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611. Cotton Ch XVIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 39
Title:
Decree of divorce between George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, and Margaret Crichton
Scope & Content:
Copy of a decree of divorce between George Leslie (b. 1484, d. 1558), 4th Earl of Rothes, and Margaret Crichton (b. before 1496, d. in or after 1545), on account of their consanguinity in the second and third degrees. Copied from the sentence-books of the official-principals of St Andrews by Joh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1520
Extent:
1 leaf

612. Cotton Ch XXI 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 5
Title:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, to Hugh de Ard
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, Bedfordshire, to Hugh de Ard, of all the priory’s lands, rents and people in Diddington, Cambridgeshire, and Kinewaldesham. Endorsed: in a faded 17th-century hand, ‘A graunt from the / … and with / all that … / …’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

613. Cotton Ch XXI 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 18
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, Warwickshire, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull of Geoffrey son of Osbert Clapping of Middle Bykehull, the priory's serf. Endorsed: in a faded late 16th-century hand, ‘… graunt / … and with / all that … / …’. Affixed with an imperfect and very indisti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

614. Cotton Ch XXIII 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXIII 2
Title:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of custody of all the lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon [Leicestershire], and the capital messuage and its appurtenances. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Sc[r]iptum Margarete Basset'; in a 15th-century hand, ‘to / Quern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

615. Cotton MS Appendix LVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI
Title:
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (imperfect); Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112; 'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia; Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Leaf of a Psalter; Medieval endleaf; Book of Genesis,...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains seven parts (ff. 1-4; ff. 5-60; ff. 61-90; ff. 91-111; f. 112; f. 113; ff. 114-122) that were most likely produced at different locations in England and in different periods of time. These parts were joined together in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

616. Cotton MS Augustus II 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 2
Title:
Grant of King Hlothhere of Kent (673–685) to Abbot Beorhtwald (archbishop of Canterbury 692–731) and his monastery
Scope & Content:
King Hlothhere of Kent grants land at Westanæ in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, and at Sturry, Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his monastery; dated May 679, Reculver (Sawyer, no. 8). The earliest surviving single-sheet Anglo-Saxon charter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
679
Extent:

Parchment leaf

617. Cotton MS Augustus II 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 3
Title:
Grant of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (d. 757) to Cyneberht, comes
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of the Mercians and of the South Angli grants ten hides (cassati) at Ismere by the river Stour and land at Brochyl in Morfe forest, Worcestershire, to Cyneberht, comes, for the construction of a minster: dated 736 (Sawyer, no. 56). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Norð stur.’; a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
736
Extent:

Parchment leaf

618. Cotton MS Augustus II 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 4
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Dudda, minister
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the Mercians grants to Duddonus (Dudda), minister, 4 hides (cassatae) near Salmonsbury in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire; dated 779, Hartleford, Gloucestershire, confirmed at Gumley, Leicestershire (Sawyer, no. 114). Endorsed in a 9th- or 10th-century hand, ‘burhtunes boc’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
779
Extent:

Parchment leaf

619. Cotton MS Augustus II 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 5
Title:
Grant and confirmation of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to St Peter’s, Medeshamstede
Scope & Content:
King Wulfhere of the Mercians confirms and grants to St Peter’s Minster, Medeshamstede land at Peterborough (Medeshamstede), Thorpe Hall, Dogsthorpe, Eastfield near Peterborough, Newark, Garton End, Eye, Werrington, Gunthorpe, Peakirk, Glinton, Deeping Gate, Peakirk Marsh, Eye Marsh, the hermita...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

620. Cotton MS Augustus II 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 6
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Pershore Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants to Pershore Abbey privileges and restoration of land at Pershore, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
972
Extent:

Parchment leaf

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