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311. Harley Ch 85 B 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 85 B 17
Title:
Grant by Lucy de Cokefield to Biddlesden Abbey of all her land in Charwelton
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Lucy de Cokefield, with the assent of Adam, her son, to Biddlesden Abbey, of all her land in Charwelton (Northamptonshire), which lands she received in the court of the king at Westminster in a case against Ralph de Cheinduit. In return, the abbey will pay her a rent of 3 marks four...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1200
Extent:
1 leaf

312. Harley Ch 86 B 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 86 B 5
Title:
Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, of 2 acres of land in Berkhamsted
Scope & Content:
Grant by Petronilla, daughter of Alfred the Little, to William Cocaine, for his homage and service, of 2 acres of land in the manor (halimoto) of Berkhamsted. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Halimoto’. Affixed with a fine seal of Petronilla, lozenge, green, with a full-length image of a wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

313. Harley Ch 86 C 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 86 C 40
Title:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey of salt rents in Hoilande and land in Houghton
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey, for the souls of Robert Grunwald, her husband, Pagan, her father, Adeliz de Raimes, William, her grandfather, and all her ancestors, of the salt rents and their appurtenances in Hoilande, and 1 virgate of land in Houghton. In return, Matilda and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

314. Harley Ch 112 C 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 112 C 27
Title:
Grant by Margaret de Quincy, widow, countess of Winchester, to Ulverscroft Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret [de Quincy] (d. 1235), widow, countess of Winchester and sister of Robert [de Beaumont] (d. 1204), earl of Leicester, to Prior Walter of Ulverscroft Priory [Leicestershire], of all her land in Ryall [Devon] and Bishop’s Hull [Somerset]. Date based on the death of Margaret’s hu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1219-1235
Extent:
1 leaf

315. Harley Ch 112 G 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 112 G 53
Title:
Confirmation by Matilda de Chauz to Hugh Bard of a grant of land
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Matilda de Chauz, in her free power, without a man, to Hugh Bard, of all the land which Geoffrey de Lefremunt had of her ancestors in Kirketon, Walsby, Willoughby, Besthorpe, and in Birchwood [Nottinghamshire], which William the son and heir of Geoffrey gave to Hugh. Endorsed: i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

316. Harley MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3
Title:
John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

317. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

318. Harley MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 24
Title:
Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

319. Harley MS 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 25
Title:
Collection of law reports
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a collection of Common Bench reports including cases from the years between c. 1279 and 1312, copies of plea-roll enrolments, and notes probably assembled by the Dublin Bench attorney Roger de Sancta Brigida during his sejourn in London in 1309-1312 for educational purpos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

320. Harley MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 30
Title:
Transcripts of Exchequer Rolls from the reign of Henry III, partly written by Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: a title page. ff. 1r-241v: Transcripts of Exchequer Rolls from the reign of Henry III, followed by an index of names (ff. 242r-256r), partly written by Simonds D'Ewes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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