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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley Roll Y 6
Title:: Life of Guthlac (the 'Guthlac Roll', or Vita Sancti Guthlaci)
Scope & Content:: Parchment roll composed of four and a half pieces of parchment, on which can be found 18 tinted drawings in roundels of the life of St Guthlac (c. 673-714). The roundels are largely in ink, now much faded, with occasional washes of green, and, more rarely, yellow. The subjects of the roundels ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1175-1215
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley Roll Y 21
Title:: Lincolnshire jointure of Queen Jane Seymour
Scope & Content:: Roll listing part of the jointure of Queen Jane Seymour (b. 1509, d. 1537), being the money and lands given to support her financially during her marriage to Henry VIII, who had granted her more than 100 manors. The roll begins with lands formerly belonging to King John, listing the extent and...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 16th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley Roll Z 17
Title:: Confirmation and grant of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to St Peter’s Minster, Medeshamstede; Grant of King Edgar of England (d. 975) to Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:: King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) confirms and grants to St Peter’s Minster, Medeshamstede, land at Peterborough (Medeshamstede), Thorpe Hall, Dogsthorpe, Eastfield near Peterborough, Newark, Garton End, Eye, Werrington, Gunthorpe, Peakirk, Glinton, Deeping Gate, Peakirk Marsh, Eye Marsh, t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 roll

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