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Place Chirkland, Denbighshire

1. Add MS 40174

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Add MS 40174
Title:
COURT-BOOK of manors in the lordship of Chirk, co. Denb. Latin. The lordship was bought by Thomas Middleton, esq. [knighted 26 July 1603], from John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso, in 1595, and the dates in the present court-book extend from 5 Nov. of that year (with some "placita pendentia" from earlier in the year) to 12 Sept. 1599. The entries were made from time to time in a separate, book for each manor, the whole being bound together later (ff. 157-162 were bound in upside down and mus...
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Thomas Middleton, Knight 1603: Court-book of manors in his lordship of Chirk: 1595-1599.: Lat. includes: ff. 1-27 Chirkland, Denbighshire: Court-book of Isglawdd manor in: 1595-1599.: Lat.ff. 28-52 Chirkland, Denbighshire: Court-book of Glyn manor in: 1595-1599.: Lat.ff. 53-108 b Llangol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1599
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 46846

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Add MS 46846
Title:
EDWARDS MEMORANDUM-BOOK Formulary- and Memorandum-Book, apparently of John Edwards, Receiver of Chirkland 1498, whose signature as owner appears at f. lb. English, Welsh, Latin, and French. Art. 3 was used extensively by C. Monro, Letters of Queen Margaret of Anjou and Bishop Beckington and others, Camden Soc., lxxxvi, 1863. The principal contents are:- (1) Verses 'De Monacho et Clerico', in rhyming elegiac couplets, beg. 'Diues diuicias non congregat absque labore' (cf. H. Walther, Versa...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Limp sheepskin: 15th cent. Chirkland, Denbighshire: Formulary- and Memorandum-Book of J. Edwards, Receiver: 15th cent. Diaries and Memoranda: J. Edwards, formulary- and memorandum-book: 15th cent. John Edwards, Receiver of Chirkland 1498: Formulary- and Memorandum-Book: 15th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1324-1470
Extent:
1 item