Add MS 5838

Volume XXXVII of Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. IV, ff. 238, being the second volume of his transcript of a manuscript containing escheats, etc., in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, with other additional articles relating to the same counties, viz.

1. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Richard II. ff. 1-23.

2. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Henry IV. ff. 24-34.

3. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Henry V. ff. 35-40.

4. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Henry VI. ff. 41-56.

5. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Edward IV. ff. 57-68.

6. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Richard III. f. 69.

7. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Henry VII. ff. 70-86.

8. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Henry VIII. ff. 87-121.

9. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Edward VI. ff. 122-128.

10. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Philip & Margaret. ff. 129-135.

11. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Elizabeth. ff. 136-162.

12. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. James I. ff. 163-186.

13. Escheats in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, temp. Charles I. ff. 187-201.

14. Note relative to pontage money paid by the lords of the manor of Histon-Eynesham. f. 202.

15. Rentale Pontagii Cantebr. removat. in ano. Re. Edward IV 21 (1481). ff. 203-206.

16. Extent of the Honor of Richmond, so far as relates to Cambridgeshire, ao. 8 Edward I. (Copied from the appendix to Gale’s Registrum Honoris de Richmond, p. 53). ff. 230, 231, 232, 233, 234-237. Entered on the intermediate and additional pages occur:

i. Memorandum of Richard Trice, Escheator for Cambridgeshire, 24 Elizabeth. p. II.

ii. Notes concerning Alice Perrers, the mistress of King Edward III. f. 7b.

iii. Copy of a deed in C.C.C.C. relating to a tenement in Trumpington. 15 Richard 2. f. 16b.

iv. Memoranda respecting Nicholas Bonfoy, esquire, of Abbat’s Ripton, and his widow. f. 23.

v. Copy of a Parliament roll in C.C.C.C. relating to the manor of Chamberleyns, 5 Henry IV. f. 33b.

vi. Copy of another roll in the same archives, concerning the customs of the manor of Landbeche. ff. 33b, 34b.

vii. Abstract of a deed in C.C.C.C. relating to land in Stow cum Quy, 4 Henry V. f. 35b.

viii. Sketch, and account, of the ruins of Biggin, a palace of the Bishops of Ely, taken in 1768. f. 38b.

ix. Copies of two deeds relating to Badlingham, from Thorpe’s Registrum Roffense, pp. 363, 367. f. 42b.

x. Abstract of a receipt in Lord Montfort’s archives, for the firm of Berghem in the parish of Lynton. 22 Richard 2. f. 51b.

xi. Copy of a roll in C.C.C.C. containing a view of Frank Pledge and knights’ fees in the county of Cambridgeshire, circa 19 Henry III (1234). ff. 56b, 57b, 58b, 59b, 60b, 61b, 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b, 66b, 66b, 67b, 68b, 69b.

xii. Copy of what relates to Cambridgeshire from a quarto manuscript of Domesday Book, written about the time of King Edward III. ff. 70b, 71b, 72b, 73b, 74b, 75b, 76b, 77b, 79b, 80b.

xiii. Explanation of some terms in the above excerpt, by Sir Henry Spelman. f. 78b.

xiv. Notes relating to Fen-Ditton, from Chauncey’s Hertfordshire. Ib.

xv. Copy of a manuscript in folio, found by Mr. Cole among the uncatalogued books in the old turret of the Public Library, Cambridge, containing surveys and certificates for the county of Cambridgeshire, from 1633 to 1640, and also court rolls of Leverington and Wisbeche, ao. 5 Edward VI, and 1633. ff. 81b, 82b, 83b, 84b, 85b, 86b, 87b, 88b, 89b, 90b, 91b, 92b, 93b, 94b, 95b.

xvi. Memoranda concerning Edward Eltonhead, esquire. f. 95b.

xvii. Extracts from a manuscript in the possession of Browne Willis, esquire (originally compiled from several volumes in the hand of Richard Lowndes, esquire, of Winslow), containing notes of leases of the fee farm rents belonging to the Crown, temp. Elizabeth. ff. 96b, 97b, 98b, 99b, 100b, 101b.

xviii. Copy of part of a particular of fee farm rents in Cambridgeshire, sold by order of Mr. Gregory of Greenwich, in 1727, with the names of the tenants in 1673. ff. 102b, 103b, 104b, 105b.

xix. Account of the Stivecle, Stewkeley or Stukeley family. ff. 109b, 110b.

xx. Notes from Dugdale’s Baronage, of Sir Richard Cromwell’s grant of the dissolved monasteries in Huntingdonshire, and the appointment of David Cecil as water-bailiff of Wittesey More, county Huntingdonshire. f. 112b.

xxi. Pedigree of the family of Meggs of Bradford Peverel, county Dorset (from a manuscript visitation, ao. 1623). f. 114b.

xxii. Descent of Cutt. ff. 119b, 121.

xxiii. Copy of a manuscript compiled temp. Elizabeth (formerly belonging to a Mr. Bucke) relating to lands in Cambridgeshire, held of the Crown. ff. 120b, 121b, 122b, 123b, 124b, 125b, 126b, 127b, 128b, 129b, 130b, 131b, 132b, 133b, 134b, 135b, 136b, 137b, 138b, 139b, 140b, 141b, 142b, 143b, 144b, 145b, 146b, 147b 148b, 149b, 150b, 151b, 152b, 153b, 154b, 166b, 197b, 198b, 199b. +++ See the original manuscript in Add MS 5954, 3.

xxiv. Note of Queen Mary’s grant of part of the castle of Cambridge to Sir John Huddleston of Sawston, knight. f. 128b.

xxv. Note relating to the family of Cervil, from Sir Henry Spelman’s Icenia. f. 144b.

xxvi. Abstract of a Deed in C.C.C.C. concerning the manor of Upware, county Cambridgeshire, 40 Edward III. f. 150b.

xxvii. Notes from the journals of the House of Commons, relative to Wheathill Awdley of Woodhurst, county Huntingdonshire, gentleman, and John Williams, D.D. Ib.

xxviii. View of Frankpledge taken at the manor of Comberton, later parcel of the estates of Sir Humphrey Brome (from Bucks manuscript). ff. 154b, 155b.

xxix. Copy of an additional portion of Mr. Bucks manuscript relating to lands held of the Crown in Cambridgeshire, from the 1 Richard II to the 5 Edward IV. ff. 156b, 157b, 158b, 159b, 160b, 161b, 162b.

xxx. Extracts from Alexander Barclay’s Ship of Fools, printed by Pynson, in 1509, relating to a person named Kyrkham, Canon of St. Mary Ottery’s College, county Devon. f. 164b.

xxxi. Copy of another portion of Mr. Buck’s manuscript relating to tenants in Capite in Cambridgeshire, temp. Edward II, Richard II and Edward III. ff. 167b, 168b, 169b, 170b, 171b, 172b, 174b, 175b, 176b. See f. 199b.

xxxii. Note from the Commons Journals, respecting Onslow Winch of Everton, county Huntingdonshire, esquire. f. 178b.

xxxiii. Notes of tenants in capite, of lands in Cambridgeshire, from Edward I to Edward IV (from Buck’s manuscript). ff. 189b, 190b, 191b, 192b, 193b, 194b, 195b, 196b, 197b, 199b, 200b, 201b, 202b, 203b, 204b, 205b.

xxxiv. Abstract of a commission in the archives of C.C.C.C. from Richard II (?) to Edmund de la Pole, chivaler; Eudo la Zouche, clerk; John Rome, clerk; and other, for the separation of the great bridge of Cambridge. 4 Feb ao. r. 21. f. 201b.

xxxv. Notice of the sale of the office of feodary bailiff of the Honor of Richmond, with the perpetual advowsons of Knopwell and Foulmere, county Cambridgeshire (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 27 May 1780). f. 229b.

xxxvi. Memoranda concerning pontage and potagers in Cambridgeshire, at various periods, particularly 1561 and 1748. ff. 230b, 231b, 232b, 233b.

xxxvii. ‘The University Maces.’ A satirical song on Mr. Beverley, one of the esquire bedels of Cambridge, 1780, with an epigram on the same. ff. 237b, 238.

A copious index of names and places, and other matters, contained in this volume is added, ff. 207-229, and at the beginning and end are brief general indexes of contents.