Will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg
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Certified copy of the will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg, certified by the Burgomeister and council of Nuremberg. Affixed with a very fragmentary and indistinct seal, lozenge, red. Decoration: Large initials in black with pen-flourishing.
Will of Katherine de Bassi of Tournai, wife of the late Baldwin du Bas, making arrangements for paying her debts, her burial, and her goods. Includes payments to parish priests, hostels, hospitals, the sick, her relatives and those of her husband; dated 1 May 1360. Endorsed: in a late 14th-cent...
Will of Johanna, wife of John Godfrey of South Creake
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Will of Johanna, wife of John Godfrey of South Creake, Norfolk. Joan leaves her body to be buried in the cemetery of South Creake church and makes bequests of 40d to the church’s altar, 6s 13d for repairs to the church, 1d for the church’s processions, 2 marks for church’s lights, and the rest o...
Grant by Charles VII of France of a dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son
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Grant by King Charles VII of France promising annual rents and a cash dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son and dauphin of Vienne, with a note indicating that the matter was discussed in the king’s council. Given at Poitier...
Charter of Marie de St Pol, countess of Pembroke, and four others, appointing John Shaftsbury and John Cheshunt as their attorneys
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Charter of Marie de St Pol (d. 1377), countess of Pembroke, John Knyvet, William of Wychingham, Richard of Donemowe, parson of Palgrave, and Roger of Wolferston, appointing John Shaftsbury, clerk, and John Cheshunt as their attorneys to transfer the manor of Babraham (Cambridgeshire) to Thomas C...
Indenture between Margaret of Brotherton, Countess of Norfolk, Bruisyard Abbey and Sir Robert Carbevell, concerning lands to be granted to the abbey
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Chirograph containing an indenture between Margaret of Brotherton (b. c. 1322, d. 1399), Countess of Norfolk, and Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk, on the one hand, and Sir Robert Carbevell on the other, regarding tenements in Babraham, Sawston, and Pampisford (Cambridgeshire), held for life by Roger of...
Will of Isabella Storke, wife of William Denton, squire, of the diocese of Ely. Isabella leaves her body to be buried in the chancel of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, and she leaves to William, her husband, all her possessions and a messuage in Soper Lane, the parish of St Pancras, London. She asks t...
This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and one of the leading theologians of the 12th century. The manuscript was produced in England in the 12th century and belonged to the Carthusian abbey of Witham in the 1...
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 40). 'Utile e breue (sic) regule di canto compostte per Maestro Zoanne di Spadari [Giovanni di Spataro] da Bologna'; 1510. Giovanni di Spataro, of Bologna: 'Utile e breve regule di canto': 1510.
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 22). 'Regole per il contrappunto', possibly part of the joint work of Giovanni Maria and Giovanni Bernardino Nanini, Regole ... per fare contrappunto, 1619; 17th cent. Belonged, before 1778, to John? Stafford Smith. Giovanni Maria Nanino, composer: 'Regole per ...