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1. Stowe Ch 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 32
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Westminster Abbey; Purchase of Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury (d. 988)
Scope & Content:
This charter combines two documents: King Edgar (r. 959–975) grants to St Peter’s, Westminster, six hides (cassati) at Lohtheres leage (lost, in Hendon, Middlesex), purchased by Archbishop Dunstan (d. 988) from Edgar for 70 gold solidi and previously in the possession of Wulfmær; dated 972, Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
972-999
Extent:

1 leaf

2. Stowe Ch 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 33
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to the church of Westminster
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants five hides (mansiunculae) at Hampstead, Middlesex, to the church of Westminster; Latin with Old English bounds; dated 986 (Sawyer, no. 1450). Witnessed by King Æthelred; Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury; Oswald, Archbishop of York; and others. Endorsed in a 15th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century
Extent:

1 leaf

3. Stowe Ch 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 296
Title:
Grant by Henry III to Flixton Priory of free warren in Flixton
Scope & Content:
Grant by Henry III to Flixton Priory of free warren in all of the priory’s demesne lands in Flixton, Suffolk, with a blank space left by the scribe for a decorated initial 'H' ('Henricus’); given at Westminster, 23 May 1271. Endorsed: in a 15th-century hand, ‘cart[a] de warann[e] / de Fflixton’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[23 May 1271]
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Stowe Ch 472

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 472
Title:
Scope & Content:
ACQUITTANCE from William Brewod, monk and chamberlain of St. Peter's Abbey, Westminster, to the master of Holy Trinity College at Pontefract for a quarterly instalment of annual quitrent from tenements in St. Mary-at-Hill parish [in Billingsgate, London]. Dat. on the Morrow of St. Michael, 4 Hen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[30 Sep 1488]
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe Ch 578

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 578
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Scope & Content:
NOTARIAL INSTRUMENT made in the parish church of St. Benet Scherhog [Sherehog], London, in the presence of William Walderne, Alderman and Mercer of London, John Neuton, rector of St. Benet, Robert Neuton, chaplain, and John Bristowe, clerk, of London and of the see of Lichfield, by Peter Cherche...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1412
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 49
Title:
Scope & Content:
LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum prædicatorum," and is followed by a table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 119
Title:
Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, chiefly relating to ecclesiastical matters, 1. "Extract of what past between the Greeks and Latins at the Councils of Ferrara and Florence held in the year 1438," etc. f. 1. 2. " A breif note of such matters as weare agreed vpon by the Kinges Majestie his Lordes of the Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 123
Title:
Scope & Content:
" AN EPITOME Of the Registers of the see of Canterbury, preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth ; beginning with the first register called Peckham, which commences A.D. 1279, and ending with that of Archbishop Tennison in 1710." By Edward Rowe Mores, F.S.A. Followed (at f. 228) by a c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 124

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 124
Title:
Scope & Content:
" CATALOGUS chartarum miscellanearum tredecim voluminibus comprehensarum " : a catalogue of a collection of charters, papers, letters, etc., referring principally to ecclesiastical matters, and preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth (see Todd's Catalogue, 1812, p. 267, "III. Cartæ An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 138

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 138
Title:
Scope & Content:
CATALOGUE Of treaties of peace and commerce between England and the various powers of Europe, from the 12th century to 1607, contained in the Chapter House at Westminster. Made in 1611 by Arthur Agard and George Austen, Vice-Chamberlains of the Exchequer, by order of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1611
Extent:
1 item