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Confirmation by Hugh, earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory
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Confirmation by Hugh (b. 1147, d. 1181), 5th Earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory of ten librates of land in Gransden [Huntingdonshire], for the soul of his father, Ranulf, earl of Chester, himself, and all his ancestors. Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘I...
Grant by Matilda, countess of Chester, to Repton Priory, of land in Gransden
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Grant by Matilda (d. 1189), countess of Chester, with the consent of her son, Hugh, earl of Chester, to Repton Priory [Derbyshire], of all her land in Gransden, for the love of God, the souls of King Henry and his heirs, his mother the empress [Empress Matilda] her friend, the countess’s father ...
Foundation charter of Flixton Priory by Margery de Crek
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Grant by Margery de Crek for the souls of her parents Geoffrey de Hanes and Sarra, her ancestors, her former husband Bartholomew de Crek, her successors, and her children, with the consent of her eldest son Robert de Crek, giving her manor house, lands, services, tenants, etc., in Flixton [Suffo...
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
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Charter of Roger [Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory. The bishop confirms that the nuns will live under the Augustinian Rule, and sets down se...
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
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Charter of Roger [Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory. The bishop confirms that the nuns will live under the Augustinian Rule, and sets down se...
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
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Charter of R. [Roger Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory, given at the instance of Margaret and Beatrice of Batlesden, first prioress of Flixto...
Grant by Henry III to Flixton Priory of free warren in Flixton
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Grant by Henry III to Flixton Priory of free warren in all of the priory’s demesne lands in Flixton, Suffolk, with a blank space left by the scribe for a decorated initial 'H' ('Henricus’); given at Westminster, 23 May 1271. Endorsed: in a 15th-century hand, ‘cart[a] de warann[e] / de Fflixton’...
Acknowledgement by Agnes, widow of Bartholomew le Heyward of Flixton, that she has received lands in Flixton from Beatrice of Ratlesden, prioress of Flixton, as a dowry
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Acknowledgement by Agnes, widow of Bartholomew le Heyward of Flixton, that she has received as a dowry from Beatrice of Ratlesden, prioress of Flixton, two and a half acres and five roods of land acquired by Bartholomew, with houses and other lands in Flixton, for the term of her life in return ...
Chirograph of a lease by Mary, widow of Robert Palmer of Flixton, and Flixton Priory, of a moiety of two enclosures
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Chirograph of a lease by Mary, widow of Robert Palmer of Flixton, and the prioress and convent of Flixton, of a moiety of two enclosures in Flixton, which fell to her as dowry after the death of her husband; given at Flixton, 10 March 1406. Endorsed: in a 16th-century hand, ‘concessio Marie Pal...
Grant by Margaret, widow of Laurence dil Weute of Ipswich, to Paul le Ros of Ipswich, clerk, and his wife Sayeue, of three shops
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Recto: Grant by Margaret, widow of Laurence dil Weute of Ipswich, to Paul le Ros of Ipswich, clerk, and his wife Sayeue, in return for a sum of money, of three shops with three shopfront tables [borda], in the fishmarket of St Laurence’s parish, Ipswich, with two solariums and a chamber over the...
