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1. Cotton Ch XXI 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 5
Title:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, to Hugh de Ard
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, Bedfordshire, to Hugh de Ard, of all the priory’s lands, rents and people in Diddington, Cambridgeshire, and Kinewaldesham. Endorsed: in a faded 17th-century hand, ‘A graunt from the / … and with / all that … / …’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch V 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch V 5
Title:
Inspection and confirmation by Petronilla of Nereford of a charter for Campsey Priory
Scope & Content:
Inspection and confirmation by Petronilla of Nereford of an inspection and confirmation by Cecily of Ufford, daughter and heir of Robert de Valoines, of a charter of William Testard of Cranford, which he made to Prioress Margery and Campsey Priory [Suffolk], with the king’s licence and at the in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1321
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton Ch XXI 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 18
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, Warwickshire, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull of Geoffrey son of Osbert Clapping of Middle Bykehull, the priory's serf. Endorsed: in a faded late 16th-century hand, ‘… graunt / … and with / all that … / …’. Affixed with an imperfect and very indisti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Cotton Ch XII 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 41
Title:
Chirograph marriage contract of John of Middleton and Isabella daughter of Roger of Thornton
Scope & Content:
Chirograph marriage contract of John of Middleton (c. 1373-1441) and Isabella, daughter of Roger of Thornton. Made between Christine (d. 1422), lady of Middleton, John of Middleton, knight, son and heir apparent of Christine, and John Fe[r]me on one part and Roger of Thornton (d. 1430), Leyn-[te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1421
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Cotton Ch XII 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 4
Title:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel, to Bullington Priory
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel of Tirigt[ona], to Bullington priory [Lincolnshire], of all the lands which William held. Endorsed: in an early 13th-century hand, ‘Confirmacio Emme relicte / W[illelmo] Mustel i[n] viduitate sua / de t[er]ris in Tirigt[ona].’ Affixed with a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Cotton Ch XII 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 35
Title:
Grant by Beatrice Malherbe, widow, to Alice, her sister, of land in Stambridge
Scope & Content:
Grant by Beatrice Malherbe, widow, to Alice, her sister, of all the land which Gunnora, their mother, held of Beatrice in Stambridge [Essex], except for the marsh of Fughelnesse called Smallport. Affixed with a fragmentary seal, oval, brown, with a thistle plant in a border shaped like a herald...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Cotton Ch XII 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 73
Title:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, to practise medicine
Scope & Content:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, now residing in Bath, to practise medicine throughout her realms and dominions for life, notwithstanding letters patent of Henry VIII to incorporate a College of Physicians and an act of Parliament made in the first year of the reign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1571 and 1581
Extent:
1 leaf

8. Cotton Ch XII 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 49
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, once the wife of Robert Martel of Killingholme, to Newhouse Abbey
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, once the wife of Robert Martel of Killingholme [Lincolnshire], to Newhouse Abbey [Lincolnshire], of a bovate of land with meadow and pasture which Robert Martel granted to the abbey. Affixed with an imperfect seal, oval, green, with a figure of a man in a hat, facing left,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Cotton Ch XII 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 69
Title:
Bond of Elizabeth I pledging to repay a debt to Horatio Palavicino
Scope & Content:
Bond of Elizabeth I pledging to repay Horatio Palavicino (b. c. 1540, d. 1600) of Genoa, and now residing in England, a debt of £33374 4s 4d by 31 December 1585, and granting him safe conduct through her realms and dominions. Given at Greenwich Palace, 27 May 1583.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1583
Extent:
1 leaf

10. Cotton Ch V 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch V 66
Title:
Grant by Margaret de Redvers, widow, to Halesowen Abbey, of the advowson of Harbourne Church
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret de Redvers, widow, daughter of Warin, son and heir of Cor’ [Conrad?], to Halesowen Abbey [Worcestershire], of the advowson of Harbourne Church [Staffordshire]. Affixed with an imperfect seal of Margaret, lozenge, green, with a cinquefoil at the top, a crescent below, and then ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf