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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton Ch Name Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester, 1390-1447 Level [40] File

1. Cotton Ch IV 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 24
Title:
Petition of William Warbelton to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, asking for a reward for assisting in the capture of Jack Sharp
Scope & Content:
Recto: Petition of William Warbelton, esquire, to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). On the evening of Thursday 17 May, Warbelton heard that William Perkins, also known as Jack Sharp, was hiding in Oxford and so he told the Chancellor of Oxford and his commissary and the bailiff of Oxford...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1431
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Roll II 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 23
Title:
Collection of prophecies, poems, manifestos and other political documents, including the manifesto of Cade's Rebellion
Scope & Content:
A collection of prophecies, poems, manifestos and other political documents from 1447-1452, mostly relating to the downfall of William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk (1396-1450), and to Cade's Rebellion, 1450. Probably compiled by a Yorkist partisan from London or with an interest in the city. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1452
Extent:
1 roll