A list of the English religious houses to be suppressed, recording 120 religious houses, organised by county, including those to whom the properties were to be granted. This was the official list of English religious houses to be dissolved following the first Suppression Act of March 1536 (27 He...
Grants relating to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford
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Recto: 1. Grant of John Giffard, lord of Bremesfield, to the Priory of St John and Benedict, Oxford, of all the land and tenements he holds in Stockwell Street in the suburb of Oxford, which he had by the enfeoffment of William de Haunle, prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights ...
Manifesto of George, duke of Clarence, George Neville, archbishop of York, and Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, in their rebellion against Edward IV
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Manifesto of George, duke of Clarence (1449-1478), George Neville, archbishop of York (1465-1476), and Richard Neville (1428-71), 16th earl of Warwick, issued as part of their rebellion against King Edward IV in 1469, beginning imperfectly. The text complains about seditious persons misleading ...
This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIII 4. Order as Cotton Charter XIII.4. Contents: Pontifical offices and blessings: the functions performed by a bishop. Face: Membranes 1-3: Orders for performing a tonsure, the consecration of the paten and chalice, the blessing of ...
Genealogical Roll Chronicle to Edward I with a continuation to Edward III
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This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIII 17. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 17. Contents: A genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French dated to the reign of Edward I (1272-1307). Face: Membranes 1-4: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England from A...
This manuscript may also be referred to Cotton Charter XIII 33. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 33. Contents: A universal chronicle in four columns with a history of popes until Urban VI (d. 1389), of emperors (Roman and medieval) until Ludwig IV of Bavaria (d.1347), a genealogy of the kings of Fra...
This manuscript is also referred to as Cotton Galba Charter XIV 4 or Cotton Charter XIV 4. Order as Cotton Roll XIV 4. Contents: A fragment consisting of two membranes from a genealogical roll chronicle. On the face is the genealogy begins at Aethelred II (r. 978-1016) and his two wives, Elfl...
Year-long menu for Princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII
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A year-long lunch and dinner menu for Princess Mary Tudor (later Mary I), daughter of Henry VIII, beginning with the dishes for Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Twelfth Night, and then listing the menu for each day of the week and for fish days. The menu is divided into six columns. The first...
This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIV 12. Order as Cotton Roll XIV 12. Contents: A Universal Roll Chronicle consisting of excerpts from historical texts, genealogical and other diagrams, tables and commentaries. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A text on the Four Ages ...
Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Edward I, with a continuation to Edward II
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This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XV 7. Order as Cotton Roll XV 7. Contents: A genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Anglo-Norman, produced during the reign of Edward I (r. 1272-1307). Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A paragraph on the history of Britain from the ...