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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Cambridge, England Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 31

Reference (shelfmark):
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
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 163

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 163
Title:
Scope & Content:
APPOINTMENT by the Prior and Dean of Huntedun [Huntingdon] of the chaplain of St. Mary's Church at Cambridge as commissioner, instead of Mag. R- de Wiketoft, with the sub-prior and the precentor of Bernewell [Barnwell, co. Camb.], for hearing a suit between the Abbey of Burtun [Burton-upon-Trent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1216-1272]
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 800

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 800
Title:
Scope & Content:
ANTIQUARIAN NOTES and references concerning Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Cambridgeshire, in the hand of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (ob. 1771). Paper; ff. 16. Duodecimo. Thomas Martin, of Palgrave: Antiquarian notes concerning cos. Bedf., Berks and Cambridge: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Bedfordsh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1771
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 807

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 807
Title:
Scope & Content:
CAMBRIDGE COLLECTIONS, by Francis Blomefield; containing materials for short historical notices of the several colleges and of their most noteworthy members, in the form of extracts from various sources and newspaper cuttings, together with an account of the churches in Cambridge and of the monu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 1025

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1025
Title:
Scope & Content:
NOTES on antiquities in Cambridgeshire and the adjoining counties; with 29 sketches in pen-and-ink and pencil, chiefly ground-plans of camps and other ancient works. At f. 25b is a list of the places in Cambridgeshire where "there are remains of antient workes." The last part (ff. 57-68) is fill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 1058

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1058
Title:
Scope & Content:
TRANSCRIPTS Of various documents, made by Dr. Zachary Grey, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Vicar of St. Peter's and St. Giles' in Cambridge, and Rector of Houghton Conquest, co. Bedford (ob. 1766). At the beginning are inserted four original documents, viz.:-(a) Certificate of induction of Dr. Robe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item