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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Lydd, Kent Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Stowe Ch 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 4
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the English (d. 796) to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury (d. 792)
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the English grants three sulungs (aratra) at Lydd, Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury; dated 774 (Sawyer, no. 111). Endorsed in a hand of the 2nd half of the 10th century, ‘to hlidum’, repeated by a slightly later hand; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Offa rex. dedit Iamberto. arc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe MS 746

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 746
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. IV. (ff. 146). 1678-1690. 1. [John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount] Massereene, to Sir E. Dering, on public affairs in Ireland; Dublin, 18 May, 1678. f. 1. 2. William Lodge, the artist, to Henry [Giles]; London, 9 Nov. 1678. f. 3. 3. Jo. Assheton, Henry Marsden, and Tho. Heber, to Lord Fair...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1678-1690
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 856

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 856
Title:
Scope & Content:
"LIBER presidencie diversorum Instrumentorum tam spiritualium quam temporalium": a common-place book of formulas for grants, legal pleas, etc., composed by John Hebylthwayte, [? of Lydd, co. Kent], whose name, with two Latin verses containing it, is written at the beginning and end of the volume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 857
Title:
Scope & Content:
COPIES of letters and papers relating to a dispute between the town of Lydd and the Seven Hundreds (Cranbrook, Blackburn, Barkley, Great Barnfield, Selbrightenden, Rolvenden, and Tenterden), co. Kent, as to the charge of providing watchmen at "Denge Mersh" (Dunge-Marsh); 1587-1589. Followed (f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item