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111. Cotton Ch VIII 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 34
Title:
Grant of King Ecgberht II of Kent (fl. 765–779) to Bishop Deora of Rochester (765×772–781×785)
Scope & Content:
King Ecgberht II of Kent grants to Bishop Deora of Rochester half a sulung (aratrum) at Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and a marsh called Scaga. Boundaries of meadows belonging to the estate in Hreodham (? Redham in Cliffe, Kent) added in English (Sawyer, no. 35). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

112. Cotton Ch IV 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 34
Title:
Will of William Meckilfield, esquire
Scope & Content:
Will of William Meckilfield, esquire, making bequests to his wife, his brother Robert Meckilfield, his eldest son John Ulueston, several religious houses, and others, and leaving money for masses to be sung. Given at Henham (Suffolk), 7 November 1439. With a Latin addendum attached in which Me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1439
Extent:
1 leaf

113. Cotton Ch XVI 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 72
Title:
Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

114. Cotton Ch IV 13/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/2
Title:
Indenture of John Giffard granting John Cotton and Frances Giffard lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Indenture of John Giffard granting John Cotton, son of Thomas Cotton of Gidding Abbots (Huntingdonshire), and Frances Giffard, Giffard's daughter and Cotton's intended wife, the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

115. Cotton Ch XVIII 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 28
Title:
Chirograph between the prior of St Andrews and Haddington Priory, regarding the tithes of Helstanford and other places
Scope & Content:
Chirograph between J. [John White, r. 1236-58], prior of St Andrews, the convent of the same, and the Cistercian nuns of Haddington Priory, regarding the tithes of Helstanford, Drem, Haddington, Stefinston. Given at Lothian, before the whole chapter of that place. Endorsed: in the same hand, ‘C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
5 Aug 1245
Extent:

1 leaf

116. Cotton Ch IV 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 27
Title:
Fragmentary accounts for Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Scope & Content:
Fragment of accounts for Worcestershire and Warwickshire listing the sums gathered by various collectors, mostly from rents. The text mentions John Catesby, steward of the court of the earl of Northampton, and so must date to between 1337, the title’s second creation, and 1373, when it fell int...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1337-1373
Extent:
1 leaf

117. Cotton Roll I 2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/13
Title:
Rental of the manor of Yaxley
Scope & Content:
Rental of the manor of Yaxley (Huntingdonshire). Written by Justinian Pucy, auditor, 17 November 1631. Marginal notes by Humphrey Davenport, 23 November 1631. Endorsed: 'ptionlq deposed by / Auditor Poucey' (17th century).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 roll

118. Cotton Roll I 2/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/14
Title:
Rental of the manor of Yaxley
Scope & Content:
Rental of the manor of Yaxley (Huntingdonshire). Written by Thomas Lovell, supervisor, 15 April 1581. With Lovell's signature and a notary mark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1581
Extent:
1 roll

119. Cotton Ch V 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch V 17
Title:
Writ of Henry VIII to the mayor and bailiffs of Cirencester, ordering a proclamation to be made on the value of coins in circulation
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509-1547) to the mayor and bailiffs of Cirencester (Gloucestershire), in Latin, ordering a proclamation to be made. The text of the proclamation is given in English. It sets out the value of each type of coin in circulation and declares that anyone re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1522
Extent:
1 leaf

120. Cotton Ch XVII 23a

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 23a
Title:
Instructions by Elizabeth I to her household officials to pay a salary to Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers
Scope & Content:
Instructions by Queen Elizabeth I for her cofferer, clerk of the green cloth, and comptroller to pay Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers, an annual salary of £20. Given at Windsor Castle, (blank day) of December 1575. Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, ‘Warrant for wages for Mres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
1 leaf

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