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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Name Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, Archbishop of York Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 31

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Stowe Ch 31
Title:
Confirmation of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) for Ely Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms privileges and land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambridgeshire, and at Northwold, Norfolk, for Ely Abbey, in exchange for 60 hides (cassati) at Harting, Sussex; dated 970, with Latin and English versions (Sawyer, no. 779). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Hęc est carta regi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
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Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 593

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Stowe Ch 593
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Scope & Content:
PAPAL MANDATE uniting the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Marsfylde, in the see of Worc. [Marshfield, co. Glouc.], to the canonry and prebend of Abvrgvilly [Abergwilly, co. Carm.], al. Flederod, in the see of St. David's, during the life of the present holder of the canonry, Thomas Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[9 Jun] 1523
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 142

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Stowe MS 142
Title:
Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1810
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 147

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 147
Title:
Scope & Content:
TRANSCRIPTS of English State papers and letters; 1522-1571. They consist chiefly (1) of the correspondence of Cardinal Wolsey with Secretary Pace and the English Ambassadors at the Papal and Imperial Courts during the years 1522-1525, relating to the Cardinal's designs on the Popedom on the deat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1522-1571
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 148

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Stowe MS 148
Title:
Scope & Content:
A SIMILAR COLLECTION of transcripts, but containing only the first part of the preceding MS., viz. the correspondence of Cardinal Wolsey; 1522-1525. Paper; ff. 282. Early xviith cent. With book-plate of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, 1701. Small Folio. Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal; Archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1522-1525
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 415

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Stowe MS 415
Title:
Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS on the Court of (Chancery: a volume very similar in its contents to Hargrave MS. 249, and based largely on the collections of William Lambarde. With an index at the end. The contents are as follows:- 1. " A discourse of the High Courts of Justice in England, and especially of the C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item