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Add Ch 47517
- Record Id:
- 040-002147569
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002147419
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000500.0x000330
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140645.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 47517
- Title:
- Grant by Hawise, countess of Gloucester, to Nuneaton Priory, of land at Pimperne
- Scope & Content:
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Grant by Hawise [de Beaumont, d. 1197], countess of Gloucester, for her soul and those of William, her husband [d. 1183], earl of Gloucester, her children, and all her ancestors and successors, to Nuneaton Priory [Leicestershire], of 100s of land in her manor of Pimperne [Dorset], and leaving her body to the priory.
Witnesses include: William [r. 1167x72-1205], abbot of Keynsham; John [r. 1186-1216], abbot of St Augustine [Bristol]; Henry [r. 1191-1212], abbot of Bindon; and Robert [occ. 1191-97], prior of Wareham [Dorset].
Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, 'He[c] carta de Pinpre'; in a 17th-century hand, 'The Lady Countyse / of Glouc[ester] dyd gyve / to the p[ri]ores 100s / yerely [and] her bodye / to be taken in Pynpre'; in a different 17th-century hand, 'Carta Hawise comit[isse] / de Glocestr / Eccl[es]ie de Eton'.
Affixed with a fragmentary seal of Hawise, lozenge, green, with a full-length image of Hawise in profile, in a long dress, facing left, holding a staff, with the legend, 'sigillum h... gloecestrie'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002147419
036-002147420
037-002147568
040-002147569 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 47380-53115 : CHARTERS and Rolls relating to property of the family of Aston, of Aston Hall in Runcorn, co. Chester, and its…
Add Ch 47380-49769 : ASTON CHARTERS: Nuneaton groupSee also Add Ch 53092-53115
Add Ch 47517-47518 : ASTON CHARTERS Co. Dorset: Pimperne, 1196-1197.
Add Ch 47517 : Grant by Hawise, countess of Gloucester, to Nuneaton Priory, of land at Pimperne - Hierarchy:
- 032-002147419[0001]/036-002147420[0030]/037-002147568[0001]/040-002147569
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 47380-53115
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140645.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1191
- End Date:
- 1197
- Date Range:
- 1191-1197
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 130 x 190 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Nuneaton Priory, Leicestershire, 1191-97.
Purchased by the British Museum from Arthur Hervey Talbot, 17 October 1903, together with Add Chs 47380-53115.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)