Stowe MS 850

COLLECTIONS relating to Kent and other counties, articles 6-8 having originally formed separate MSS.:-

1. Transcripts of deeds and other documents relating to Canterbury, chiefly tempp. Hen. VII.-Hen. VIII., with a few of earlier date. Lat. and Engl. ff. l b, 45, 115 b. Included among them are;-

(a) "Fees that the Towne clerk of Caunterbury may laufully take for his entreez in his office, admytted and approved in the tyme of Thomas at Wode, maier" . . . ; 20 Hen. VII. [1504-5]. f. 7;-

(b) Forms of oaths of the various municipal officers. ff. 10, 93 b, 120b-123b, 124b;-(c) Ordinances of the mayor and aldermen for the conduct of the markets, etc.; [temp. Hen. VII.?]. f. 15;-

(d) "The properties and the benefetes that free men of Caunterbury have then other of the same citye," etc. f. l9;-(e) "Mensuracio murorum circa civitatem Cantuar. per Thomam Ikham, honorabilem ciuem diebus suis ciuitatis predicte, facta, qui quidem Thomas obiit xxvi die Aug. anno r. r. Hen. v^ti tercio [1415]," etc. f. 124; -(f) Rental of lands, etc., purchased by Sir Tho. Broun of Sir Gervayse Clyfton "with the hundred and the aldermanry of Westgate in Caunterbury." f. 127.

2. Transcripts of charters, ordinances, etc., relating to Romney Marsh, tempp. Hen. III.-Edw. III., together with the charter of Henry VII. [1486]. Lat. ff. 25, 75.

3. Transcript of the charter incorporating the town and hundred of Tenterden, co. Kent, 1 Aug. 27 Hen. VI. [1449]; followed by its confirmation by Edw. IV., 24 June, a^o 3 [1463], and by the agreement between the bailiff of Tenterden and the Mayor of Rye, 21 Sept. 8 Hen. VII. [1492]. Lat. See Hasted's Kent, iii. p. 93. f. 105.

4. "Hec sunt proprietates regales et exposiciones eorundem," etc.: names of services and other terms, e.g. sak, sok, blodewite, hangwite, etc., with explanations. f. 112 b.

5. "Vsages and customes of Dovorre." f. 133. Preceded (f. 130) by two inserted leaves containing an inventory of "the contentes of the evidences, charters, minimenttes and wrytynges belonginge to the Mason due [Maison Dieu] in Dover," taken by Laurence Elviden and William Hannyngton, 16th cent.

6. Precedents of writs and other documents of various kinds. Lat. f. 143. At the end (f. 210 b) is written "Sum liber Thome Rolfe." 7. Original sheriffs' accompts for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire; tempp. Hen. VI.-Hen. VIII. f. 212.

8. Transcripts and translations of writs, ordinances, etc., concerning Sherwood Forest, issued temp. Edw. I.; and an original letter on the Forest Laws from William Fleetwood, Recorder of London, dated 1582. ff. 314, 339. At f. 1 are eleven lines: "Arise erli; Serve god devovteli . . . . . . And slepe svrlie"; and at f. 5 is a recipe "to make Inke" (16th cent.). Paper; ff. 341. XVth and XVIth centt. The name of a former owner, Christopher Levyns, is written on ff. 1, 143, and elsewhere; and on f 1 is also the name of William Coppyn, Sheriff of Canterbury 1538-39, who is mentioned in the first few charters at ff. 1 b, etc. Folio.

County of Kent: Collections relating to: 15th-16th centt.

includes:

• f. 1 Poetry: Rules for living, in doggrel verses: 16th cent.
• ff. 1 b, 45, 115 b Canterbury, Kent: Transcripts of documents rel. to: 16th cent.
• f. 5 Ink: Recipe for making: circ. 1500.
• f. 5 Recipes: For making ink: circ. 1500.
• ff. 25, 75 Romney Marsh, Kent: Charters and ordinances relating to, tempp. Hen. III.-Edw. III.: 1486.: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 105, 107 Tenterden, Kent: Charters of incorporation: 1449, 1463.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 107 b Rye, Sussex: Agreement with the borough of Tenterden: 1492.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 107 b Tenterden, Kent: Agreement with the borough of Rye: 1492.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 112 b Glossaries: Of some English legal terms: circ. 1500.: Lat.
• f. 112 b Law OF ENGLAND: Proprietates regales et expositiones eorundem (sic): circ. 1500.
• f. 124 Thomas Ikham, of Canterbury (ob. 1415): Survey of the walls of Canterbury: 16th cent.
• f. 127 Sir Thomas Broun: Rental of lands of, in co. Kent: 16th cent.
• f. 130 Dover: Inventory of deeds of the Maison-Dieu: 16th cent.
• f. 130 Laurence Elviden: Inventory of deeds made by: 16th cent.
• f. 130 William Hannyngton: Inventory of deeds made by: 16th cent.
• f. 133 Dover: Usages and customs of: early 16th cent.
• f. 143 Law OF ENGLAND: Precedents: of writs, etc.: 13th-16th centt.
• f. 212 Accompts: Sheriffs' accompts for cos. Bedford and Bucks.: tempp. Hen. VI.-Hen. VIII.
• f. 212 County of Buckingham: Sheriffs' accompts: tempp. Hen. VI.-Hen. VIII.
• f. 212 Bedfordshire: Sheriffs' accompts: tempp. Hen. VI.-Hen. VIII.
• f. 314 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire: Writs and ordinances relating to: temp. Edw. I.: Copies, 16th cent.
• f. 339 Woods and Forests: Letter from W. Fleetwood on the Forest Laws: 1582.
• f. 339 Law OF ENGLAND: Letter from W. Fleetwood on the Forest Laws: 1582.
• f. 339 William Fleetwood, Recorder of London: Letter on the Forest Laws: 1582.