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1. Cotton Ch IV 18

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Cotton Ch IV 18
Title:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England to St John’s, Beverley
Scope & Content:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England (r. 924-939) to St John’s, Beverley, in Middle English verse. Dated 925 (for 927 × 939). Spurious (Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 451). Endorsed in a 16th-century hand, ‘Carta ædelstani facta sancto Iohanni beuerl’ 925 sinceroque[?]’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch IV 38/2

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Cotton Ch IV 38/2
Title:
Draft of a speech by Elizabeth I dissolving Parliament
Scope & Content:
A draft version of a speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), dissolving Parliament. The text is written in the queen's hand and features numerous revisions. It is headed '1563, 5th Elizabeth [error for 1567]. A letter in Queen Elizabeth hand to the Commons in Parliament about the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton Ch X 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch X 13
Title:
Annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
Scope & Content:
Annulment of the marriage of 6 January 1540 between Henry VIII (r. 1509–1547), King of England and Ireland, and Anne of Cleves (b. 1515, d. 1557), Queen of England and fourth consort of Henry VIII, issued by Thomas Cranmer (b. 1489, d. 1556), archbishop of Canterbury; dated 9 July 1540. Bearing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9 Jul 1540
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Cotton Ch XII 4

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Cotton Ch XII 4
Title:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel, to Bullington Priory
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel of Tirigt[ona], to Bullington priory [Lincolnshire], of all the lands which William held. Endorsed: in an early 13th-century hand, ‘Confirmacio Emme relicte / W[illelmo] Mustel i[n] viduitate sua / de t[er]ris in Tirigt[ona].’ Affixed with a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII
Title:
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Fragments VIII

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Cotton MS Fragments VIII
Title:
Meditationes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains fragments from six leaves of a volume of Meditationes, written in Latin prose, which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A collection of fragments from a volume of Meditationes, written in Latin prose, containing the following...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Fragments XIX

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Cotton MS Fragments XIX
Title:
Theological treatise
Scope & Content:
This volume contains fragments from four leaves of an unidentified theological treatise (or treatises) in Latin prose, incorporating quotations from Biblical and exegetical works. The volume was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Fragments from an uniden...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Fragments XVI

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Cotton MS Fragments XVI
Title:
Chronicle of English history
Scope & Content:
This volume contains fragments from two leaves of a Latin prose text, most likely a 14th-century chronicle of English history, which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. The first four leaves of the volume contained part of a chronicle of the city of London, 1194-1316/17, at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Fragments XXIII

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Cotton MS Fragments XXIII
Title:
John Leland, Panegyricus ad Cardinalem
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a presentation copy of the Panegyricus ad Cardinalem, a prose work written by John Leland, English poet and antiquary (b. c. 1503, d. 1552), and dedicated to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (b. 1473, d. 1530), Archbishop of York. The text features in a list of Leland's collected ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1525-1530
Extent:
1 volume

10. Cotton MS Fragments XXVIII

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Cotton MS Fragments XXVIII
Title:
Journal of a voyage to the East Indies, 1611
Scope & Content:
This volume contains fragments of five leaves from a journal recording an English account of a voyage to the East Indies in 1611, which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. The names of ships mentioned in the journal include the 'Release', the 'Darling' and the 'Peppercorn',...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume