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Project / Collection Additional Charters and Rolls Place Devizes, England Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Add Ch 19577

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Add Ch 19577
Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the commemoration of the souls of Henry, her father, Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 19579

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Add Ch 19579
Title:
Grant by Empress Matilda to Reading Abbey of lands in Blewbury (duplicate)
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b.1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), grants to Reading Abbey the town of Blewbury, Berkshire, for the souls of Henry, her father, and Matilda, her mother, and in acknowledgment of the service of Brian fitz Count (fl. 1125–1142). Given at Deviz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1143 and 1147
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add Ch 20420

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Add Ch 20420
Title:
Confirmation by Empress Matilda to Bordesley Abbey of lands in Bordesley and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), confirms to Bordesley Abbey a grant of lands in Bordesley and several other towns (all in Worcestershire), together with the advowson of Tardebigge church (then in Staffordshire, now Worcestershire), a sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1141
Extent:

1 leaf

4. Add Ch 75724

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Add Ch 75724
Title:
Foundation charter of Bordesley Abbey by Empress Matilda
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), founds the Cistercian abbey of Bordesley and grants it lands and rights. Witnessed by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147); Waleran, Count of Meulan (b. 1104, d. 1166); Milo, Earl of Here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1141 and 1142
Extent:
1 leaf

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