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201. Cotton Ch XVIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 39
Title:
Decree of divorce between George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, and Margaret Crichton
Scope & Content:
Copy of a decree of divorce between George Leslie (b. 1484, d. 1558), 4th Earl of Rothes, and Margaret Crichton (b. before 1496, d. in or after 1545), on account of their consanguinity in the second and third degrees. Copied from the sentence-books of the official-principals of St Andrews by Joh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1520
Extent:
1 leaf

202. Cotton Ch XVIII 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 41
Title:
Confirmation by David I, king of Scots, to St Andrews Priory
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by David I, king of Scots, to the monks of St Andrews Priory, Northampton, of tithes of the crown demesne, the mill and land at Sealdeford [Northamptonshire], granted to them by Robert, son of Vitalis, and permission to cultivate their land at Eyton [Rutland]. Witnessed by Michael ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1126-1127
Extent:

Parchment leaf

203. Cotton Ch XVIII 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 45
Title:
Grant of David I, king of Scots (d. 1153), to Robert de Brus
Scope & Content:
Grant by D[avid I], king of Scots, to Robert de Brus, of Estrahanent [i.e. Annandale] and all the land from the boundary of Dunegal de Stranit to the boundary of Rand' Meschin' [?Ranulph de Meschines], with such customs as the said Ranulph had with his lands in Carduill' [Carlisle] and Cumberlan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1124-1129
Extent:

Parchment leaf

204. Cotton Ch XVIII 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 46
Title:
Grant of Henry of Scotland (b. 1114, d. 1152), 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, to Uhtred de London
Scope & Content:
Earl Henry, son of the king of Scotland, grants Uhtred de London 140 acres at the Hangre of Tottenham, Middlesex, and the half holm which Engelram held, and four tree trunks for his fire from the Earl's wood at Tottenham, and ten swine free from pasturage dues, to be held for a rent of one silve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1136-1141
Extent:

1 leaf

205. Cotton Ch XXI 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 5
Title:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, to Hugh de Ard
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Isabel, prioress of Markyate, Bedfordshire, to Hugh de Ard, of all the priory’s lands, rents and people in Diddington, Cambridgeshire, and Kinewaldesham. Endorsed: in a faded 17th-century hand, ‘A graunt from the / … and with / all that … / …’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

206. Cotton Ch XXI 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 12
Title:
Letter of Robert Orford, bishop of Ely, to Ralph Baldock, bishop of London, asking him to release Chatteris Abbey from paying tithes
Scope & Content:
Letter of Robert Orford, bishop of Ely, (r. 1302-1310), to Ralph Baldock, bishop of London (r. 1304-1313), asking him to release the abbess and nuns of Chatteris (Cambridgeshire) from paying tithes, due to the destruction of their church, houses and goods by a fierce fire which left nothing unb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1304-1310
Extent:
1 leaf

207. Cotton Ch XXI 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXI 18
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, prioress of Henwood, Warwickshire, to Walter le Hunneman of Bykehull of Geoffrey son of Osbert Clapping of Middle Bykehull, the priory's serf. Endorsed: in a faded late 16th-century hand, ‘… graunt / … and with / all that … / …’. Affixed with an imperfect and very indisti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

208. Cotton Ch XXIII 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXIII 2
Title:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of custody of all the lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon [Leicestershire], and the capital messuage and its appurtenances. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Sc[r]iptum Margarete Basset'; in a 15th-century hand, ‘to / Quern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

209. Cotton Ch XXVI 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXVI 19
Title:
The poor relief of Hemingford Abbots
Scope & Content:
Notes and figures for assessing the poor relief of Hemingford Abbots (Cambridgeshire). The text refers to 'his majesty's privy council' and so must date to after Elizabeth I's death in March 1603 and before the capture of Charles I in May 1646. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603-1646
Extent:
1 booklet

210. Cotton MS

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

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