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81. Add Roll 47398

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Add Roll 47398
Title:
Cartulary of Nuneaton Priory
Scope & Content:
Cartulary of Nuneaton Priory, Warwickshire, containing copies of 21 grants to the nuns there. No. 1 is a grant by Henry II; no. 2 by Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; nos 3-20, grants by various bishops and popes down to 1293. No. 21, written in a later hand, is a grant by a chaplain, da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 roll

82. Add Roll 61157

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Add Roll 61157
Title:
Papal licence for Maria and Caterina Foscari to wear dresses with trains
Scope & Content:
Licence by Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-1455) to Maria and Caterina, daughters of Jacopo Foschari of Venice, son of Doge Francesco Foscari (b. 1373, d. 1457), of the right to wear dresses with trains, elaborate shoes, girdles, and gold and silver ornamentation, signed by Pietro de Noreto. Given at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1450
Extent:
1 roll

83. Add Roll 61174

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Add Roll 61174
Title:
Notarised copy of the will of Cecilia Foscari
Scope & Content:
A notarised copy of the will of Cecilia, daughter of John Veneno and widow of Frederico Foschari, made by Caesar Ziliolus, notary and secretary to the doge of Venice. 5 May 1567, bearing the notarial mark of Caesar Ziliolus and signatures. The original will was made by Jacopo Grasolarius of St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1567
Extent:

1 roll

84. Add Roll 63207

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Add Roll 63207
Title:
Household roll of Katherine de Norwich
Scope & Content:
The household roll of Katherine de Norwich (d. c. 1341-1343), containing a set of accounts produced in her household. Katherine de Norwich was the daughter of Sir John de Hethersett, and the widow respectively of Piers Braunche (d. 1296) and Walter de Norwich (d. 1329). The first five membrane...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
29 September 1336-29 September 1337
Extent:
1 roll

85. Arundel MS 71/1

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Arundel MS 71/1
Title:
Detached leaf from a Gradual
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single detached leaf from the opening of a large illuminated Gradual, made in Ghent between 1480 and 1483. The Gradual was probably commissioned by Margaret of York (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy, whose arms (formulated after her marriage in 1468 to Charles t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

86. Arundel MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 146
Title:
The Syon Additions to the Rule of St Saviour
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the text of a set of additions to the rules compiled for the sisters of the Brigittine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary, and St Bridget of Syon, founded by King Henry V (r. 1413-1422) in 1415. Other surviving versions of the Additions to the Rule include: London, Guildhall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

87. Cotton Ch IV 5

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Cotton Ch IV 5
Title:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne
Scope & Content:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne, beginning with Ranulph de Blundeville (c. 1172-1232), Earl of Chester, Lincoln and Huntingdon, his death and burial, and the marriages of his four sisters. It then records the same for his heir, John of Scotland (c. 1207-1237), 9th earl of Huntingdon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
middle of 15th century
Extent:
1 leaf

88. Cotton Ch IV 26

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Cotton Ch IV 26
Title:
Grant of Elizabeth I to George Gower of a monopoly on painting her portraits
Scope & Content:
Grant of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (r. 1558-1603), to George Gower (d. 1596), his deputies or assigns, of an exclusive licence for life to make the portraits of the queen on canvas, copper, wood, stone or any other material. Given the [blank] day of [blank] in the 26th year of her reign (17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1583-1584
Extent:
1 leaf

89. Cotton Ch V 5

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Cotton Ch V 5
Title:
Inspection and confirmation by Petronilla of Nereford of a charter for Campsey Priory
Scope & Content:
Inspection and confirmation by Petronilla of Nereford of an inspection and confirmation by Cecily of Ufford, daughter and heir of Robert de Valoines, of a charter of William Testard of Cranford, which he made to Prioress Margery and Campsey Priory [Suffolk], with the king’s licence and at the in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1321
Extent:
1 leaf

90. Cotton Ch V 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch V 11
Title:
Grant by Mary, daughter of Laurence of Rouen, to Southwark Priory, of half a mark of silver each year
Scope & Content:
Grant by Mary, daughter of Laurence of Rouen, to Southwark Priory, of half a mark of silver each year from land in Bedfont [Middlesex] which her brother Robert son of Laurence held, for her soul and those of her parents, family and friends. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, 'K[ar]ta donat[ione]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

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