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131. Add Roll 34271

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Title:
Account of John Key, receiver general of St Radegund’s Priory, Cambridge
Scope & Content:
Account of John Key, receiver general of St Radegund’s Priory, Cambridge, from Pentecost [10 June] 1481 to the feast of the d-[illegible] be-[text missing] of the Virgin. The roll lists income and expenses, including rents, sales, costs of hospitality, necessary expenses, repairs, and staff wage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1481
Extent:
1 roll

132. Add Roll 47398

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Title:
Cartulary of Nuneaton Priory
Scope & Content:
Cartulary of Nuneaton Priory, Warwickshire, containing copies of 21 grants to the nuns there. No. 1 is a grant by Henry II; no. 2 by Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; nos 3-20, grants by various bishops and popes down to 1293. No. 21, written in a later hand, is a grant by a chaplain, da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 roll

133. Add Roll 61157

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Title:
Papal licence for Maria and Caterina Foscari to wear dresses with trains
Scope & Content:
Licence by Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-1455) to Maria and Caterina, daughters of Jacopo Foschari of Venice, son of Doge Francesco Foscari (b. 1373, d. 1457), of the right to wear dresses with trains, elaborate shoes, girdles, and gold and silver ornamentation, signed by Pietro de Noreto. Given at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1450
Extent:
1 roll

134. Add Roll 61174

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Title:
Notarised copy of the will of Cecilia Foscari
Scope & Content:
A notarised copy of the will of Cecilia, daughter of John Veneno and widow of Frederico Foschari, made by Caesar Ziliolus, notary and secretary to the doge of Venice. 5 May 1567, bearing the notarial mark of Caesar Ziliolus and signatures. The original will was made by Jacopo Grasolarius of St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1567
Extent:

1 roll

135. Add Roll 63207

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Title:
Household roll of Katherine de Norwich
Scope & Content:
The household roll of Katherine de Norwich (d. c. 1341-1343), containing a set of accounts produced in her household. Katherine de Norwich was the daughter of Sir John de Hethersett, and the widow respectively of Piers Braunche (d. 1296) and Walter de Norwich (d. 1329). The first five membrane...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
29 September 1336-29 September 1337
Extent:
1 roll

136. Add Roll 75855

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Title:
Household expenses of Philippa of Hainault, queen of England
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a fragmentary account of the household expenses of Queen Philippa of Hainault (b. c. 1314, d. 1369), wife of King Edward III (r. 1327-1377). This roll is a loose middle membrane from a larger roll, now lost. Records payments made by the queen’s household between 20 November ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 roll

137. Add Roll 77740/1

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Add Roll 77740/1
Title:
Household accounts for the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield Manor and Tutbury Castle
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a set of financial accounts relating to the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542, d. 1587), and her household at Wingfield Manor, in Derbyshire, and Tutbury Castle, in Staffordshire, compiled by the cofferer's clerk Bryan Cave between 18 December 1584 and 27 February 1585. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[18 Dec 1584-27 Feb 1585]
Extent:
1 roll

138. Add Roll 77740/2

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Title:
Household accounts for the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield Manor and Tutbury Castle (duplicate)
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a copy of a set of financial accounts relating to the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542, d. 1587), and her household at Wingfield Manor, in Derbyshire, and Tutbury Castle, in Staffordshire, compiled by the cofferer's clerk Bryan Cave between 18 December 1584 and 27 Febru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[18 Dec 1584-27 Feb 1585]
Extent:
1 roll

139. Arundel MS 146

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Arundel MS 146
Title:
The Syon Additions to the Rule of St Saviour
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the text of a set of additions to the rules compiled for the sisters of the Brigittine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary, and St Bridget of Syon, founded by King Henry V (r. 1413-1422) in 1415. Other surviving versions of the Additions to the Rule include: London, Guildhall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

140. Cotton Ch IV 5

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Cotton Ch IV 5
Title:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne
Scope & Content:
Notes tracing a claim to the Scottish throne, beginning with Ranulph de Blundeville (c. 1172-1232), Earl of Chester, Lincoln and Huntingdon, his death and burial, and the marriages of his four sisters. It then records the same for his heir, John of Scotland (c. 1207-1237), 9th earl of Huntingdon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
middle of 15th century
Extent:
1 leaf

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