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Add Ch 15584
- Record Id:
- 040-002140275
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002140274
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000164.0x0002a2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140437.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 15584
- Title:
- Grant by Matilda, abbess of Barking Abbey, to Henry Lohot, of tenements in Tollesbury
- Scope & Content:
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Grant by Matilda [illegitimate daughter of Henry II], abbess of Barking Abbey [Essex], at the petition of Geoffrey son of Baldwin, to Henry Lohot, for his service and homage to the abbey, of all the tenements that Geoffrey had in Tollesbury [Essex]. In return, Henry gives the abbey 4 marks of silver and the abbey gives Geoffrey 4s; dated to between 1175 and 1202, the earliest and latest possible dates of Matilda’s abbacy.
Affixed with a fragmentary seal of Matilda, lozenge, green, with a full-length image of the abbess in her habit, her right hand holding a staff, her left hand holding a book (see Birch, Catalogue of Seals (1887-1900), I, p. 434).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002140274
040-002140275 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 15584-15786 : GRANTS of lands in various counties; tempp. Hen. II.- Chas II.
Add Ch 15584 : Grant by Matilda, abbess of Barking Abbey, to Henry Lohot, of tenements in Tollesbury - Hierarchy:
- 032-002140274[0001]/040-002140275
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 15584-15786
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140437.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1202
- Date Range:
- 1175-1202
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 130 x 185 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Henry Lohot, 1175-1202.
Presented to the British Museum by the family of Sir Francis Palgrave (b. 1788, d. 1861), Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office 1838-1861, 23 January 1862, together with Add Chs 15584-15786.
- Publications:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum, 1887-1900), I, p. 434.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)