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11. Cotton Ch XII 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 4
Title:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel, to Bullington Priory
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Emma, once the wife of William Mustel of Tirigt[ona], to Bullington priory [Lincolnshire], of all the lands which William held. Endorsed: in an early 13th-century hand, ‘Confirmacio Emme relicte / W[illelmo] Mustel i[n] viduitate sua / de t[er]ris in Tirigt[ona].’ Affixed with a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

12. Cotton Ch XIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XIII 39
Title:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis
Scope & Content:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis (1570). A table of subjects in Dee's hand, belonging partly to ethics and partly to political economy (such as justice and wealth), drawn in the form of a pedigree, which he considered necessary ‘to make this Kingdome florishing, Triumphant, famous and Bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1570
Extent:

Paper leaf

13. Cotton Ch XV 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XV 30
Title:
Charter of Robert Sherborne, bishop of Chichester
Scope & Content:
Charter of Robert [Sherborne], bishop of Chichester, founding the 'Bursalis' prebend in his cathedral, to be held by a Doctor or Bachelor of Divinity, of at the least by a Master of Arts, of the College of St Mary of Winchester [New College], Oxford. Witnessed by William Fleschmonger [Dean of C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1526-1535
Extent:

1 leaf

14. Cotton Ch XVI 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 29
Title:
Constitutions of the Council of Lambeth
Scope & Content:
Contemporary copy of the Constitutions of the Council of Lambeth, promulgated by Boniface [of Savoy], archbishop of Canterbury. Dated 3 Ides May [13 May], anno Pont. Alex. IV. 7, anno 45 Stev. III [1261]. Witnessed by H[enry de Sandwich], bishop of London, W[alter de Cantilupe], bishop of Worce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13 May 1261
Extent:

1 leaf

15. Cotton Ch XVI 71

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 71
Title:
Settlement of the dispute between the Yorkists and Lancastrians by King Henry VI (r. 1422–61, 1470–71)
Scope & Content:
Henry VI, king of England, specifies the terms of the peace settlement between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians, to take effect within two years.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1458
Extent:

Parchment leaf

16. Cotton Ch XVII 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 5
Title:
Incomplete forgery of a charter of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:
Blank diploma with an attached seal of King Edward the Confessor (spurious).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

17. Cotton Roll II 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 11
Title:
Mortgage by Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton to Beorhtnoth
Scope & Content:
Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton (1011×1015–1019×1027) mortgages a yardland by the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres) to Beorhtnoth; 1016 × 1020, probably 1018, in English and Latin, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1387).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

1 roll

18. Cotton Roll III 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll III 5
Title:
List of English religious houses to be suppressed
Scope & Content:
A list of the English religious houses to be suppressed, recording 120 religious houses, organised by county, including those to whom the properties were to be granted. This was the official list of English religious houses to be dissolved following the first Suppression Act of March 1536 (27 He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1536
Extent:
1 roll

19. Cotton Roll XIII 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XIII 17
Title:
Genealogical Roll Chronicle to Edward I with a continuation to Edward III
Scope & Content:
This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIII 17. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 17. Contents: A genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French dated to the reign of Edward I (1272-1307). Face: Membranes 1-4: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England from A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1307-1327
Extent:

1 roll

20. Cotton Roll XIII 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XIII 33
Title:
Universal Roll Chronicle
Scope & Content:
This manuscript may also be referred to Cotton Charter XIII 33. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 33. Contents: A universal chronicle in four columns with a history of popes until Urban VI (d. 1389), of emperors (Roman and medieval) until Ludwig IV of Bavaria (d.1347), a genealogy of the kings of Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 roll