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31. Add Ch 19576

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Title:
Confirmation by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Windsor and Catteshall
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), confirms the grant to Reading Abbey of the land of Windsor, Berkshire, and Catteshall, Surrey, made by Geoffrey Purcell when he became a monk there, for the salvation of her own soul and that of her father, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:
1 leaf

32. Add Ch 19577

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Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the commemoration of the souls of Henry, her father, Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

33. Add Ch 19578

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Title:
Notification by Empress Matilda of her confirmation of the grant of the church of Stanton to Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), notifies A(lexander), bishop of Lincoln (r. 1133-1148), and the barons of Oxfordshire, of her confirmation of the grant of church of Stanton to Reading Abbey, originally granted by Queen A(deliza of Louvain)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:
1 leaf

34. Add Ch 19579

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Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury (duplicate)
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b.1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the souls of Henry, her father, and Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142). Given at Deviz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

35. Add Ch 19587

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Title:
Indulgence granted by Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford, to visitors to the relics of St James the Apostle at Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford (b. c. 1110, d. 1187) grants an indulgence for twenty days, to all those visiting the relics of St James the Apostle at Reading Abbey, upon or during the octave of his festival. Endorsed: 'Gileb[ertus]. Hereford. d[e] absolutio[n]e penite[n]tiu[m] i[n] festo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1148-1163
Extent:
1 leaf

36. Add Ch 19788

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Title:
Grant of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to his kinsman Beorhtferth
Scope & Content:
King Wulfhere of the Mercians grants 5 hides (manentes) at Dillington, Huntingdonshire, to his kinsman Beorhtferth in return for 30 mancuses of gold; dated 624 (for 674?), with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 67).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

37. Add Ch 19789

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Title:
Grant of Eanberht (fl. 757–759), Uhtred (fl. 757–777) and Ealdred (fl. 757–777), brothers and under-kings of the Hwicce, to Headda, abbot
Scope & Content:
Eanberht, Uhtred and Ealdred, brothers and under-kings of the Hwicce, with the permission of Offa, king of Mercia, grant ten hides (cassati) at Andoversford, Gloucestershire, to Headda, abbot; dated February 759 (Sawyer, no. 56). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘to onnaforda’ and ‘Offa rex.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
759
Extent:

Parchment leaf

38. Add Ch 19790

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Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (r. 757-796) to Æthelmund, minister
Scope & Content:
King Offa grants 55 hides (cassati) at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, to Æthelmund, minister; dated 793 × 796, Clobeshoas (Sawyer, no. 139). Endorsed in an 11th-century hand, ‘Westbyrig’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
793-796
Extent:

Parchment leaf

39. Add Ch 19791

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Add Ch 19791
Title:
Grant of Bishop Werferth (d. 907×915), with the Worcester community, to Wulfsige, his reeve
Scope & Content:
Bishop Werferth, with the Worcester community, grants a lease for three lives of a hide at Aston Magna, Gloucestershire, to Wulfsige, his reeve, just as Herred held it; dated 904 (Sawyer, no. 1281). The lower portion of a chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAPHVM’ written along the upper edge. Endorsed by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
904
Extent:

Parchment leaf

40. Add Ch 19792

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Add Ch 19792
Title:
Grant of Bishop Oswald (d. 992) to his kinsman Osulf, the cniht
Scope & Content:
Bishop Oswald grants a lease of land for three lives at Teddington and Alstone, Gloucestershire, to his kinsman Osulf, the cniht, with reversion first to Eadleofu, his wife (if his children do not survive), and then to two of her brothers, with ultimate reversion to the church of Worcester; date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
969
Extent:

Parchment leaf

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