This fragment formerly belonged to an unidentified manuscript from the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Contents: Fragment 1: Language: Latin; Script: Gothic Cursive; Date: 14th century (?).
Inquisitions and escheats relating to Yorkshire, 28 Henry III (1243–44)–2 Richard III (1484–85), with genealogies of the descendants of Sir Robert Thwing of Danby (170v–171r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Genealogical papers, including excerpts relating to the foundation of Pipewell Abbey (216r–220v); lists of the gentry of Kent, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Lancashire, temp. Henry VII (1485–1509) (222r–226v); an alphabetical list of arms granted temp. Elizabeth I (1558–1603) (232r–245r); the coats of arms of Sigismund Báthory, prince of Transylvania (d. 1613) (246r), and an unidentified family (247r) (printed papers); and a treatise on the office of heraldry (250r–257r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Bull of Pope Celestine III (1191–1198), confirming the churches and privileges of Royston Priory (‘Sacrosancta Romana ecclesia’): Lateran, 29 July 1192
