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201. Cotton Ch XVIII 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 45
Title:
Grant of David I, king of Scots (d. 1153), to Robert de Brus
Scope & Content:
Grant by D[avid I], king of Scots, to Robert de Brus, of Estrahanent [i.e. Annandale] and all the land from the boundary of Dunegal de Stranit to the boundary of Rand' Meschin' [?Ranulph de Meschines], with such customs as the said Ranulph had with his lands in Carduill' [Carlisle] and Cumberlan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1124-1129
Extent:

Parchment leaf

202. Cotton Ch XVIII 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 46
Title:
Grant of Henry of Scotland (b. 1114, d. 1152), 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, to Uhtred de London
Scope & Content:
Earl Henry, son of the king of Scotland, grants Uhtred de London 140 acres at the Hangre of Tottenham, Middlesex, and the half holm which Engelram held, and four tree trunks for his fire from the Earl's wood at Tottenham, and ten swine free from pasturage dues, to be held for a rent of one silve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1136-1141
Extent:

1 leaf

203. Cotton Ch XXI 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 5
Title:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, to Hugh de Ard
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, Bedfordshire, to Hugh de Ard, of all the priory’s lands, rents and people in Diddington, Cambridgeshire, and Kinewaldesham. Endorsed: in a faded 17th-century hand, ‘A graunt from the / … and with / all that … / …’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

204. Cotton Ch XXI 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 12
Title:
Letter of Robert Orford, bishop of Ely, to Ralph Baldock, bishop of London, asking him to release Chatteris Abbey from paying tithes
Scope & Content:
Letter of Robert Orford, bishop of Ely, (r. 1302-1310), to Ralph Baldock, bishop of London (r. 1304-1313), asking him to release the abbess and nuns of Chatteris (Cambridgeshire) from paying tithes, due to the destruction of their church, houses and goods by a fierce fire which left nothing unb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1304-1310
Extent:
1 leaf

205. Cotton Ch XXI 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 18
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, Warwickshire, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull of Geoffrey son of Osbert Clapping of Middle Bykehull, the priory's serf. Endorsed: in a faded late 16th-century hand, ‘… graunt / … and with / all that … / …’. Affixed with an imperfect and very indisti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

206. 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

207. Cotton Ch XXVI 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXVI 19
Title:
The poor relief of Hemingford Abbots
Scope & Content:
Notes and figures for assessing the poor relief of Hemingford Abbots (Cambridgeshire). The text refers to 'his majesty's privy council' and so must date to after Elizabeth I's death in March 1603 and before the capture of Charles I in May 1646. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603-1646
Extent:
1 booklet

208. Cotton Ch XXVI 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXVI 29
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1236
Extent:
1 folio

209. Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1286
Extent:
1 folio

210. Cotton Roll I 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 1
Title:
Draft indenture of George and Thomas Whitmore to Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Cotton, selling them lands in Stilton
Scope & Content:
Draft indenture of George and Thomas Whitmore, of London, esquires, to Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, knight, of Conington, and his son Thomas (1594-1662), selling lands, rents and other property in Stilton (Huntingdonshire). Given 10 February 1612.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1612
Extent:
1 roll

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