scope & Content:
Charles Orléans, Duc d': Order to his Treasurer to pay for New Year's gifts: 1414: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jan 1414
Extent:
1 item

1842. Add Ch 75639-75640

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Add Ch 75639-75640
Title:
TWO DEEDS RELATING TO A DISTILLERY AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; 1709, 1713
Scope & Content:
Presented by Miss M. Henderson, Hawthorne House, Hampstead Heath, London N.W.3 in 1946 and accessioned as Add. 46562 P. Transferred to the Additional Charters series on Keeper's instructions, June 1967.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709-1713
Extent:
2 items

1843. Add Ch 75641-75722

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Add Ch 75641-75722
Title:
MILLAR CHARTERS
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection of charters, formerly the property of Dr Eric George Millar, Keeper of Manuscripts 1944-1947; mid 12th cent.-1715. Chiefly Latin. Some English, French and Provençal. See M. A. F. Borrie, 'The Charters', The Eric George Millar Bequest of Manuscripts and Drawings 1967. A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Provençal, Old
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-1715
Extent:
82 items

1844. Add Ch 75723

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Add Ch 75723
Title:
LEASE FROM THE CORPORATION OF SHEFFIELD: property in Sheffield; temp. William III [1695-1699]. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, June 1968.
Scope & Content:
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire: Lease from the Corporation of, of property in: [1695-1699].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1695-1699]
Extent:
1 item

1845. Add Ch 75724

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Add Ch 75724
Title:
Foundation charter of Bordesley Abbey by Empress Matilda
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), founds the Cistercian abbey of Bordesley and grants it lands and rights. Witnessed by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147); Waleran, Count of Meulan (b. 1104, d. 1166); Milo, Earl of Here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1141 and 1142
Extent:
1 leaf

1846. Add Ch 75725

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Add Ch 75725
Title:
AGREEMENT between Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, and Macmillan and Company, publishers; 11 Dec. 1891. Signed. Purchased with Add. 54786-56035, the Macmillan Archive, 22 July 1967, and incorporated in 1969.
Scope & Content:
Macmillan and Co; publishers: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson; Poet Laureate: Agreement betw. Lord Tennyson and Macmillan and Co.: 1891.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1891
Extent:
1 item

1847. Add Ch 75726

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Add Ch 75726
Title:
PRECEPT OF HENRY I confirming all the possessions and liberties of Battle Abbey, co. Suss.; Rouen, 1134? Latin. The properties are enumerated in detail. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, ii (1956), no. 1896. Phillipps MS. 29079. Sold at Sotheby's, 11 Nov. 1946, lot 56, where it was purchased by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. Purchased at Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 12.
Scope & Content:
Henry I of England: Battle Abbey; Sussex: Precept of Henry I confirming the possessions of Battle Abbey: 1134(?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1134?
Extent:
1 item

1848. Add Ch 75727

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Add Ch 75727
Title:
CHARTER OF KING STEPHEN confirming the Benedictine Priory of Eye, co. Suff., in all its possessions; circa Dec. 1137-March 1138. Latin. The properties are enumerated in detail. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, iii (1968), no. 288. A copy made from this original in the early 17th cent., which is preserved in Cotton MS. Vitel. F.IV, ff. 79-80v, shows the seal complete. Owned in 1630 by Lord William Howard of Naworth, see Dugdale, Monasticon (1821), iii, p. 405. Possibly owned by Thomas Howard,...
Scope & Content:
Stephen of England: Seals: First Seal of King Stephen: circa 1137-1138: Fragm. Stephen of England: Eye Priory; Suffolk: Charter of King Stephen to Eye Priory: circa 1137-1138.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1137-1138
Extent:
1 item

1849. Add Ch 75728

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Add Ch 75728
Title:
SALE by Robert Saunders, of Fleet Street, of his business as a book auctioneer to Edmund Hodgson, bookseller, of Great Marylebone Street, together with a lease of premises in Fleet Street; 18 May 1825. Presented to the British Museum, together with Add. 54580-54723 and printed materials, by Sidney and Wilfrid Hodgson, the last partners of the firm of Hodgson & Co., book auctioneers, 9 Dec. 1967. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, March 1968.
Scope & Content:
London, England: Booksellers: Robert Saunders, of Fleet Street; auctioneer: Edmund Hodgson, bookseller: Sale of auctioneer's business and lease of premises in Fleet Street, London to Edmund Hodgson , from Robert Saunders: 1825.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1825
Extent:
1 item

1850. Add Ch 75729

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Add Ch 75729
Title:
SIGNET WARRANT by Henry VIII, authorizing Walter Copynger to wear his bonnet in the King's presence; 24 Oct. 1512. Stamped sign manual. Formerly BM Loan MS. 8. Deposited on loan by the Rev. Henry Copinger Hill, rector of Buxhall, co. Suff., 9 March 1929, and bequeathed to the British Museum by the lender on his death, 28 Dec. 1948, Incorporated 7 March 1970. Seal en placard.
Scope & Content:
Henry VIII of England: Walter Copynger: Signet warrant to Walter Copynger from Henry VIII: 1512: Stamped sign manual. Seal en placard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1512
Extent:
1 item