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321. Stowe Ch 554

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 554
Title:
Acquittance by Maffia de Abbatis, abbess of the convent of SS Cosmas and Damian, Brescia, for rent at Campibassi
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Maffia de Abbatis, abbess of the convent of SS Cosmas and Damian, Brescia, for the rent of garden land at Campibassi. Given at the convent of SS Cosmas and Damian, 15 February 1397 (the 5th indiction). Endorsed in a faded 15th-century hand; in an 18th-century hand 'panti momein ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15 Feb 1397
Extent:

1 leaf

322. Stowe Ch 556

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 556
Title:
Acquittance by Bonafemina de Tornitis of Brescia, abbess of the convent of Santa Giulia, Brescia, to Andriolus de Lunix(?), citizen of Brescia
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Bonafemina de Tornitis of Brescia, abbess of the convent of Santa Giulia, Brescia (San Salvatore-Santa Giulia), to Andriolus de Lunix(?), citizen of Brescia, syndic by name of the white discipline of laymen of St Faustinus Major of Brescia (‘disciplina alba laicorum’), for the ren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
21 Feb 1399
Extent:
1 leaf

323. Stowe Ch 560

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 560
Title:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Crepilis and other nuns of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia, to Peter de Cayno, shoemaker of Brescia
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Crepilis, Tomasina de Damis, Romana de Romanis, Petra de Mediolano, and Antonina de Cluxono, nuns of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia [San Salvatore-Santa Giulia], to Peter de Cayno, shoemaker of Brescia, 'massarius' of the lay-brothers of St Faustinus Major of B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
21 Mar 1405
Extent:
1 leaf

324. Stowe Ch 565

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 565
Title:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Damis, abbess of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia, to Mafeus de Monte
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Damis, abbess of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia [San Salvatore-Santa Giulia], to Mafeus de Monte, in the name of the lay-brothers of St Faustinus Major of Brescia ('discipline albe laycorum S. Faustini Majoris'), for the rent of a house. Given at the hall calle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13 Jan 1409
Extent:
1 leaf

325. Stowe Ch 567

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 567
Title:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Damis, abbess of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia, to Michael de Castelanis, dyer of Brescia
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Tomasina de Damis, abbess of the monastery of Santa Giulia, Brescia [San Salvatore-Santa Giulia], to Michael de Castelanis, dyer of Brescia, on behalf of John, son of Toninus Quazo de Zenobbio, for rent of a house in the city. Given at the hall called ‘glorietta’ in the above mona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
27 Jan 1415
Extent:
1 leaf

326. Stowe Ch 579

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 579
Title:
Letter from Pope Martin V to John Kemp, archbishop of York, regarding a dispensation for William Kellum to marry Catherine Schakersdale
Scope & Content:
A letter addressed to the archbishop of York from Pope Martin V (r. 1417-31), informing him of the dispensation to marry granted to William Kellum and Catherine Schakersdale; the Church of the Holy Apostles, Rome, 24 June 1428. The archbishop of York at this time was John Kemp (b. 1380/81, d. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[24 Jun 1428]
Extent:
1 leaf

327. Stowe Ch 607

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 607
Title:
Indulgence addressed to Margery and Anna Dicks
Scope & Content:
A mass-produced indulgence by Peter de Monte (b. c. 1400, d. 1457), apostolic notary and papal collector. In exchange for money towards the conversion of the Greeks and defending the borders of Christendom from non-Christians, Margery Dicks and her sister Anna may choose a confessor who can offe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8 Apr 1439
Extent:
1 leaf

328. Stowe Ch 619

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 619
Title:
Grant of confraternity by Sir Thomas Norton, master of the Hospital of Burton of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, to Elizabeth Vachell
Scope & Content:
A grant of confraternity by Sir Thomas Norton (fl. 1505-1526), knight and master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, to Elizabeth Vachell; 1512. The text lists the spiritual benefits of membership. The document was mass produced, with blank spaces left for t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1512
Extent:
1 leaf

329. Stowe Ch 643

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 643
Title:
Petition by Joan Astley, nurse of Henry VI, for an increase in salary
Scope & Content:
Recto: Petition by Joan, nurse of the king and wife of Thomas Astley, esquire, to Henry VI asking if her letter patent of 28 April 1423 granting her £20 a year could be cancelled in return for a new letter patent granting £40 a year. Dorse: Endorsement noting that Joan’s petition was accepted; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1424
Extent:
1 leaf

330. Stowe MS 84

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 84
Title:
Proceedings of the rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of only three official copies made of the Processus justificationis Johanne D'Arc, or proceedings of the rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1412, d. 1431). Joan had been put on trial before a Church court headed by Bishop Pierre Cauchon (b. 1371, d. 1442), an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455-1456
Extent:
1 volume

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