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191. Cotton Roll I 2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/11
Title:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others concerning the rents of several manors in Huntingdonshire. Dated to around 1631, when the case came to court. The plaintiffs in this case were William Will...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 roll

192. Cotton Ch IV 38/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 38/2
Title:
Draft of a speech by Elizabeth I dissolving Parliament
Scope & Content:
A draft version of a speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), dissolving Parliament. The text is written in the queen's hand and features numerous revisions. It is headed '1563, 5th Elizabeth [error for 1567]. A letter in Queen Elizabeth hand to the Commons in Parliament about the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 leaf

193. Cotton Roll XIV 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XIV 12
Title:
Universal roll chronicle
Scope & Content:
This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIV 12. Order as Cotton Roll XIV 12. Contents: A Universal Roll Chronicle consisting of excerpts from historical texts, genealogical and other diagrams, tables and commentaries. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A text on the Four Ages ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

194. Cotton Ch I 2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 2/1
Title:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others. This volume may have been created as a dossier for the defendants' lawyers. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 booklet

195. Cotton Roll I 2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/4
Title:
Responses of Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Cotton in the case brought against them by William Williams and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Responses of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, and Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), in the case brought against them by William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, Humphrey Clark and Francis Moss, concerning the rents of land in Huntingdons...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 roll

196. Cotton Ch IV 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 18
Title:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England to St John’s, Beverley
Scope & Content:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England (r. 924-939) to St John’s, Beverley, in Middle English verse. Dated 925 (for 927 × 939). Spurious (Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 451). Endorsed in a 16th-century hand, ‘Carta ædelstani facta sancto Iohanni beuerl’ 925 sinceroque[?]’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

197. Cotton Ch II 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 15
Title:
Indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton, selling lands in Warwickshire and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
An indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton (Staffordshire), selling Leveson the reversion of the manor of Shustoke and Austrey (Warwickshire), and lands in Aminton, Whiteley, Woodhouse, Makstock and Tamworth, upon the death of Lady Jane Clinton, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1540
Extent:
1 leaf

198. Cotton Roll I 2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/12
Title:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Thomas Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Interrogations and depositions taken before Sir Humphrey Davenport, knight and Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 16 November 1631, on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Thomas Cotton and others, concerning the rents of several manors in Huntingdonshire. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 roll

199. Cotton Roll II 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 19
Title:
Confirmation by John Salmon, bishop of Norwich, to St Paul's Hospital, Norwich, of a series of earlier grants
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by John Salmon, bishop of Norwich (r. 1299-1325), to St Paul's Hospital, Norwich, of 18 earlier charters, mostly episcopal, issued between c. 1121 and 1292. Given 17 March 1302. Endorsed: 'Copia [illegible] / hospitalis sancti pauli' (14th century). Decoration: Pen-drawing in bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1302
Extent:
1 roll

200. Cotton Ch IV 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 1
Title:
Grant of Richard Andrew of Salbridge to John Montgomery, Thomas Clarell, John Riggeley and John Hareward, of lands and tenements in Warwickshire
Scope & Content:
Grant of Richard Andrew of Salbridge to John Montgomery, esquire, Thomas Clarell, esquire, John Riggeley, gentleman, and John Hareward, gentleman, of all the lands and tenements that he has in the vills and fields of Salbridge, Flecknoe, Walcot, Willoughby, Dunkirk, Toft and Newton (Warwickshire...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1444
Extent:
1 leaf

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