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Cotton MS Augustus II 56
- Record Id:
- 040-001102060
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000197
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165156221.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 56
- Title:
- Grant of King Henry I of England (r. 1100–1135) to the canons of Bridlington Priory
- Scope & Content:
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King Henry I of England (r. 1100–1135) grants the canons of Bridlington Priory one and a half carucates of royal demesne in Easton and half a carucate in Hilderthorpe, and confirms the donations of Walter de Gant (b. 1087, d. 1139), Jordan Paynel, and others. Dated 1128 x 1133. Spurious.
Witnessed by King Henry; G[eoffrey], the Chancellor; T[hurstan], Archbishop of York; R[alph], Bishop of the Orkneys, and many others.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102060 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Augustus II 56 : Grant of King Henry I of England (r. 1100–1135) to the canons of Bridlington Priory - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0344]/040-001102060
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165156221.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1149
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: approximately 305 × 440 mm.
Script: Gothic.
Binding: British Museum 1959: bound with Cotton MSS Augustus II 6, 8, 38–40, 57, 65, 78, 83, 96, 105, 110, 135.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Augustinian priory of St Mary, Bridlington.
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Publications:
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Johnson, Charles, & H. A. Cronne, eds., Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066-1154, II, Regesta Henrici Primi, 1100-1135 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956), no. 1811.
Lancaster, W. T., Abstracts of the Charters and other documents contained in the Chartulary of the Priory of Bridlington (Leeds: J. Whitehead & Son, 1912), p. 213.
Purvis, J. S., 'A Foundation Charter of Bridlington Priory', The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 29 (1929), p. 395.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)