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151. Cotton Ch I 3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 3/2
Title:
Dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton
Scope & Content:
A dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Confession of Anne Pike, wife of Richard Pike, retracting the accusations she made against him and begging his forgiveness. 22 July 1630. ff. 3r-v: Letter from Robert...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1631
Extent:
1 booklet

152. Cotton Roll IV 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll IV 6
Title:
Grants relating to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford
Scope & Content:
Recto: 1. Grant of John Giffard, lord of Bremesfield, to the Priory of St John and Benedict, Oxford, of all the land and tenements he holds in Stockwell Street in the suburb of Oxford, which he had by the enfeoffment of William de Haunle, prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 roll

153. Cotton Roll II 28/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 28/2
Title:
Response of Thomas Johnson in John Nott's case against him
Scope & Content:
The response of Thomas Johnson in John Nott's case against him concerning the conversion of 500 acres of arable land into pasture in Conington (Huntingdonshire). With an account of legal fees signed by Philip Josselyn. Easter term, 1623.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 roll

154. Cotton Ch IV 13/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/3
Title:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas to John Giffard of Boscobel for £4000 for Giffard to hold lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, to John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), for £4000 for Giffard to hold the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

155. Cotton Ch I 5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 5/5
Title:
Dossier for the case of Sir Thomas Cotton against John Milton, scrivener, and John Bower concerning a debt
Scope & Content:
Collection of documents relating to a court case. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Draft complaint by Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, against John Milton of Bread Street, London (1562-1647), father of the poet of the same name, concerning a debt owed by Thomas’ uncle, John, for whom Thomas is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630s
Extent:
1 booklet

156. Cotton Ch IV 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 48
Title:
Notes to Arthur Atie on the payment of troops for the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Notes to Arthur Atie, esquire and principal secretary to Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester and governor of the Netherlands, on the payment of troops for the Netherlands. Endorsed: 'To the worshipful my good / frend Arthur Atie / esquire principalle secretory / to his excellency' (late 16th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1586
Extent:
1 leaf

157. Cotton Ch IV 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 52
Title:
Fragmentary rental of Hartshill and note of a manor court at Ansley
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a rental of Hartshill (Warwickshire) and a short note of a manor court at Ansley (Warwickshire).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1299
Extent:
1 leaf

158. Cotton Roll III 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll III 5
Title:
List of English religious houses to be suppressed
Scope & Content:
A list of the English religious houses to be suppressed, recording 120 religious houses, organised by county, including those to whom the properties were to be granted. This was the official list of English religious houses to be dissolved following the first Suppression Act of March 1536 (27 He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1536
Extent:
1 roll

159. Cotton Ch IV 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 28
Title:
Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
Scope & Content:
Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York, as set down by Walter of Langton, master of the hospital. Sets out the daily schedule based around the monastic hours, when the brethren and sisters should be silent, that they should not eat or drink in the town, that those who...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1294
Extent:
1 leaf

160. Cotton Ch I 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 9
Title:
Levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold for raising £40 towards a warship
Scope & Content:
A levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold (Huntingdonshire), 25 December 1636, for raising £12 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 leaf

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