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Add Ch 1390
- Record Id:
- 032-002116844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002116844
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000040.0x00016f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181356115.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 1390
- Title:
- Chirograph of Fredescendis, abbess of Maubeuge, granting land to Guarin, abbot of Vicogne
- Scope & Content:
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Chirograph of Fredescendis, abbess of Maubeuge, granting to Guarin, abbot of Vicogne (also called Casa Dei), a carucate of land in Beldenies, called the Land of St Aldegund, and the field of Gouinleu. Guarin was abbot of Vicogne 1129-1151, and then abbot of Laon until his death in 1171.
The witness list features several women from Maubeuge Abbey, including Ermengarde the deaconess.
Endorsed: in a 12th-century hand, ‘S Bealdines et de Gouinleu s Malbodiensis alb’’'; in a 19th-century hand, ‘Cette lettre contient la permission / de Frediscende abbesse de Maubeuge / donnée a Guarin abbé de Vicoigne / outre le champ de Goinleu de / posseder enier la valeur d’une / charue a Beaudegnies terre / de Ste Aldegunde reservant / tout droit’; in a different 19th-century hand, ‘Purchased 23 Jan. / 1838 / at Prans Lot 861’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002116844", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Ch 1390: Chirograph of Fredescendis, abbess of Maubeuge, granting land to Guarin, abbot of Vicogne" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002116844
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002116844
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100181356115.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1129
- End Date:
- 1151
- Date Range:
- between 1129 and 1151
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 210 x 265 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Maubeuge, France.
Provenance:
Abbey of Vicogne, c. 1150.
Purchased by the British Museum at Evans’, 23 January 1838, along with Add Chs 1387 to 1529.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)