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1. Add Ch 1390

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Title:
Chirograph of Fredescendis, abbess of Maubeuge, granting land to Guarin, abbot of Vicogne
Scope & Content:
Chirograph of Fredescendis, abbess of Maubeuge, granting to Guarin, abbot of Vicogne (also called Casa Dei), a carucate of land in Beldenies, called the Land of St Aldegund, and the field of Gouinleu. Guarin was abbot of Vicogne 1129-1151, and then abbot of Laon until his death in 1171. The wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1129 and 1151
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 1528

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Title:
Letter of Margaret, Archduchess of Austria, to the Council of Flanders, concerning a treaty between the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France
Scope & Content:
Original letter of Margaret of Austria (b. 1480, d. 1530), Archduchess of Austria and Governor of the Low Countries, to the Council of Flanders, transmitting to them the translation of a treaty concluded at Calais between Charles V (r. 1519-1556), Holy Roman Emperor, and Francis I (r. 1515-1547)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
13 Oct 1521
Extent:
1 document

3. Add Ch 6026

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Title:
Grant by Aubrey de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec to Woburn Abbey of tenements in Warndon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Aubrey de Vere (b. c. 1163, d. 1214] and Isabel de Bolebec (b. c.. 1164, d. 1245), for their souls and those of all their ancestors and heirs, to Woburn Abbey [Bedfordshire], of all their tenements in Warndon [Bedfordshire] pertaining to the fee of Bolebec, which Walter de Bolebec held;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1184-1194
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Add Ch 6290

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Title:
Will of Joan Ward, widow, of St Saviour’s Parish, Southwark
Scope & Content:
Probate copy of the will of Joan Ward, widow, of St Saviour’s Parish, Southwark, given on 22 August 1544, proved 20 April 1545. Affixed with a fragmentary seal of William Geoffrey, official of the Archdeacon of Surrey, lozenge, red, a heraldic shield with a saltire (see Birch, Catalogue of Seal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
22 Aug 1544
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Add Ch 7483

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Title:
Grant by Edward III to Isabella, his daughter, of a dowry for her marriage to Louis, count of Flanders
Scope & Content:
Grant by Edward III to Isabella (b. 1332, d. 1382), his daughter, of a dowry for her marriage to Louis II (b. 1330, d. 1384), count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. Edward promises land and money, including 25000 livres parisis of Flanders per year; given at Bergues [then in the County of Flander...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
14 Mar 1347
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Add Ch 8043

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Title:
Isabel of Portugal claims her rights to the crown of England and declares herself universal heiress of Henry VI, the late king
Scope & Content:
Isabel of Portugal (b. 1397, d. 1471), daughter of João I (John I), King of Portugal (r. 1385-1433), granddaughter of John of Gaunt (b. 1340, d. 1399), and dowager Duchess of Burgundy, claims her rights to the crown of England and declares herself universal heiress of the late king, Henry VI (r....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17 Jun 1471
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Add Ch 8129

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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

8. Add Ch 10392

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Title:
Will of Sibylla Frances of Dunwich
Scope & Content:
The will of Sibylla Frances of Dunwich, committing her body to the Franciscans of Dunwich and making bequests to the Franciscans, Scharyngffeld [Shaddingfield?] parish church, and Peter Codon son of Robert Codon; given at Dunwich, 18 March 1455. Sybilla had died by 1457, when a grant of adminis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Add Ch 10594

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Title:
Grant by Richard de Camville and Eustacia Basset, his wife, to Bicester Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Richard de Camville (d. 1217) and Eustacia Basset, his wife, for their souls and those of their ancestors and successors, to Bicester Priory [Oxfordshire] and Prior Robert, of a messuage that was once held by Walter of Crockewelle; dated between Richard and Eustacia’s marriage in 1200 a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1217
Extent:

1 leaf

10. Add Ch 10605

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Title:
Grant by Richard de Campville and Eustacia his wife to Bicester Priory of tithes in Bicester, Stratton and Wretchwick
Scope & Content:
Grant by Richard de Campville and Eustacia his wife to Bicester Priory of all their tithes of hay from their lands in Bicester, Stratton and Wretchwick [Oxfordshire]. Endorsed: in a faded 15th-century hand, Bicester [text illegible] / tythes in stratt byr wrase’. Affixed with two seals. First...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

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