Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi
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Letter in Malay in Jawi script from the Raja Bendahara Paduka Seri Maharaja Permaisuara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi, requesting help in procuring saltpetre and blankets. The English factory at Jambi on the east coast of Sumatra lasted from 1615 to 1679.
Birth amulet with prayers and invocations to Sts Cyricus and Julitta
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An amulet in roll form, thought to have been used as a birth girdle. Headed with a diagram of a cross, followed by a text in Middle English invoking the protection of the Cross on the wearer, with specific reference to childbirth. This is followed by prayers in Latin, invoking Sts Cyricus and J...
Grant by Margaret, countess of Kent, to Philip Basset of property in Awlham (?) and Fordham
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Grant by Margaret (1187x1195-1259), sister of the king of Scots, countess of Kent, to Philip Basset of all her lands, people and service which she held by gift of her husband Hubert de Burgh (c. 1170-1243), once earl of Kent, in the vills of Awlham (?) and Fordham. Date based on the deaths of ...
Confirmation of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester
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King Edward confirms the grant of Chilcomb, Hampshire, to Bishop Frithestan of Winchester, in return for the bishop’s confirmation to the king of leases for one hundred hides at Downton, Wiltshire, and seventy hides at Beddington, Surrey (with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hampshire, shal...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Coenwulf, his faithful man
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King Edgar grants four hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, to Coenwulf, his faithful man; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 961). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘þis is þæra feoƿer hyda land boc æt ƿiþiglea þe eadgar cing hæfð gebocod cenulfe’, another hand adding ‘on ece yrfe.’...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
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King Edgar grants seven hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk, to Æthelflæd, matrona; dated 962 (Sawyer, no. 703). Endorsed in an early 12th-century hand, ‘Carta ædgari regis de cherlesworde cuidam æffleade’, continued in a 13th-century hand, ‘que per istam et per propriam cartam reddidit maner...
Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman
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King Edgar grants of ten hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; dated 966, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 738). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is ðara ·X· hida land boc æt niƿanham þe eadgar cyning gebocode aelfgife his magan on ece yrfe’; and in ...
King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (d. 984)
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King Edgar grants of three hides (mansae) at Madeley, Staffordshire, to Bishop Æthelwold; dated 975, probably for 974 (Sawyer, no. 801). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘+ Þis is þara ·iii· hida boc þe eadgar cing gebocode aþelƿolde bisceope on ece yrfe æt madan liege : ⁊’; in a 12th-century hand,...
