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11. Harley Ch 44 E 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 44 E 16
Title:
Release by Elizabeth, prioress of Hampole Priory, of 30s in rents
Scope & Content:
Release by Elizabeth, prioress of Hampole Priory [Yorkshire], of 30s from Lady Alice Broun, guardian of the lands and heir of John Fitzwilliam, once of Atwick [Yorkshire], from rents in Alnwick [Northumberland]; given the feast of St John the Evangelist [27 December] 1505. Affixed with an imper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1505
Extent:

1 leaf

12. Harley Ch 83 A 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 83 A 1
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), to Swithnoth, comes
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Swithnoth, comes; dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 173). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ be cert Suiðnoðes boec.’; and in a later hand, ‘tunes boec’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
814
Extent:

Parchment leaf

13. Harley Ch 43 C 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 15
Title:
Grant of Isabel, Countess de Warenne, to the priory of St Katherine, Lincoln
Scope & Content:
Isabel, Countess de Warenne (b. c. 1137, d. c. 1203) grants easements for 60 beasts to the priory of St Katherine, Lincoln, for the soul of her husband Earl Hamelin de Warenne (b. c. 1130, d. 1202). Endorsed: 'Cart[a]'. Affixed with a seal (now damaged) of a standing female figure (Birch, Cata...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1202
Extent:
1 leaf

14. Harley Ch 43 A 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 A 14
Title:
Birth amulet with prayers and invocations to Sts Cyricus and Julitta
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 roll

15. Harley Ch 43 C 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 3
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

16. Harley Ch 43 C 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 34
Title:
Grant of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to William de Belver
Scope & Content:
Grant of King John of England to William de Belver, the son of William de Albineius, and to his heirs, that they may have a market at Bridgeford [Staffordshire], on any Thursday, and one fair in the same place each year through the three 'dies duraturam', that is the day of the Feast of St Peter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
28 Jan 1202
Extent:

1 leaf

17. Harley Ch 43 A 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 A 6
Title:
Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 folio

18. Harley Ch 51 B 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 51 B 21
Title:
Quitclaim by Alice of Haketorn, widow of Alexander Foliot, to Bullington Priory
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Alice of Haketorn, widow of Alexander [text damaged]-oth, to Bullington Priory [Lincolnshire], of land in the meadows. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Confirmacio Alicie uxoris / Alex[andri] Folioth in viduitate sua / d[e] dono viti sui. In Hach’. Affixed with an imperfect seal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

19. Harley Ch 112 C 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 112 C 27
Title:
Grant by Margaret de Quincy, widow, countess of Winchester, to Ulverscroft Priory
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret [de Quincy] (d. 1235), widow, countess of Winchester and sister of Robert [de Beaumont] (d. 1204), earl of Leicester, to Prior Walter of Ulverscroft Priory [Leicestershire], of all her land in Ryall [Devon] and Bishop’s Hull [Somerset]. Date based on the death of Margaret’s hu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1219-1235
Extent:
1 leaf

20. Harley Ch 43 C 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 1
Title:
Confirmation of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf