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51. Add Ch 19858

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Title:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock, countess of Stafford, appointing John Harper as her steward
Scope & Content:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock (b. c. 1382, d. 1438), countess of Stafford, Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton, and lady of Brecknock, appointing John Harper (b. 1395, d. 1464) as her steward of Staffordshire; given at London, 15 July 1428. Affixed with a fragmentary seal, red, a quatrefoil loze...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1428
Extent:
1 leaf

52. Add Ch 19989

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Title:
Chirograph by Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting a grove to her daughter Johanna
Scope & Content:
A chirograph of Agatha La Bernarde, widow of Lord Ralph Fitz Bernard, granting her daughter Johanna, a grove (gravam) called 'le sopperes wode'; given at ‘Elunder’ [possibly Ellenden, Kent?], the Sunday after the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr, 7 Edward II [8 July 1313]. Endorsed: in a lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1313
Extent:
1 leaf

53. Add Ch 20394

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Title:
Grant by Matilda de Wateville to Bruern Abbey of land in Colesbourne
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda de Wateville to Bruern Abbey [Oxfordshire] of all her land and that of her father in Colesbourne [Gloucestershire], which Helias of Colesbourne had granted them there. Endorsed: in a late 12th-century hand, ‘Calesburn / Matildis de Watervill / de t[er]ra q[uam] Elyas iniam tenu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

54. Add Ch 20396

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Title:
Grant by Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, to John del Shagh, vicar of Prestbury, of lands in the town of Macclesfield
Scope & Content:
Anne of Bohemia (b. 1366, d. 1394), Queen of England and wife of Richard II (r. 1377-1399), grants to John del Shagh (fl. 1377-1416), vicar of Prestbury [Cheshire], lands measuring 32 x 15 feet in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, for building purposes, subject to the condition of leaving spac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1390
Extent:
1 leaf

55. Add Ch 20420

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Title:
Confirmation by Empress Matilda to Bordesley Abbey of lands in Bordesley and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), confirms to Bordesley Abbey a grant of lands in Bordesley and several other towns (all in Worcestershire), together with the advowson of Tardebigge church (then in Staffordshire, now Worcestershire), a sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:

1 leaf

56. Add Ch 20559

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Title:
Grant by Hawise, countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri, of land in Hedon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Hawise [d. 1214], countess of Aumale, to Fulk de Oiri of land in Hedon, Yorkshire. Addressed to the bailiff of Hedon and all the people of the same vill; dated to between 1179, when Hawise became countess, and 1214, when she died. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Hedonn’. Affixed wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1179-1214
Extent:
1 leaf

57. Add Ch 20568

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Title:
Quitclaim by Alice de Lacy, mother of the earl of Lincoln, to Holy Trinity Abbey, York
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Alice de Lacy [of Saluzzo], mother of the earl of Lincoln [Henry de Lacy, d. 1311], to Holy Trinity Abbey, York, of all her right in the advowson of Leeds Church; given at Rothwell [Yorkshire], 22 November 1310. Endorsed: in a 14th-century hand, 'De eccl[es]ia de Ledes.' Affixed w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1310
Extent:
1 leaf

58. Add Ch 21703

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Title:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Clare, to Stephen of Chewat, her clerk, of lands in Dralston
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Clare, to Stephen of Chewat (Cehetun), her clerk, of whatever is in her fee in Dralston, in woods, plains and within and without the vill; dated to when Robert was recorded as sheriff. Witnesses include Robert son of Sawin [fl. 1170], sheriff of Northamptonshire. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1170
Extent:
1 leaf

59. Add Ch 22566

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Title:
Quitclaim by Isabella, widow of Warin of Bassingburn, to William de Briançon, lord of West Thurrock, of her rights to land in Breckenham and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabella, widow of Warin of Bassingburn, to William de Briançon [d. 1310], lord of West Thurrock, of all the rights she had in the lands and tenements which William has in Breckenham, Rossworth, and Shadwell in Norfolk, and Teversham in Cambridgeshire, which Warin, her husband, sold...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1287-1310
Extent:
1 leaf

60. Add Ch 23365

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Title:
Inspection and confirmation of a grant to William Aumbesas and Johanna, his wife, of the manor of Carshalton
Scope & Content:
Chirograph inspection and confirmation by Richard of Chissebeth and Henry of Creton of a grant by William of Frenlles to William Aumbesas and Johanna, his wife, of the manor of Carshalton [Surrey]. Affixed with two seals. The first, an imperfect equestrian seal of William, oval, green, with him...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1307
Extent:
1 leaf

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