Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Ælfwine
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King Eadwig of England grants 15 hides (mansae) at Milton (Berkshire) to Ælfwine, his familiar: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 594). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Þis is þara .xv. hida boc æt Middel tune þe Eadwig cing gebocode Ælfƿine on ece yrfe.’; and in hands of various late...
Grant of King Eadred of England (r. 946-955) to Wulfric
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King Eadred of England grants 18 hides (mansae) at Welford (Berkshire) to Wulfric in exchange for land at Pendavey in Egloshayle (Cornwall); dated 949, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 552). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara .xviii. hida boc æt Ƿelig forda þe Eadred cing geb...
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Edmund
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King Eadwig of England grants 10 (later altered to 16) hides (cassati) at Annington, Sussex, to Edmund, his optimas: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 624). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is þara .x. [altered to .xvi.] hida boc æt Anninga dune þe Eadƿig cing gebocode Eadmunde...
Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
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This manuscript contains 3 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): ff. 2-9: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect), 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff. 10-135: Ælfric, Grammar (10r–120v: imperfect), Ælfric, Glossary (120v–130v); a grammatical treatise,...
Grant of King Burgred of the Mercians (?852–873×874) and Queen Æthelswyth to Wulflaf
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King Burgred of the Mercians and Queen Æthelswyth grant five hides (manentes) at Upthrope to Wulflaf; with English bounds, dated 869 (Sawyer, no. 214). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Inutile.’
Inventory of the effects found in a room at the Tower of London in the presence of William Melton, archbishop of York (1317–1340), and others: 15 July 1325
Miscellaneous fragments from the Cotton collection, including an itinerary of England and the apparition of a certain Cecilia, and notes by Sir Frederic Madden and Colin Tite
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A collection of fifteeen bundles containing items from the Cotton collection, many of them damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Formerly housed with a collection of burnt parchment fragments, now classified as Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/1–XXXII/9, and sometimes referred to as the 'Cotton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Bede, Vita sancti Cuthberti; Latin poems entitled 'De quattuor clavibus sapientiae'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; extract from Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; note on 'De sacro baptismate'; hymn for St Martin and 'Alleluia' verses with musical notation; Bede, Vita metrica sancti Cuthberti
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This manuscript contains a series of Latin texts relating to St Cuthbert, including both Bede's prose and verse vitae of Cuthbert and excerpts from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica pertaining to Cuthbert. There are Old English glosses, apparently in the same hand as the main text, added to Bede's p...
Bernard André, A la bonne grace du roy (2r); Bernard André, Chancon faicte en l’honneur de madame Marie (2v–3r); Bernard André, Ad Henricum VII in vicesimum tercium felicissimi regni sui annalem (1507–08) (4r–68v)