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71. Add Ch 66988

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Title:
Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair
Scope & Content:
Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart (b. 1454, d. 1485), duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair. This was part of an attempt to secure the succession of Albany's son from his second marriage, John Stewart. John Otterburn, official of St Andrews in the archdeaconry of Lothian ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1515
Extent:
1 leaf

72. Add Ch 67089

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Title:
Petition to Celestine III by Vaggia, widow of Bernardo di Bardi, and her sons, to choose a confessor
Scope & Content:
Petition to Pope Calixtus III (r. 1455-58) from Vaggia, widow of Bernardo di Bardi, and Alexander and Hilary, their sons, of Florence, asking for permission to choose a confessor, secular or regular, who can celebrate mass despite an interdict or other ecclesiastical censure, using a portable al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1455 and 1458
Extent:
1 leaf

73. Add Ch 67394

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Title:
Testimony by Friar John Bradfield and others of a deathbed statement by William of Lener concerning the divorce of Robert Pilkington of Rovington and Alice of Astley
Scope & Content:
Friar John Bradfield, Robert of Hebton, William Brechton of Ekygan and John Fogg of Bradshaw testify that they heard William of Lener on his deathbed say that, when Alice of Hulton lay dying, he heard Richard French of Bolton say that the divorce between Robert of Pilkington of Rovington and Ali...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1447
Extent:
1 leaf

74. Add Ch 70471

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Title:
Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp, Cristian Tack of Calais and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais
Scope & Content:
Bond between Peter Senthracve of Antwerp and Cristian Tack of Calais, on the one part, and Agnes Martin, Merchant of the Staple of Calais, on the other. Peter and Christian owe Agnes £7 16s which they promise to repay on the feast of St Martin next (11 November); given 20 July 1496. Signed by P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1496
Extent:
1 leaf

75. Add Ch 70581

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Title:
Will of Margaret Canon, granting to John Lye and Thomas Russell of Hythe all of her lands and tenements in Hythe
Scope & Content:
Will of Margaret Canon, granting to John Lye and Thomas Russell of Hythe all of her lands and tenements in Hythe, Kent, once held by her feoffees John Chilton, John Prylle and Robert Combe; given 12 October 1424. Endorsed: in a 15th-century hand, ‘Test[amentum] Marg[eret]ie / Canon sup[er] / el...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1424
Extent:
1 leaf

76. Add Ch 70587

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Title:
Will of Margery Loqmer, widow of John Loqmer of Newington-next-Hythe, leaving a bequest to John Curte and his wife Beatrice
Scope & Content:
Will of Margery Loqmer, widow of John Loqmer of Newington-next-Hythe [Kent], leaving to John Curte and his wife Beatrice 3 portions of land in the said parish; dated 1 October 1473. Affixed with an imperfect seal of Margery, oval, red, with an ‘I’ monogram with wheat sheaves on each side.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1473
Extent:
1 leaf

77. Add Ch 70593

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Title:
Will of Joanna Chiltern, widow, wife of John Chiltern, of Newington-next-Hythe
Scope & Content:
Will of Joanna Chiltern, widow, wife of John Chiltern, of Newington-next-Hythe [Kent], leaving her body to St Mary’s chapel in Newington Church, and leaving bequests to the altar there, to the parish priest for repairs, to several relatives and friends, and appointing her executors. An addendum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1481-1516
Extent:
1 leaf

78. Add Ch 70601

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Title:
Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton
Scope & Content:
Will of Agnes Leigh, widow, of the parish of Cheriton [Kent], leaving her body to St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, to be buried there beside her husband Nicholas Leigh, leaving bequests to the altars there, at Newington [Kent], and West Hythe [Kent], money for lights at Cheriton church, arrangement...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1516-1518
Extent:
1 leaf

79. Add Ch 74042

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Title:
Indenture between Isabel, wife of Henry of Torbok, and John Dunville and several others, cancelling a debt
Scope & Content:
John Dunville, Mayow Dunville, John de Holford, Edward Mascy, John le Mascy of Wymyncham on one part and Isabel, who was the wife of Henry of Torbok, cancelling of a bond owed by Isabel; given Friday after the feast of St Valentine [17 February] 1396. Endorsed: in a faded 14th-century hand, ‘de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1396
Extent:
1 leaf

80. Add Ch 74114

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Title:
Will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg
Scope & Content:
Certified copy of the will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg, certified by the Burgomeister and council of Nuremberg. Affixed with a very fragmentary and indistinct seal, lozenge, red. Decoration: Large initials in black with pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1534
Extent:
1 document

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