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61. Add Ch 47584

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Title:
Grant by Isabel, countess of Northampton, to Nuneaton Priory, of land in Groby
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabel [de Beaumont, d. a. 1188], countess of Northampton, for her parents’ souls and those of her brother Robert [de Beaumont, d. 1190], earl of Leicester, W. de Britollia, and her ancestors and successors, to Nuneaton Priory [Leicestershire], of a bovate of land in Groby [Leicestershi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

62. Add Ch 47615

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Title:
Grant by Amicia de Craft, to Nuneaton Priory, of a moiety of her mill in Sapcote and her body
Scope & Content:
Grant by Amicia de Craft, with the consent of William Basset her son, for her soul and those of her children, her predecessors and successors, to Nuneaton Priory [Leicestershire], of a moiety of her mill in Sapcote [Leicestershire] and her body. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Carta Amicis d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

63. Add Ch 54007

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Title:
Grant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, widowed Queen of England, to Fontevraud Abbey of a house in Poitiers
Scope & Content:
Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. c. 1122, d. 1204), Duchess of Aquitaine and widowed Queen of England (the widow of King Henry II (r. 1154-1189)), grants a house in Poitiers to the abbey of Fontevraud (Fontevrault), France. The house is granted for the support of Roger, her chaplain, and his successors ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1199
Extent:
1 leaf

64. Add Ch 54069

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Title:
Grant by Philip II of Spain and Mary I of England to Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, of property in the hundreds of Bury and Rotherbridge
Scope & Content:
Grant by Philip II (king of Spain, r. 1556-1598) and Mary I of England (r. 1553-1558), styled 'King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem and Ireland', to Henry Fitzalan (b. 1512, d. 1580), 12th Earl of Arundel, of manors, lands and other properties in the hundreds of Bury and Rotherbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1555
Extent:

1 document

65. Add Ch 60433

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Title:
Will and probate certificate of Margaret Hervy of Ryburgh
Scope & Content:
Will and probate certificate of Margaret Hervy of Ryburgh [Norfolk]. She leaves her body to Ryburgh Church, makes bequests to her children Robert, Thomas and Elizabeth, and appoints Robert Hempton and Elizabeth Hervy as her executors; given 1508. Dorse: probate certificate by the official of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1508
Extent:
1 leaf

66. Add Ch 62464

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Title:
Grant by Philip and Mary to Anne Fortescue, of manors in Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Grant by Philip and Mary to Anne Fortescue, widow of Sir Adrian Fortescue and now the wife of Thomas Parry, of the manors of Barton Abbots, Chipping Sodbury, Codrington and Washbourne (Gloucestershire). Given 2 September 1557. Affixed with a fragmentary great seal of Philip and Mary, oval, br...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1557
Extent:
1 document

67. Add Ch 62467

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Title:
A set of instructions from Margaret III, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, to her commissioners to make a treaty of commerce with England
Scope & Content:
A detailed set of instructions from Margaret III (b. 1350, d. 1405), Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, to her commissioners, to make a trade treaty with England, including a list of rights and privileges to secure and when they should return to her for further instructions. Given at Arras, 19 Decem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
19 Dec 1404
Extent:

1 document

68. Add Ch 62759

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Title:
Acquittance by Eleanor, abbess of Fontevrault, of a payment from the tolls of Blois
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Eleanor, abbess of Fontevrault, of a payment from the tolls of Blois; given 3 November 1326. Affixed with three seals. The first, fragmentary, brown, with a partial image of a fleur-de-lys, with a fragmentary legend, ‘…di’. The second, fragmentary, brown, with a partial robed fig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1326
Extent:
1 leaf

69. Add Ch 65797

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Title:
Commission by Thomas Bourgchier, Archbishop of Canterbury to administer the will of Emota Newton, widow
Scope & Content:
Commission by Thomas [Bourgchier, r. 1454-86], archbishop of Canterbury, to Hugh Surter and William Russell, canons of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury, to administer the will of Emota Newton, widow; given at the archbishop’s manor of Ewell [Surrey], 8 October 1481. Endorsed: in a 20t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1481
Extent:
1 leaf

70. Add Ch 66585

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Title:
Acknowledgement of fealty by Jehanne de Longueioe, abbess of St Antoine des Champs, Paris, to the Celestines of Paris, for land held of them
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Jehanne de Longueioe, abbess of St Antoine des Champs, Paris, of the fealty owed to the prior and convent of the Celestines of Paris (Notre Dame de l’Annunciation or l’Assomption), for land the abbey holds at Val Raguelin from the Celestines, part of the fee of Tournedoz near ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1534
Extent:
1 leaf

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