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81. Add Ch 75578

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Title:
Foundation charter of Lacock Abbey, granted by Ela, countess of Salisbury
Scope & Content:
Grant by Ela of Salisbury (b. in or after 1190, d. 1261), countess of Salisbury, for God and for the soul of William Longspée (b. in or before 1167, d. 1226) her husband, and all their ancestors, and for William Longspée (b. c. 1212, d. 1250), her eldest son, and all her other free tenants and h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1227 and 1231
Extent:
1 leaf

82. Add Ch 75719

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Title:
Will of Katherine de Bassi of Tournai
Scope & Content:
Will of Katherine de Bassi of Tournai, wife of the late Baldwin du Bas, making arrangements for paying her debts, her burial, and her goods. Includes payments to parish priests, hostels, hospitals, the sick, her relatives and those of her husband; dated 1 May 1360. Endorsed: in a late 14th-cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1360
Extent:
1 leaf

83. Add Ch 75724

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Title:
Foundation charter of Bordesley Abbey by Empress Matilda
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), founds the Cistercian abbey of Bordesley and grants it lands and rights. Witnessed by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147); Waleran, Count of Meulan (b. 1104, d. 1166); Milo, Earl of Here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1141 and 1142
Extent:
1 leaf

84. Add Ch 76067

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Title:
Grant by Isabella de Boville to Sir William de Ulchot and Elizabeth, her daughter, of a mill in Glosthorpe
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabella de Boville, widow, to Sir William de Ulchot, knight, and Elizabeth, her daughter, of a mill in Glosthorpe (Norfolk) called the Londmilne. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, 'molendinum in Glosthorp / vocatur londmilne'. Affixed with an imperfect seal, lozenge, red, with a figu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1230-1240
Extent:
1 leaf

85. Add Ch 76275

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Title:
Will of Johanna, wife of John Godfrey of South Creake
Scope & Content:
Will of Johanna, wife of John Godfrey of South Creake, Norfolk. Joan leaves her body to be buried in the cemetery of South Creake church and makes bequests of 40d to the church’s altar, 6s 13d for repairs to the church, 1d for the church’s processions, 2 marks for church’s lights, and the rest o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1368
Extent:
1 leaf

86. Add Ch 76757

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Title:
Grant by Charles VII of France of a dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son
Scope & Content:
Grant by King Charles VII of France promising annual rents and a cash dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son and dauphin of Vienne, with a note indicating that the matter was discussed in the king’s council. Given at Poitier...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12 Mar 1429
Extent:
1 leaf

87. Add Ch 77131

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Title:
Charter of Marie de St Pol, countess of Pembroke, and four others, appointing John Shaftsbury and John Cheshunt as their attorneys
Scope & Content:
Charter of Marie de St Pol (d. 1377), countess of Pembroke, John Knyvet, William of Wychingham, Richard of Donemowe, parson of Palgrave, and Roger of Wolferston, appointing John Shaftsbury, clerk, and John Cheshunt as their attorneys to transfer the manor of Babraham (Cambridgeshire) to Thomas C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
25 Jul 1372
Extent:
1 leaf

88. Add Ch 77136

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Title:
Indenture between Margaret of Brotherton, Countess of Norfolk, Bruisyard Abbey and Sir Robert Carbevell, concerning lands to be granted to the abbey
Scope & Content:
Chirograph containing an indenture between Margaret of Brotherton (b. c. 1322, d. 1399), Countess of Norfolk, and Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk, on the one hand, and Sir Robert Carbevell on the other, regarding tenements in Babraham, Sawston, and Pampisford (Cambridgeshire), held for life by Roger of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
6 Jul 1378
Extent:
1 leaf

89. Add Ch 77153

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Title:
Will of Isabella Storke
Scope & Content:
Will of Isabella Storke, wife of William Denton, squire, of the diocese of Ely. Isabella leaves her body to be buried in the chancel of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, and she leaves to William, her husband, all her possessions and a messuage in Soper Lane, the parish of St Pancras, London. She asks t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
25 Mar 1496
Extent:
1 leaf

90. Add Ch 77735

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Title:
Inspeximus by Henry III of a grant of Aethelred the Unready to Wherwell Abbey
Scope & Content:
Inspection and confirmation by King Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272) of a charter of King Aethelred the Unready (r. 978-1016) for Abbess Heanflaed and Wherwell Abbey (Hampshire), issued before 23 April 1002; given at Westminster, 26 October 1260. The preamble states that the original is now...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1260
Extent:
1 leaf

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