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1. Add Ch 8129

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Add Ch 8129
Title:
Letter of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, granting power to William de Verges to do fealty in her name to Guy, Count of Flanders
Scope & Content:
Eleanor of Castile (b. c. 1240, d. 1290), Queen of England, grants power to William de Vergers, yeoman, to do fealty in her name to Guy [of Dampierre] (b. c. 1226, d. 1305), count of Flanders, for the land in Flanders that has fallen to her by hereditary right; given at York, 16 August of Edward...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1280
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 56452

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Province of York: Acquittance for payment by the Registrar: 1503. Sir Edward Windham: Acquittance for payment to: 1503.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1503
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Ch 71490

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Province of York: Seal of the Prerogative Court: 1818. Thomas Astley, nonconformist minister of Chesterfield, county Derbyshire: Letters of administration for his estate: 1818.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 6159

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Add MS 6159
Title:
ESTATE BOOK OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL PRIORY; late 13th-early 14th cent. Latin and French, with some Anglo-Saxon. Origin: England. Compiled in the time of Prior Henry Eastry (1284-1331), with a small number of later medieval additions. Davis, Cartularies, no. 167. Small number of late medieval marginals relative to the text, some in dry point, eg. ff. 49v, 54, 183. 16th-17th cent. notes of an antiquarian nature occur relative to the text, eg. ff. 30, 32, together with added dates in brown i...
Scope & Content:
Henry Eastry, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury: Estate book compiled in the time of: 13th-14th cent. Canterbury. Christ Church Cathedral: Estate book: 13th-14th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: f. 1 England General: Coronations: Coronation oath of the kings of England: 14th cent: Lat. and Fr. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 6160

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ESTATE BOOK OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL PRIORY, CANTERBURY: apparently compiled by an obedientary concerned with estate and household management, possibly John de Gore; early 14th cent. (after 1316). Latin. Origin: England. See: Davis, Cartularies, no. 184; D. Oschinsky, ed., Walter of Henley (1971), pp. 15-16; R. A. L. Smith, Canterbury Cathedral Priory (1943), p. 206. In particular, for the ascription to Gore see A history of Canterbury Cathedral, ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, and M. Spa...
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John de Gore, monk of Christ Church, Canterbury: Estate book of Christ Church Canterbury compiled by(?): 14th cent: Lat. Canterbury. Christ Church Cathedral: Estate book: 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 2v-8 Calendars: Calendar in estate book of Christ Church, Canterbury: early 14th cent: Lat. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 18992

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Add MS 18992
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Two letters of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Keeper of the Great Seal, dated York, 15 and 19 May 1642
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Letter of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Lord Keeper, York, 14 May 1642. With postscript and signature in the king's hand. The letter orders a proclamation for holding Trinity term next ensuing at York. f. 3r: Letter of King Charles I to Edward Littl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1642-19 May 1642
Extent:

1 volume (bound with Add MS 18983)

7. Add MS 33244

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"SECUNDA Pars Registri cartarum et scriptorum Monasterii sancte Marie de Furnesio [Furness Abbey, co. Lancaster], Anno Domini Mmo ccccmo xijmo, per uenerabilem patrem in Christo dominum Willemum de Daltonñ, Abbatem huius dicti Monasterii, digesti, Anno regiminis sui vijmo." Prefixed, f. 1 b, are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1412-1478
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 38599

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Add MS 38599
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COMMONPLACE-BOOK of the Shann family of Methley, co. York; mainly in the hand of Richard Shann (1561-1627). The chief contents are : 1. Survey of the manor of Methley (then belonging to Henry, afterwards Sir Henry Savile), 1592. Copy made 1611. At the end (f. 20) is a note of the purchase of much of the land in the manor in 30-31 Eliz. [1587-1589] by Henry Farrer, Richard Shann and others. f. 2. 2. "Roumes in the church": a list of the seats and their occupants in Methley Church, 1596. The...
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: Shann family of Methley: chiefly 1611-1632. Scribes: Richard Shanne of Methley (1561-1627) wrote most of: n.d. Richard Shanne, of Methley: mainly written by.: (1561-1627). Shann family; of Methley. Yorkshire: Commonplace-book of: 1611-1632. includes: f. 2 Methley, West Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century-Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Cotton Ch IV 28

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Cotton Ch IV 28
Title:
Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
Scope & Content:
Rules for the brethren and sisters of St Leonard’s Hospital, York, as set down by Walter of Langton, master of the hospital. Sets out the daily schedule based around the monastic hours, when the brethren and sisters should be silent, that they should not eat or drink in the town, that those who...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1294
Extent:
1 leaf

10. Cotton Ch IV 36

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Cotton Ch IV 36
Title:
Inspeximus of Edward II of charters of Henry II and Edward I for Wombridge Priory
Scope & Content:
Inspeximus by King Edward II of England (r. 1307-1327) of three charters of Henry II and two of Edward I for Wombridge Priory (Shropshire). The first, granting the priory 80 acres of assart in Wombridge. Witnesses: Godfrey de Lune and others. Given at Lichfield. The second, granting the churc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1319
Extent:
1 leaf

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