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31. Cotton Ch II 25/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 25/7
Title:
Letters and papers gathered for the defence in the Star Chamber case against Sir Thomas Cotton concerning the enclosure of land
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers gathered for the defence in the case against Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, in the Star Chamber, concerning the illegal enclosure of common land in the manor of Conington (Huntingdonshire), turning arable land into pasture. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Copies of court ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 booklet

32. Cotton Ch II 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 26
Title:
Bundle of fragmentary letters addressed to Edward II
Scope & Content:
A bundle of 48 fragmentary letters addressed to Edward II, including: f. 1: From Philip V of France. f. 2: Regarding Henry of Lancaster. f. 3: From an unidentified sender, written 22 January. f. 4: From Philip V of France concerning a marriage. f. 5: Petition to Edward II. f. 6: Regarding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1307-1327
Extent:
1 bundle

33. Cotton Ch II 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 27
Title:
Proceedings in the Court of Delegates in the annulment of the marriage of William Sandes of Latimer and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke
Scope & Content:
Copy of the proceedings before the Court of Delegates in the annulment of the marriage of William Sandes of Latimer (Buckinghamshire), esquire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, on grounds of compulsion. 1612-1613.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1612-1613
Extent:
1 booklet

34. Cotton Ch III 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 6
Title:
Royal pardon (mislaid)
Scope & Content:
A king's pardon, mouldy, much decayed, and in many places illegible. Mislaid since 1826.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Unspecified
Date Range:
Undetermined
Extent:

1 item

35. Cotton Ch III 7/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 7/7
Title:
Collection of papers relating to the case of Edmund Prideaux, attorney general, against William Walrond and others, concerning the lands of William Riplingham in Great Harborough
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers, court orders legal bills, and letters to Sir Thomas Cotton from Lawrence Cotton and Jonathan Waller, relating to the case of Edmund Prideaux, attorney general, against William Walrond, Samuel Pearce and Thomas Armeston, concerning the lands of William Riplingham, deceased, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1657
Extent:
1 booklet

36. Cotton Ch III 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 10
Title:
Letter of Robert Cecil to Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, asking for his servant's horses to be returned
Scope & Content:
Letter of Robert Cecil (1563-1612, later 1st earl of Salisbury) to Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex (1565-1601), asking that Devereux's keeper of East Bere forest (Hampshire) release the horses of Cecil's servant, a mariner who has recently leased a copse called Horwithy in the forest, which t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 booklet

37. Cotton Ch III 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 12
Title:
Petition of Edward Howard and others asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont, marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, earl marshal
Scope & Content:
Petition of Edward Howard, Bernard Howard, Alex McDonnell, and Elizabeth MacDonnell asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont (1606-1680), 1st marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt (1621-1697), 2nd earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard (1627-1677), 5th duke of Norfolk, ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1677
Extent:
1 booklet

38. Cotton Ch III 14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 14/1
Title:
Manor court rolls of Normancross Hundred
Scope & Content:
Copies and extracts from the manor court rolls of Normancross Hundred (Huntingdonshire), held by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, and Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, at Yaxley. 15 July 1628-15 October 1633.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1628-1633
Extent:
1 booklet

39. 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

40. Cotton Ch IV 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 2
Title:
Letter of Thomas of Garsale to Walter Langton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, asking that he admit a subdeacon to the deaconry
Scope & Content:
Letter of Thomas of Garsale, knight, to Walter Langton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (r. 1296-1321), asking that he admit Henry of Honigham, a subdeacon, to deacon's orders so that Henry may serve Thomas and his heirs effectively. Written at Bourton-on-Dunsmore (Warwickshire), the morrow of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1309
Extent:
1 leaf

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