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Stowe MS 879
- Record Id:
- 040-001953724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00019f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 879
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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"LIBER NIGER de Nedewood": containing 15th cent. transcripts of the charters of the free tenants of Needwood Forest, co. Stafford, who claimed liberties and commons by exhibition of their charters before Roger le Brabbacon, steward of the Honour of Tutbury, on St. Clement's Eve, 16 Edw. I. [22 Nov. 1288]. Followed (f. 36 b) by similar copies of various documents relating to the forest in later times, continued to 1652. With a brief introduction (f. 1), table of contents (f. 4), and index (f. 80), of the 18th cent. Paper (with a few leaves of vellum): ff. 80. XVth-XVIJIth centt. Bound in boards covered with stamped leather, 17th cent., rebacked. Belonged to T. Astle, by whom some of the later transcripts were made (see ff. 37, 38). Daniel Astle, his father, was keeper of Needwood Forest (see Shaw's Staffordshire, vol. i. p. 67). Quarto.
Needwood Chase, Staffordshire: Liber Niger de Nedewood: 15th cent.
Bindings ENGLISH: Stamped leather: 17th cent.
includes:
- f. 6 Roger le Brabbacon, Steward of the Honour of Tutbury: Charters exhibited before: 1288.: Copies, 15th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953627
040-001953724 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 787-923 : CLASS XIX.GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Stowe MS 879 : "LIBER NIGER de Nedewood": containing 15th cent. transcripts of the charters of the free tenants of Needwood Forest, co.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0019]/036-001953627[0084]/040-001953724
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 15th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Brabbacon, Roger le, Steward of the Honour of Tutbury - Places:
- Needwood Chase, Staffordshire