This manuscript contains an illuminated Psalter that was most likely produced in the diocese of London in the 1220s. The manuscript’s style of decoration appears to be influenced by contemporary French Psalters (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1982), pp. 86-87). Of special interest are the man...
Indenture between Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry
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This manuscript contains an original indenture between Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), Countess of Richmond and mother of King Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), and John Islip (b. 1464, d. 1532), Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry, made on 2 March 150...