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51. Add Ch 26317

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Title:
Will of Joanna Lane, widow of Nicholas Lane of Snape
Scope & Content:
Will of Joanna Lane, widow of Nicholas Lane of Snape, Suffolk. She asks to be buried in the churchyard of Snape Church, and makes bequests to her daughters, her goddaughter, and her goddaughter’s family, and appoints executors. Dated 20 November 1500. Dorse: Probate certificate by Roger Church...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1500-1501
Extent:
1 leaf

52. Add Ch 27703

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Title:
Covenant between Joan, Dowager Princess of Wales, and Beverley, regarding an annual rent
Scope & Content:
Indenture whereby Joan, Dowager Princess of Wales and Countess of Kent (b. c. 1328, d. 1385), the widow of Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince (b. 1330, d. 1376)], as kinswoman (‘consanguinea’) and heiress of Joanna de Stotevill, Lady of Cottingham, makes agreement with the men, burgesses, war...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
20 Apr 1380
Extent:
1 leaf

53. Add Ch 28479

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Title:
Grant by Isabella de Brus to Hatfield Regis Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabella de Brus (d. 1252), daughter of Earl David [of Huntingdon], to Hatfield Regis Priory of all the service owed to her by Nicholas Bus and his heirs. The document is undated, but Isabella was granted the manor of Hatfield Regis by Henry III (r. 1216-1272) in 1238. Endorsed: in a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1238 and 1252
Extent:
1 leaf

54. Add Ch 28654

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Title:
Arbitration between Elizabeth of Katzenelenbogen, abbess of St Mary’s in the Capitol in Cologne, and Herman of Hachinberch, canon of the same church
Scope & Content:
Notarial copy of an arbitration between Elizabeth of Katzenelenbogen, abbess of St Mary’s in the Capitol in Cologne, and Herman of Hachinberch, canon of the same church; dated 30 January 1352, at vespers, with the notary mark and notarial certificate of Rurgerus de Hillsheynr, imperial notary of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
[30 Jan 1352]
Extent:
1 leaf

55. Add Ch 28766

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Title:
Will of Isabella Russell, widow of John Churchhay of Frome
Scope & Content:
Will of Isabella Russell, widow of John Churchhay of Frome, leaving bequests to Langley Priory, Langley Chapel, Merston Church [all Somerset], her friends, relatives, and the chapel of St Katherine; dated 24 February 1361. Endorsed: in a 14th-century hand, ‘Certander’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1361
Extent:
1 leaf

56. Add Ch 37381

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Title:
Grant by Agnes Kamlerin and Barbara Regensburgerin to Hans Schmuckhner of land in Enns, Austria, for the benefit of the sick poor
Scope & Content:
Grant by Agnes Kamlerin, burgess, of Steyer, Upper Austria, and Barbara Regensburgerin, burgess, to Hans Schmuckhner, town councillor of Enns, master of the sick poor there, of lands in Enns for the benefit of the sick poor. Given June 1559. Endorsed: in a contemporary 16th-century hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
Jun 1559
Extent:
1 leaf

57. Add Ch 46402

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Title:
Grant of Berengaria of Navarre, widowed Queen of England, of rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau
Scope & Content:
Berengaria of Navarre (b. c. 1165, d. 1230), widowed Queen of England (the widow of Richard I, r. 1189-1199), grants rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau in Le Mans, France. The Cistercian abbey of L’Épau was founded by Berengaria in 1229. Given in 1230 before Berengaria's death in December ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1230
Extent:
1 leaf

58. Add Ch 46912

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Title:
Confirmation by Alix, countess of Eu, to Hastings Priory, of grants in the county of Eu
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Alix [d. 1246], countess of Eu, to Hastings Priory, of all their benefices and all of their tenements, woods, waters, plains, pastures and other things given to them in her county. This is followed by an extensive list of the priory’s property and their locations. In return, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1241
Extent:
1 leaf

59. Add Ch 47517

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Title:
Grant by Hawise, countess of Gloucester, to Nuneaton Priory, of land at Pimperne
Scope & Content:
Grant by Hawise [de Beaumont, d. 1197], countess of Gloucester, for her soul and those of William, her husband [d. 1183], earl of Gloucester, her children, and all her ancestors and successors, to Nuneaton Priory [Leicestershire], of 100s of land in her manor of Pimperne [Dorset], and leaving he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1191-1197
Extent:
1 leaf

60. Add Ch 47552

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Add Ch 47552
Title:
Confirmation by Petronilla, countess of Leicester, to Nuneaton Priory, of the donation made by her son Robert, earl of Leicester
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Petronilla [de Grandmesnil, d. 1212], countess of Leicester, for her soul and those of her parents, her bridegroom [sponsus] Earl Robert [de Beaumont, earl of Leicester, d. 1190], her sons and daughters, and all her ancestors, to Nuneaton Priory, of the donation of her son Robert...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1190-1204
Extent:
1 leaf

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