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Add Ch 10619
- Record Id:
- 040-002135197
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002135170
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001518.0x0002e7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140387.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 10619
- Title:
- Quitclaim by Ela de Audley to Bicester Priory of land in Wrethwick
- Scope & Content:
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Quitclaim by Ela de Audley (d. 1299), widow of James Audley (d. 1272) and daughter of William Longspée the Younger (d. 1250), to St Eadburh the Virgin and Bicester Priory [Oxfordshire], of all her right in 2 carucates of land in Wretchwick in Bicester parish, which she had by the gift of her father, William, as part of her dowry; dated 2 Edward I [20 November 1273–19 November 1274].
Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Wrechewyck’; in a 19th-century hand, ‘Kennett / Par. Antiq. / I. p. 395.’
Affixed with an imperfect seal of Ela, lozenge, brown, with a full-length image of Ela in a long dress, headdress, and mauches, a heraldic shield in each hand, detail indistinct, flanked by foliage, with the legend, ‘sigillum ela de audelea’ (see Birch, Catalogue of Seals (1887-1900), II, p. 375).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002135170
040-002135197 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 10593-10657 : MISCELLANEOUS Collection of grants of land, chiefly to religious houses in England, Wales, and France
Add Ch 10619 : Quitclaim by Ela de Audley to Bicester Priory of land in Wrethwick - Hierarchy:
- 032-002135170[0027]/040-002135197
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 10593-10657
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140387.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1273
- End Date:
- 1274
- Date Range:
- 1273-1274
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 115 x 140 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Bicester Priory, 1273-74.
Purchased by the British Museum from Sir Henry Ellis (b. 1777, d. 1869), principal librarian of the British Museum, 14 July 1855, along with Add Chs 10593-10657.
- Publications:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum, 1887-1900), II, p. 375.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)