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111. Cotton Ch XII 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 28
Title:
Confirmation and quitclaim by Margery, sister of Ralph of Grafton, to Richard Pecche, of land in Hunileigh
Scope & Content:
Confirmation and quitclaim by Margery, sister of Ralph of Grafton, to Richard Pecche and his heirs, of all the land which Henry of Bereford gave him in Hunileigh and which Ralph, her brother, held. Affixed with an indistinct and unidentifiable seal, oval, brown, with a lily, and fragmentary leg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

112. Cotton Ch XII 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 35
Title:
Grant by Beatrice Malherbe, widow, to Alice, her sister, of land in Stambridge
Scope & Content:
Grant by Beatrice Malherbe, widow, to Alice, her sister, of all the land which Gunnora, their mother, held of Beatrice in Stambridge [Essex], except for the marsh of Fughelnesse called Smallport. Affixed with a fragmentary seal, oval, brown, with a thistle plant in a border shaped like a herald...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

113. Cotton Ch XII 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 41
Title:
Chirograph marriage contract of John of Middleton and Isabella daughter of Roger of Thornton
Scope & Content:
Chirograph marriage contract of John of Middleton (c. 1373-1441) and Isabella, daughter of Roger of Thornton. Made between Christine (d. 1422), lady of Middleton, John of Middleton, knight, son and heir apparent of Christine, and John Fe[r]me on one part and Roger of Thornton (d. 1430), Leyn-[te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1421
Extent:
1 leaf

114. Cotton Ch XII 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 49
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, once the wife of Robert Martel of Killingholme, to Newhouse Abbey
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, once the wife of Robert Martel of Killingholme [Lincolnshire], to Newhouse Abbey [Lincolnshire], of a bovate of land with meadow and pasture which Robert Martel granted to the abbey. Affixed with an imperfect seal, oval, green, with a figure of a man in a hat, facing left,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

115. Cotton Ch XII 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 73
Title:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, to practise medicine
Scope & Content:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, now residing in Bath, to practise medicine throughout her realms and dominions for life, notwithstanding letters patent of Henry VIII to incorporate a College of Physicians and an act of Parliament made in the first year of the reign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1571 and 1581
Extent:
1 leaf

116. Cotton Ch XVI 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 72
Title:
Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

117. Cotton Ch XVII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 6
Title:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, to William, bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries and rents in Upwell and Outwell
Scope & Content:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence (b. c. 1223, d. 1291), Queen of England, to William [de Kilkenny] (d. 1256), bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries, rents and other rights in Upwell and Outwell, Cambridgeshire. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘cart[a] Alionora regina [illegible] de piscares [?] et h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1255-1256
Extent:
1 leaf

118. Cotton Ch XXIII 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXIII 2
Title:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of custody of all the lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon [Leicestershire], and the capital messuage and its appurtenances. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Sc[r]iptum Margarete Basset'; in a 15th-century hand, ‘to / Quern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

119. Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13
Title:
Notes of manuscripts lent by Sir Thomas Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a set of notes concerning manuscripts lent from the Cotton library by Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), broadly arranged in chronological order, and dating from 1638 to 1641, 1646 or 1647, and 1650 to 1661. The entries are frequently written in the hand of the borrow...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1661
Extent:
1 volume

120. Cotton MS Claudius D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D III
Title:
Bede, Martyrology; bilingual Rule of St Benedict; obituary calendar of Wintney Priory
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: an index to the Rule of St Benedict (ff. 52r-140v), A-H, written in the hand of Robert Cotton’s librarian, Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), with an additional list of contents (f. 2r). f. 3r: a rejected leaf from a martyrology, written in Latin. f. 3v: Simon of Waverl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1220-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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