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1. Stowe Ch 607

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 607
Title:
Indulgence addressed to Margery and Anna Dicks
Scope & Content:
A mass-produced indulgence by Peter de Monte (b. c. 1400, d. 1457), apostolic notary and papal collector. In exchange for money towards the conversion of the Greeks and defending the borders of Christendom from non-Christians, Margery Dicks and her sister Anna may choose a confessor who can offe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8 Apr 1439
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Stowe Ch 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 291
Title:
Foundation charter of Flixton Priory by Margery de Crek
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margery de Crek for the souls of her parents Geoffrey de Hanes and Sarra, her ancestors, her former husband Bartholomew de Crek, her successors, and her children, with the consent of her eldest son Robert de Crek, giving her manor house, lands, services, tenants, etc., in Flixton [Suffo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[1258-1259]
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Stowe Ch 515

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 515
Title:
Acquittance by Ymelda, daughter of the late Johannis de Ungaronibus of Provaglio
Scope & Content:
Acquittance by Ymelda, daughter of the late Johannis de Ungaronibus of Provaglio (near Brescia), for twenty-five pounds paid by Dom. Bonolchinus, her brother, to Muroldinus de Buezio, her future husband, as dower. Given at Burgo S. Johannis, 3 June 1285 (indict. x[iii]). Attested by the notari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3 Jun 1285
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Stowe Ch 293

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 293
Title:
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
Scope & Content:
Charter of Roger [Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory. The bishop confirms that the nuns will live under the Augustinian Rule, and sets down se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[27 Dec 1261]
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Stowe Ch 292

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 292
Title:
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
Scope & Content:
Charter of Roger [Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory. The bishop confirms that the nuns will live under the Augustinian Rule, and sets down se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1260
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Stowe Ch 294

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 294
Title:
Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
Scope & Content:
Charter of R. [Roger Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory, given at the instance of Margaret and Beatrice of Batlesden, first prioress of Flixto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1263
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Stowe Ch 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 159
Title:
Grant by Matilda, countess of Chester, to Repton Priory, of land in Gransden
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda (d. 1189), countess of Chester, with the consent of her son, Hugh, earl of Chester, to Repton Priory [Derbyshire], of all her land in Gransden, for the love of God, the souls of King Henry and his heirs, his mother the empress [Empress Matilda] her friend, the countess’s father ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1172-1189
Extent:
1 leaf

8. 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

9. Stowe Ch 643

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 643
Title:
Petition by Joan Astley, nurse of Henry VI, for an increase in salary
Scope & Content:
Recto: Petition by Joan, nurse of the king and wife of Thomas Astley, esquire, to Henry VI asking if her letter patent of 28 April 1423 granting her £20 a year could be cancelled in return for a new letter patent granting £40 a year. Dorse: Endorsement noting that Joan’s petition was accepted; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1424
Extent:
1 leaf

10. Stowe Ch 158

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 158
Title:
Confirmation by Hugh, earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Hugh (b. 1147, d. 1181), 5th Earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory of ten librates of land in Gransden [Huntingdonshire], for the soul of his father, Ranulf, earl of Chester, himself, and all his ancestors. Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1164-1172
Extent:
1 leaf