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Name Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Benedict, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, 966-1539 Level [32] Fonds

1. Add Ch 5861

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Add Ch 5861
Title:
CHARTER of King Stephen, confirming to the Church of St. Benedict of Ramsey the Hundred of Herstingestane, co. Hunt., at the annual payment of four mares, as granted previously by Henry 1. [Add. Ch. 5861.]
Scope & Content:
Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Charter of King Stephen confirming to it the hundred of Herstingestane. Stephen of England: Confirmation to Ramsey Abbey of the hundred of Herstingestane.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Ch 5949

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Add Ch 5949
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CHARTER of Walterus fil. Rob. de Sybethorpe releasing to Hugh, Abbat of Ramsey, his right to the land of Krowenesthille, and near Wauberge [Warboys], co. Hunt. [Add. Ch. 5949.]
Scope & Content:
Warboys, Huntingdonshire: Charter relating to lands there. Walter de Sibthorpe: Release to Hugh Abbat of Ramsey of Krowenesthille, and land near Wauberge. Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Charter of Walterus filius Roberti de Sybethorpe, granting to Hugh Abbat the land of Krowensthille near Waub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Ch 54224-54232

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Add Ch 54224-54232
Title:
FRAGMENTS of rolls of courts, accompts, etc., relating to Ramsey Abbey, Co. Hunt., and its possessions; 14th-16th centt. (Formed part of the Ramsey Abbey Rolls, Add. 34270-34933, acquired in 1888, and Add. 39426-39941, acquired in 1893).
Scope & Content:
Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Fragmeants of rolls of courts, accompts, etc., relating to: 14th-16th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
9 items

4. Add Ch 74436

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Add Ch 74436
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FORGED CHARTER of William I to Ramsey Abbey, co. Hunt., confirming the grants of all previous kings, etc., with the alleged date 29 Dec. 1077; 12th cent. Spurious First Great Seal of William I. H. W. C. Davis, Regesta Regum A nglo-Normannorum, i, 1066-1100, no. 95. See also Facsimiles of English Royal Writs to A.D. 1100, ed. T. A. M. Bishop and P. Chaplais, 1957, p. xxi, and Brit. Mus. Quart., xV, 1941-1950, p. 19. Belonged, 19th cent., to Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Bart., see Hist. MSS. Comm., 3r...
Scope & Content:
Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Forged charter of William I to: 12th cent.: With spurious 1st Great Seal. Forgeries: Forged charter of William I to Ramsey Abbey: 12th cent. William I of England: Forged charter to Ramsey Abbey: 12th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 33445-33469

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Add MS 33445-33469
Title:
ORIGINAL COLLECTIONS relating to Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon, from the 10th to the 17th centt., consisting of household books of the Abbats, the Cellarers' accompt-books, general accompt-books, register-books of the Abbats, Chamberlains' books, chartularies, etc. Followed by the Court-books and papers of the family of Williams alias Cromwell, who acquired the Abbey buildings and lands at the dissolution in the year 1539 ; also the proceedings of the Commission of Sewers for cos. Huntingdon ...
Scope & Content:
Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Collections relating to: 10th-17th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1257]-19th century
Extent:
25 items

6. Add MS 34484

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Add MS 34484
Title:
BOOK OF EXPENSES of Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon, for the 7th year of Abbat Richard [de Shenyngdon, se. 1355-56], arranged under diffrent heads, as " Dona et oblaciones," " Expense coquine," " Expense minute," Expense garderobe," " Robe ot furrure," etc. Latin. Cf. Add. 33,445. Vellum; ff. 12. Small Folio.
Scope & Content:
Richard de Shenyngdon, Abbat of Ramsey: Accompts: 1350-1363. Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Expenses: 1355-1356. MSS. dated (to A.D. 1500): : A.D. 1339-40; A.D. 1350-1357; A.D. 1355-56; A.D. 1360-1363; A.D. 1388-1537; A.D. 1391-1484; A.D.1393-1538; A.D. 1402-1516 ; A.D. 1464; A.D. 1473; A.D. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1355-1356]
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 54184

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Add MS 54184
Title:
CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND: 'Historia Anglorum' of Henry of Huntingdon, 'Annales Regum Anglie' of Nicholas Trevet, and the 'Continuatio Chronicarum' ascribed to Adam Murimuth, probably written at Ramsey Abbey, co. Hunt.; early-mid 14th cent. (scripts). Latin. Names of abbots of Ramsey from 993 are entered at the top of each page throughout the volume, together with marginal memoranda of events relating to the abbey, all in late medieval hands. Marginals, etc., in 16th and 17th-cent. hands also oc...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, back cover only: 18th cent. England General: Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Henry of Huntingdon, 'Historia Anglorum', etc., written at Ramsey Abbey: 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 1-48v Henry, of Huntingdon: 'Historia Anglorum': 14th cent: Lat.ff. 49-130v Nich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 2519

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Egerton MS 2519
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Samuel Disbrowe, or Desborough, of Elsworth, co. Cambridge, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, 165 1/2-1660, viz. :- 1. Warrant of Major-General J[ohn] Lambert for payment of a sum for disbanding the forces in Scotland; 11 Feb. 1651/2. Signed. f. 8. 2. William Leete to S. Disbrowe, when Commissioner for Customs at Leith, on affairs in New England; Guilford [New England], 11 Oct. 1654. f. 10. 3. Thomas Wendy to Thomas Chichely; 18 Jan. [1655/6] . f. 12. ...
Scope & Content:
Samuel Disbrowe, alias Desborough; Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland: Correspondence and papers: 1652-1660. includes: f. 4 Elsworth Manor; Cambridgeshire: Lease of, to R. Drury: 1535.f. 4 Richard Drury, of Ramsey: Lease to, of Elsworth Manor: 1535.f.4 Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1652-1660
Extent:
1 item

9. Egerton MS 3663

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Egerton MS 3663
Title:
REGISTER OF RAMSEY ABBEY Register of the Benedictine Abbey of Ramsey, co. Hunt.; early 14th cent. Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 43, 43b, 93, 93b). The contents include copies of papal, royal, episcopal and private charters, fines, inquisitions, statutes, pleas, lists of fees and much other miscellaneous matter, partly arranged by subject, mostly temp. Edward I. The original register consists of ff. 22-132b; eight leaves (ff. i-viii in the original numeration) containing copies of papal...
Scope & Content:
Ramsey Abbey; Huntingdonshire: Register: early 14th cent.: Lat. Chartularies: Ramsey Abbey: early 14th cent.: Lat. includes: f.16b Mary Gamble: Name written in.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item