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21. Cotton Ch XII 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 73
Title:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, to practise medicine
Scope & Content:
Licence and protection by Elizabeth I to Peter Turner, doctor, now residing in Bath, to practise medicine throughout her realms and dominions for life, notwithstanding letters patent of Henry VIII to incorporate a College of Physicians and an act of Parliament made in the first year of the reign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1571 and 1581
Extent:
1 leaf

22. Cotton Ch XVI 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 72
Title:
Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

23. Cotton Ch XVII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 6
Title:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, to William, bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries and rents in Upwell and Outwell
Scope & Content:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence (b. c. 1223, d. 1291), Queen of England, to William [de Kilkenny] (d. 1256), bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries, rents and other rights in Upwell and Outwell, Cambridgeshire. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘cart[a] Alionora regina [illegible] de piscares [?] et h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1255-1256
Extent:
1 leaf

24. Cotton Ch XVII 23a

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 23a
Title:
Instructions by Elizabeth I to her household officials to pay a salary to Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers
Scope & Content:
Instructions by Queen Elizabeth I for her cofferer, clerk of the green cloth, and comptroller to pay Katherine Paston and Jane Brussels, her chamberers, an annual salary of £20. Given at Windsor Castle, (blank day) of December 1575. Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, ‘Warrant for wages for Mres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Cotton Ch XVIII 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 28
Title:
Chirograph between the prior of St Andrews and Haddington Priory, regarding the tithes of Helstanford and other places
Scope & Content:
Chirograph between J. [John White, r. 1236-58], prior of St Andrews, the convent of the same, and the Cistercian nuns of Haddington Priory, regarding the tithes of Helstanford, Drem, Haddington, Stefinston. Given at Lothian, before the whole chapter of that place. Endorsed: in the same hand, ‘C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
5 Aug 1245
Extent:

1 leaf

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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