Admission of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, afterwards 1st Earl Haig, as Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames; 1 Aug. 1919.
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English. Printed. Field-Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig: Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey: Admission of Lord Haig to the freedom of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames: 1919: Printed.
Confirmations by the Patriarch of Constantinople of the stavropegiacal rights of the Monastery of Theotokos Chrysopodaritissa near Kalanos, in the province of Patras in the Peloponnese
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Confirmations by the Patriarch of Constantinople of the stavropegiacal rights of the Monastery of Theotokos Chrysopodaritissa near Kalanos, in the province of Patras in the Peloponnese. Signed by Procopius I and bishops of the patriarchate of Constantinople. Lead seal of Procopius I appended. Ac...
Confirmations by the Patriarch of Constantinople of the stavropegiacal rights of the Monastery of Theotokos Chrysopodaritissa near Kalanos, in the province of Patras in the Peloponnese
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Confirmations by the Patriarch of Constantinople of the stavropegiacal rights of the Monastery of Theotokos Chrysopodaritissa near Kalanos, in the province of Patras in the Peloponnese. Signed by Gregory V and bishops of the patriarchate of Constantinople. Lead seal of Gregory V appended. Accord...
Notarial copy of the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Edward of England (the future King Edward II) and Philippa, daughter of Count Guy of Flanders, 31 October 1299
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Peteghem Castle, Flanders: 31 October 1299 In 1294, negotiations began for the marriage of Prince Edward of England and Philippa, daughter of Count Guy of Flanders. Agreement was reached in 1297, by which time Philippa had been taken into French custody. The Anglo-Flemish marriage agreement was...
Notification by King Henry I of England (1100–1135) relating to 'Bradenache'
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Notification by King Henry I of England (r. 1100–1135) that William of Houghton, the king's chamberlain, has restored to Walter, abbot of Ramsey (1133–1160), and his successors, his manor of 'Bradenache' (most likely in Great Gidding, Huntingdonshire), with a hide at Hidding, which he held for l...
Confirmation by King Henry II of England (1154–1189) of a notification by King Henry I relating to 'Bradenache'
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Confirmation by Henry II of a notification by King Henry I of England relating to 'Bradenache' Issued at Lincoln, [1155×1162] Witnessed by Thomas [Becket], chancellor of England (1155–1162; d. 1170), Reginald [earl] of Cornwall (d. 1175), and Robert de Newburgh. The original notification is B...
State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Sto...
English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...