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171. Cotton Ch XVII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 6
Title:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, to William, bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries and rents in Upwell and Outwell
Scope & Content:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence (b. c. 1223, d. 1291), Queen of England, to William [de Kilkenny] (d. 1256), bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries, rents and other rights in Upwell and Outwell, Cambridgeshire. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘cart[a] Alionora regina [illegible] de piscares [?] et h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1255-1256
Extent:
1 leaf

172. Cotton Ch XVII 23a

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 23a
Title:
Instructions by Elizabeth I to her household officials to pay a salary to Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers
Scope & Content:
Instructions by Queen Elizabeth I for her cofferer, clerk of the green cloth, and comptroller to pay Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers, an annual salary of £20. Given at Windsor Castle, (blank day) of December 1575. Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, ‘Warrant for wages for Mres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
1 leaf

173. Cotton Ch XVIII 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 1
Title:
Brieve of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II instructs that monks of Melrose Abbey and all monks of Cistercian order shall be free of toll and all other customs on all trade which they conduct for their own uses throughout king's land, as charter of King William, his father bears witness.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2 Apr 1215
Extent:

Parchment leaf

174. Cotton Ch XVIII 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 2
Title:
Charter of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II gives to Melrose Abbey a fourth part of Dunscore in Nithsdale, near land of canons of Dercongal (i.e. Holywood Abbey), to provide from its issues a yearly pittance for monks of Melrose on vigil of feast of St Bartholomew.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18 Mar 1229
Extent:

Parchment leaf

175. Cotton Ch XVIII 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 3
Title:
Confirmation by Alexander II of Scotland of a confirmation by Alexander, steward of Scotland, to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Alexander II of Scotland of a confirmation by Alexander, steward of Scotland, to Melrose Abbey, of a grant by Richard le Waleys, tenant of the same Alexander, of land in Barmor and Godeneth, and of a grant by the same Alexander of freedom from suit at court, etc. due for their po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1231
Extent:
1 leaf

176. Cotton Ch XVIII 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 4
Title:
Brieve of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II commands his sheriffs throughout his land that when monks or brothers of Melrose will have approached them complaining about any malefactors who will have stolen their work animals or livestock they should prosecute pleas of monks and brothers just as his own plea. He takes brot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
19 Mar 1231
Extent:

Parchment leaf

177. Cotton Ch XVIII 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 5
Title:
Charter of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II grants to the monks of Melrose that they may hold their whole land of Ettrick, by same marches specified in king's charter concerning this land, in free forest. No one is to fell timber or hunt there without their permission, on pain of king's full forfeiture of £10.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
28 May 1236
Extent:

Parchment leaf

178. Cotton Ch XVIII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 6
Title:
Grant of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II grants that that the monks of Melrose may hold their whole land of Ettrick, by same marches specified in king's charter concerning this land, in free forest. No one is to fell timber or hunt there without their permission, on pain of king's full forfeiture of £10.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
28 May 1236
Extent:

Parchment leaf

179. Cotton Ch XVIII 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 7
Title:
Grant of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II grants to the monks of Melrose that they may hold their land of Mow in free forest. No one is to fell timber or hunt there without their permission, on pain of king's full forfeiture of £10.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
28 May 1236
Extent:

Parchment leaf

180. Cotton Ch XVIII 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 8
Title:
Charter of Alexander II, king of Scots (d. 1249), to Holyrood Abbey and Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Alexander II grants to Holyrood Abbey three acres of land near its chapel of Pentland, which Roger Avenel, his sheriff of Edinburgh, and other of king's responsible men assigned to canons on his command, with pasture for six cows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3 Dec 1236
Extent:

Parchment leaf

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