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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Rochester, Kent Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 3
Title:
Grant of King Eardwulf of Kent (d. in or before 762) to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster
Scope & Content:
King Eardwulf of Kent grants one sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent, to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster; dated 748 × 762 (Sawyer, no. 31). Endorsed in an 8th-century hand, ‘[Per]hamstede’; in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Perstede’; in a 12th-century ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 20
Title:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred
Scope & Content:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred; 871 × 889 (Sawyer, no. 1508). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Þis is ęlfredes ęrfe geƿrit.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Testamentum elfredi ducis.’ and ‘.anglice.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
871-889
Extent:

Parchment leaf

3. Stowe MS 749

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 749
Title:
Scope & Content:
ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), on antiquarian subjects, principally heraldic or genealogical; 21 Oct. 1700-19 Mar. 1741/2. The last letter, dated 12 Apr. 1746, must be to John Anstis jun. The names of the writers are given in the index. Among them are:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Oct 1700-19 Mar 1742
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 940

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 940
Title:
Scope & Content:
EXTRACTS from the Textus Roffensis, containing many articles Dot printed in Hearne's edition; copied in imitation of the ancient writing by James Smith (described at f. 21 as " puer decennis "), and collated with the original by William and Elizabeth Elstob in 1712. At f. 2 is a list by Dr. Samu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 1051

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1051
Title:
Scope & Content:
ANTIQUARIAN NOTES, for the most part (as pointed out by Philip Bliss at f. 1) in the hand of Edward Rowe Mores, including:-(1) Institutions to benefices in the diocese of Canterbury, 1381-1387 (from Ashmole MS. 794). f. 2;-(2) Admissions to degrees, etc., at Oxford, 1448-1461, 1505-1528; with ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item