INSTRUCTIONS, On Wednesday after the Sunday on which is sung "Quasimodo geniti" [26 April], by N[icholas], archi[diaconus] de Teind[ale al. Teviotdale], and the Prior of Kelkou [Kelso, co. Roxburgh] acting for "Episcopus Ergadiensis" [Bishop of Argyle] and for the Prior of Coldingham [co. Berwic...
Grant by Henry III to Flixton Priory of free warren in Flixton
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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’...
GENERAL RELEASE by Stephen de Titeshale, of Cantele [Cantley, co. Norf.], to the Master and brethren of St. Giles Hospital in Norwich. Dat. at Norwich, on Monday the morrow of St. Matthew, 22 Edw. III. [22 Sept. 1348]. Lat. Seal. Stephen de Titeshale, of Cantley, county Norfolk: General release...
EMANCIPATION by Andriolus de Ventolanis, notary of Brescia, of his son Peter from paternal power, the said Peter being admitted to the condition of a "paterfamilias," before D. John de Buschis, Judge, etc., of Brescia. Dat. 3 Jan. 1360, indict. xiii., in Brescia, in the court-house of the Podest...
Petition by Joan Astley, nurse of Henry VI, for an increase in salary
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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; ...
GRANT by John [Kemp], Archbishop of York, Cardinal Legate, of 100 days' indulgence to all who shall contribute to the repair or new building of the bridges "of the poor town" of Oxenhede [Oxnead], co. Norf. Dat. "in hospicio nostro prope Westmonasterium," 7 Feb. 1442[3]. Lat. Seal, broken. Oxhe...
NOTIFICATION by Dimitrius Rosata, . . . tilmensis, of a bull of Pope Paul II. granting an indulgence to John Botery, jun., in return for contributions to the redemption of Christian captives in the hands of the Turks. Dat. 1471. Lat. Dimitrius Rosata: Notification of bull of Paul II.: 1471. Pa...
WILL of Be-, son of the late Aroldus de Buccio de Botis, of Brescia, in favour of Jacobina, daughter of the late Peter -, his wife, etc. Dat. 30 Dec. 1345, indict. xiii. Attested by Martinus, son of the late Antonius de Zanando, notary. With notarial mark, as in No. 524. Lat. Brescia, Italy: Ch...
Confirmation by Hugh, earl of Chester, of his mother Countess Matilda’s grant to Repton Priory
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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...