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271. LFC Ch VII 3

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch VII 3
Title:
Grant by Renaud and Ida, count and countess of Boulogne, to Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Grant by Renaud Dammartin and Ida, count and countess of Boulogne, for the honour of God, St Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury and martyr, and for their souls and those of their parents, and heirs, to Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury, excusing the convent from tolls and customs at Boulo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1190-1214
Extent:
1 leaf

272. LFC Ch XI 31

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XI 31
Title:
Lease by Elizabeth I to Hugh Rabone, of a croft
Scope & Content:
After an inquisition into the property of the late Thomas Watwood, held at Wolverhampton on 7 April 1581, who died in debt to the Crown, Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) leases to Hugh Rabone one of Watwood’s former properties, a croft without pasture called Whitmoors or Le Priors Gyrche, Staffordshir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1582
Extent:
1 leaf

273. LFC Ch XIV 25

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XIV 25
Title:
Chirograph of an agreement between Syon Abbey and Spalding Priory
Scope & Content:
Chirograph of an agreement between Elizabeth, prioress of Syon Abbey [Middlesex], and Thomas, prior of Spalding Priory [Lincolnshire], brokered by Margaret [Beaufort] (b. 1443, d. 1509), mother of Henry VII. Since Edward IV’s reign, Spalding owed Syon £10 a year but this went unpaid until the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
1 leaf

274. LFC Ch XIX 12

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XIX 12
Title:
Grant by Agnes, once the wife of Fulk the smith of Tonge, to William her son and his wife Petronilla
Scope & Content:
Grant by Agnes, once the wife of Fulk the smith of Tonge, to William her son and his wife Petronilla, of all her lands, tenements, rents and service which she has in the manor and lordship of Tonge and outside it; given at Tonge, the feast of St Matthew the Apostle [21 September] 1395. Affixed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1395
Extent:
1 leaf

275. LFC Ch XXV 20

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XXV 20
Title:
Grant by Idonia of Hurst to Robertsbridge Abbey of all her lands, villeins and rents in Broomhill
Scope & Content:
Grant by Idonia of Hurst [Sussex] to Robertsbridge Abbey [Sussex] of all her lands, villeins and rents in Broomhill [Sussex] in return for one mark of silver for Idonia and a gold talent for her son Robert. Endorsed: in a 16th-century hand, ‘Idonia de Herst / Domina de Prymhell’; in an 18th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 12th century to 1st quarter of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

276. LFC Ch XXV 21

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XXV 21
Title:
Grant by Albreda of Old Romney, widow, to Robertsbridge Abbey, of Dudeman’s Land in Pinhall
Scope & Content:
Grant by Albreda of Old Romney [Kent], widow, to Robertsbridge Abbey [Sussex], of all the land in Pinhall that was held by Dudeman called Dudeman’s Land, in return for sixteen marks of silver. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Albrede de ve… Rume’; in an 18th-century hand, ‘Sans Date'; in a di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

277. Royal MS 14 B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B III
Title:
Roll of maxims made for Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley
Scope & Content:
A roll of maxims about pride, created for Jane Lumley (1537-78), Baroness Lumley, daughter of Henry FitzAlan (1512-80), 19th earl of Arundel. Monograms JOANNA LVMLEIA. Dated to between Jane’s marriage to John Lumley (d. 1609), 1st Baron Lumley, by 1553 and her death in 1578. A similar roll, po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1553-1578
Extent:

1 roll

278. Royal MS 14 B XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B XIX
Title:
Expenses of Princess Mary’s household
Scope & Content:
This roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account covers a one-and-a-half-year period from 1 July 1525 to 31 December 1526 (17 and 18 Henry VIII), when M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 roll

279. Royal MS 14 B XXVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B XXVI
Title:
Expenses of the household departments of Princess Mary
Scope & Content:
The roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account lists the expenses of several household departments, comparing the expenditure made in October and other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 roll

280. Royal MS 15 A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A I
Title:
Jane Lumley, translation of Isocrates, Archidamus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Archidamus, one of the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley. The manuscript is a presentation copy, probably intended as a New Year's gift fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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