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41. Add Ch 19801

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Title:
Grant of Bishop Ealdred (d. 1069) to Dodda, minister
Scope & Content:
Bishop Ealdred grants a lease, for life, of two hides (mansae) and a yardland at Bredons Norton, Worcestershire, to Dodda, minister, with reversion to the bishopric; dated 1058, in Latin and English with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1405). Lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAVVM’ written ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1058
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Parchment leaf

42. Add Ch 19802

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Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning the monk Wulfstan
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to the monk Wulfstan the bishopric of Worcester; dated 1062 (Sawyer, no. 1156). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Edwardi regis.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1062
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Parchment leaf

43. Add Ch 19858

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Title:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock, countess of Stafford, appointing John Harper as her steward
Scope & Content:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock (b. c. 1382, d. 1438), countess of Stafford, Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton, and lady of Brecknock, appointing John Harper (b. 1395, d. 1464) as her steward of Staffordshire; given at London, 15 July 1428. Affixed with a fragmentary seal, red, a quatrefoil loze...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1428
Extent:
1 leaf

44. Add Ch 19989

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Title:
Chirograph by Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting a grove to her daughter Johanna
Scope & Content:
A chirograph of Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting her daughter Johanna, a grove (gravam) called 'le sopperes wode'; given at ‘Elunder’ [possibly Ellenden, Kent?], the Sunday after the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr, 7 Edward II [8 July 1313]. Endorsed: in a lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1313
Extent:
1 leaf

45. Add Ch 20394

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Title:
Grant by Matilda de Wateville to Bruern Abbey of land in Colesbourne
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda de Wateville to Bruern Abbey [Oxfordshire] of all her land and that of her father in Colesbourne [Gloucestershire], which Helias of Colesbourne had granted them there. Endorsed: in a late 12th-century hand, ‘Calesburn / Matildis de Watervill / de t[er]ra q[uam] Elyas iniam tenu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

46. Add Ch 20396

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Title:
Grant by Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, to John del Shagh, vicar of Prestbury, of lands in the town of Macclesfield
Scope & Content:
Anne of Bohemia (b. 1366, d. 1394), Queen of England and wife of Richard II (r. 1377-1399), grants to John del Shagh (fl. 1377-1416), vicar of Prestbury [Cheshire], lands measuring 32 x 15 feet in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, for building purposes, subject to the condition of leaving spac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1390
Extent:
1 leaf

47. Add Ch 20420

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Title:
Confirmation by Empress Matilda to Bordesley Abbey of lands in Bordesley and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), confirms to Bordesley Abbey a grant of lands in Bordesley and several other towns (all in Worcestershire), together with the advowson of Tardebigge church (then in Staffordshire, now Worcestershire), a sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:

1 leaf

48. Add Ch 20559

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Title:
Grant by Hawise, countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri, of land in Hedon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Hawise [d. 1214], countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri of land in Hedon, Yorkshire. Addressed to the bailiff of Hedon and all the people of the same vill; dated to between 1179, when Hawise became countess, and 1214, when she died. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Hedonn’. Affixed wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1179-1214
Extent:
1 leaf

49. Add Ch 20568

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Title:
Quitclaim by Alice de Lacy, mother of the earl of Lincoln, to Holy Trinity Abbey, York
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Alice de Lacy [of Saluzzo], mother of the earl of Lincoln [Henry de Lacy, d. 1311], to Holy Trinity Abbey, York, of all her right in the advowson of Leeds Church; given at Rothwell [Yorkshire], 22 November 1310. Endorsed: in a 14th-century hand, 'De eccl[es]ia de Ledes.' Affixed w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1310
Extent:
1 leaf

50. Add Ch 21703

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Title:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Clare, to Stephen of Chewat, her clerk, of lands in Dralston
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Clare, to Stephen of Chewat (Cehetun), her clerk, of whatever is in her fee in Dralston, in woods, plains and within and without the vill; dated to when Robert was recorded as sheriff. Witnesses include Robert son of Sawin [fl. 1170], sheriff of Northamptonshire. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1170
Extent:
1 leaf

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