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Name Ely Priory, Cambridgeshire Level [40] File

1. Add MS 35296

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 35296
Title:
Spalding Priory register, volume 1
Scope & Content:
REGISTER of Spalding Priory, co. Lincoln: the first of two volumes (Vol. ii. is now Harley MS. 742). Compiled in or soon after 1331, probably under the direction of Prior Walter de Halton, concerning whose election in 1318 a long series of documents is to be found on ff. 74 b-83 b; with some add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. Stowe Ch 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 36
Title:
Will of Ælfhelm
Scope & Content:
Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambridgeshire, to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford (probably Stratford...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
975-1016
Extent:

1 leaf