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Add Ch 46402
- Record Id:
- 032-002177237
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002177237
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x00020c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172073281.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 46402
- Title:
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Grant of Berengaria of Navarre, widowed Queen of England, of rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau
- Scope & Content:
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Berengaria of Navarre (b. c. 1165, d. 1230), widowed Queen of England (the widow of Richard I, r. 1189-1199), grants rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau in Le Mans, France. The Cistercian abbey of L’Épau was founded by Berengaria in 1229.
Given in 1230 before Berengaria's death in December 1230. She was subsequently buried at the abbey.
The charter was affixed with a seal, now lost.
Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand; in a modern hand ‘nº. 45, 46, 47, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002177237
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002177237
- 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_100172073281.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1230
- End Date:
- 1230
- Date Range:
- 1230
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 245 x 401 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
France.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from L. Causte, 11 January 1902, for £5.
- Publications:
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: The Trustees, 1907), p. 405.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)