Add MS 37669

CHARTULARY of the manor of Landwade, co. Cambridge. Latin. The manor was granted by Comes Albericus [Alberic de Ver, Earl of Oxford and Count of Ghisnes d. 1194] to Robert filius Willelmi, his constable (f. 2), and from him descended to Robert de Hastings (f. 2 b, temp. Hen. II.), and through the Hastings family to the familes of Sibile (1376, f. 24), Grace (1407, f. 29), and Cotton (1419, f. 33 b). The chartulary was compiled for Walter Cotton (f. 2), to whom with others a feoffment of the manor was made in 1431 (f. 36). At the end are grants of the advowson of St. Nicholas chapel, etc., to Fordham Priory (f. 37), and other deeds relating to lands in the manor in different, but contemporary hands. Inserted at the beinning (f. 1) is a leaf (late 16th cent.) containing extracts from records headed "Abststracts of the tenure of the Mannor of Lanwade alias Lanwathe called Hastinges." On f. 2 b mention is made of "terra monasterii de Lanwathe," but no such monastery is known. Vellum and paper (f. 1); ff. i. + 44. 1 ft. 1/8 in. x 8½ in xv. cent. (after 1431). The leaves have been much cut and mended with vellum at an early date. Phillipps MS. 10309 (sale-cat. 1908, lot 464).

Landwade, Cambridgeshire: Chartulary of the manor: 15th cent.

Hastings family: Chartulary of the manor of Landwade, co. Camb., formerly held by: 15th cent.

includes:

• f. 2 Alberic de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Count of Ghisnes: Grant of Landwade Manor, co. Camb.: temp. Steph. (?) Copy.
• f. 2 Robertus fil. Willelmi, constable of Alberic de Ver, Earl of Oxford: Grant to, of Landwade manor, co. Camb.: temp. Steph.: Copy.
• f. 24 Walter Sibile: Grant to, of Landwade manor, co. Camb.: 1376.
• f. 29 John Grace: Feoffment to, of Landwade manor, co. Camb.: 1407.
• f. 36 Walter Cotton: Feoffment to, of the manor of Landwade, co. Camb.: 1431.
• f. 37 Fordham Priory; Cambridgeshire: Grants to, in the manor of Landwade: circ. 1246.