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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Ch 70980-70981

1. Add Ch 70980

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Add Ch 70980
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SPURIOUS GRANT of liberties to Battle Abbey by William I; n.d. Written in a 12th cent. hand. Seal wanting. An alternative version of the similarly spurious charter calendared by H. W. C. Davis, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, i, 1913, as no. 262 (cf. ii, ed. C. Johnson and H. A. Cronne, 1956, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12th century
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1 item

2. Add Ch 70980-70981

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BATTLE ABBEY CHARTERS
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Two early royal charters to Battle Abbey, co. Suss. See also Egerton Charter 2211, described p. 428 below. Belonged, 19th cent., to John Beaumont of Wimbledon Park. Bequeathed, with Add. MS. 44919N (p. 41 above), by his daughter, Augusta Sarah Lane, wife of Maj.-Gen. Sir R. B. Lane, K.C.B. As fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
2 items

3. Add Ch 70981

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Add Ch 70981
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CONFIRMATION by Henry II of liberties of Battle Abbey, as granted in a charter of William I; 1157-1179. Great Seal (fragm.). Press-mark, and contemporary endorsement 'triplex'. A duplicate is among the Battle Abbey Estate MSS. in the East Sussex Record Office, Lewes. Printed and discussed by V. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1157-1179
Extent:
1 item