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Stowe MS 776
- Record Id:
- 040-001953614
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000138
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165174508.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 776
- Title:
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Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as Petronilla, de Nerford (b. c. 1261, d. 1326), and her husband William de Nerford (b. 1249, d. 1302).
Contents:
Inside upper cover: Added notes by the antiquary and lawyer Thomas Martin (b. 1696/7, d. 1771), written in Latin and English, including a title and description of the manuscript, a list of some of its contents, and a family tree of John de Vaux.
ff. 1r-2v: A short introduction to the manuscript, written in English, by the antiquary Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), dated 30 October 1773.
ff. 3r-54v: A cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford in Norfolk and Suffolk. Two leaves have been excised from the volume after ff. 9 and 10.
Decoration:
Red paraphs on the early leaves (ff. 1-6).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Medieval and Renaissance Women
Stowe Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953596
040-001953614 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 761-786 : CLASS XVIII.BIOGRAPHY, AND PERSONAL.
Stowe MS 776 : Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0018]/036-001953596[0016]/040-001953614
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165174508.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1324
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment and paper (ff. 1-2 only).
Dimensions: 215 x 160 mm (written space: 175 x 135 mm).
Foliation: ff. i + 54 + ii (+ 2 parchment stubs after ff. 9 and 10 + 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the end); f. i is an inscribed paper note affixed to the inside upper cover; f. ii is a modern paper flyleaf.
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Dark purple velvet over wooden boards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Thomas Martin of Palgrave (b. 1696/7, d. 1771): his added notes to the manuscript (inside upper cover).
Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: his added introduction to the manuscript (ff. 1r-2v).
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed with the press-mark 'Press 3 no. 89' (f. 1r), corresponding to his catalogue (O'Conor 1818-1819).
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883.
- Publications:
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Charles O'Conor, Bibliotheca Ms. Stowensis: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stowe Library, 2 vols (Buckingham: Seeley, 1818-19), II, pp. 160-61.
Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895-96), I, no. 776.
G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, rev. by Claire Breay, Julian Harrison and David M. Smith (London: The British Library, 2010), p. 271 (no. 1298).
English Episcopal Acta 41: Norwich 1289-1299, ed. by B. R. Kemp, Christopher Harper-Bill, David Michael Smith (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 283.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)