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41. Stowe Ch 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 40
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants the reversion of land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, after the death of his priest, Eadsige; c. 1035, in both Latin and English (Sawyer, no. 981). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donatio regis cnut. de folkestane. latine et anglice.’; in a 13th-century han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

42. Stowe Ch 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 41
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Bishop Eadsige (d. 1050)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick (Westenhanger), Kent, to Bishop Eadsige; dated 1035, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 974). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Boc to bereƿican ÷’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cnuth rex dedit berewike eadsino episcopo’; and in another 12th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1035
Extent:

Parchment leaf

43. Stowe Ch 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 42
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Eadsige (d. 1050) to St Augustine’s, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Eadsige grants land near Canterbury to St Augustine’s; 1048 × 1050 (Sawyer, no. 1400). Lower portion of a bipartite chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAPHVM’ written along the upper edge. Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Eadsinus archiepiscopus dedit ad ecclesiam sancti augustini .v. acras ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1048-1050
Extent:

Parchment leaf

44. Stowe Ch 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 43
Title:
Restitution of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135) to Archbishop William and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry I (r. 1100–1135), King of England, restores to Archbishop William de Corbeuil (b. c. 1070, d. 1136) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and William I (r. 1066–1087). A bilingual charter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1123-c 1136
Extent:
1 leaf

45. Stowe Ch 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 44
Title:
Restitution of King Henry II (r. 1154–1189) to Archbishop Theobald and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Henry II (r. 1154–1189), King of England, restores to Archbishop Theobald (b. c. 1090, d. 1161) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), William I (r. 1066–1087), and Henry I (r. 1100–1135). A bil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1155
Extent:
1 leaf

46. Stowe Ch 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 45
Title:
Scope & Content:
QUIT-CLAIM by Thomas, rector of Appelby [Appleby, co. Derby], to Laurence [de S. Edwardo], Abbot, and the convent of Burthon [Burton-on-Trent, co. Staff], of tithes, Peter's pence, and other payments formerly claimed by him from the abbey tenants in his parish, including fourpence for every marr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1229-1260]
Extent:
1 item

47. Stowe Ch 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 46
Title:
Scope & Content:
GRANT by Nicholas de Benetylee [Fenny Bentley, co. Derby] to Jolin his son, by Avice his wife, of a moiety of the cultivated land held by him of Robert son of Gerald, at a yearly rent of five shillings and a pair of gloves worth one penny. Witn.: Dom. R. "Presbyter," Ralph de Tykenhal [Ticknall,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1216-1272]
Extent:
1 item

48. Stowe Ch 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 47
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Scope & Content:
LEASE by Roger de Rydeware [Hamstall Ridware, co. Staff.], lord of Boyleston in co. Derb., son of the late Dom. Rog. de, Rydeware, to John de Basingges, citizen of London, of Boyleston manor with the advowson of the church and the new manor lately built in Boylstone wood, for 10½ years from the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[25 Mar 1294]
Extent:
1 item

49. Stowe Ch 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 48
Title:
Scope & Content:
QUIT-CLAIM by John [Talbot], 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, to Master Thomas Heywode, Dean of Lichfield, and William Hukyns, chaplain, of a messuage in Chestrefeld [Chesterfield], co. Staff., and land in Shenston [Shenstone, co. Staff.]. Dat. Lichfield, 3 Feb., 12 Edw. IV. [1473]. Lat. Portion of seal....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1473]
Extent:
1 item

50. Stowe Ch 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 49
Title:
Scope & Content:
QUIT-CLAIM by Stephen de Bello Campo [Beauchamp] to Burton [-on-Trent] Abbey of the village of Cotes [Coton in the Elms, co. Derb., cf. Dugdale, iii. p. 40], which. he had unlawfully seized. Witn.: John de Cadomo [Caen], Geoffrey de Wiverdestun, Hugh "clericus de Derebi," Michael, servant to the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 item

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