Grant of King Edward the Confessor (d. 1042–1066) to Old Minster, Winchester
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King Edward grants land at Bransbury, Hampshire, and at Forde and Hertone saci to Old Minster, Winchester; Latin.; dated 1046, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1016). Endorsed in a 15th century hand, ‘Brandesbury‘, and in a 16th-century hand.
Release by Elizabeth, prioress of Hampole Priory, of 30s in rents
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Release by Elizabeth, prioress of Hampole Priory [Yorkshire], of 30s from Lady Alice Broun, guardian of the lands and heir of John Fitzwilliam, once of Atwick [Yorkshire], from rents in Alnwick [Northumberland]; given the feast of St John the Evangelist [27 December] 1505. Affixed with an imper...
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), to Swithnoth, comes
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Swithnoth, comes; dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 173). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ be cert Suiðnoðes boec.’; and in a later hand, ‘tunes boec’.
Grant of Isabel, Countess de Warenne, to the priory of St Katherine, Lincoln
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Isabel, Countess de Warenne (b. c. 1137, d. c. 1203) grants easements for 60 beasts to the priory of St Katherine, Lincoln, for the soul of her husband Earl Hamelin de Warenne (b. c. 1130, d. 1202). Endorsed: 'Cart[a]'. Affixed with a seal (now damaged) of a standing female figure (Birch, Cata...
Birth amulet with prayers and invocations to Sts Cyricus and Julitta
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An amulet in roll form, thought to have been used as a birth girdle. Headed with a diagram of a cross, followed by a text in Middle English invoking the protection of the Cross on the wearer, with specific reference to childbirth. This is followed by prayers in Latin, invoking Sts Cyricus and J...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
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King Edgar grants seven hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk, to Æthelflæd, matrona; dated 962 (Sawyer, no. 703). Endorsed in an early 12th-century hand, ‘Carta ædgari regis de cherlesworde cuidam æffleade’, continued in a 13th-century hand, ‘que per istam et per propriam cartam reddidit maner...
Grant of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to William de Belver
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Grant of King John of England to William de Belver, the son of William de Albineius, and to his heirs, that they may have a market at Bridgeford [Staffordshire], on any Thursday, and one fair in the same place each year through the three 'dies duraturam', that is the day of the Feast of St Peter...
Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi
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Letter in Malay in Jawi script from the Raja Bendahara Paduka Seri Maharaja Permaisuara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi, requesting help in procuring saltpetre and blankets. The English factory at Jambi on the east coast of Sumatra lasted from 1615 to 1679.
