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Add Ch 77136
- Record Id:
- 040-002170078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002170070
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001493.0x00001b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181356281.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 77136
- Title:
- Indenture between Margaret of Brotherton, Countess of Norfolk, Bruisyard Abbey and Sir Robert Carbevell, concerning lands to be granted to the abbey
- Scope & Content:
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Chirograph containing an indenture between Margaret of Brotherton (b. c. 1322, d. 1399), Countess of Norfolk, and Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk, on the one hand, and Sir Robert Carbevell on the other, regarding tenements in Babraham, Sawston, and Pampisford (Cambridgeshire), held for life by Roger of Benyngdon and Katherine his wife but of which the revocation is held by Robert Carbevell. The countess promises to secure a mortmain licence to allow Robert to grant these lands to the abbey.
Given at Framlingham, 6 July 1378.
Dorse: a 17th-century summary of the charter, written in English.
Affixed with two seals. The first, an imperfect and indistinct seal, possibly of Robert Carbevell, oval, red, with a heraldic shield surmounted by a helmet, foliage on either side. The second, an imperfect and indistinct seal of Bruisyard Abbey, a lozenge, red, featuring a depiction of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, with the Angel Gabriel on the left, holding a scroll bearing indistinct text, and on the right, the Virgin Mary, a book in her left hand, her right hand raised, surrounded by tracery, with a heraldic shield either side.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002170070
040-002170078 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 77129-77155 : Deeds relating primarily to Babraham and Sawston in Cambridgeshire; 1371–1637
Add Ch 77136 : Indenture between Margaret of Brotherton, Countess of Norfolk, Bruisyard Abbey and Sir Robert Carbevell, concerning lands to be… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002170070[0008]/040-002170078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 77129-77155
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100181356281.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1378
- End Date:
- 1378
- Date Range:
- 6 Jul 1378
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 140 x 325 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Framlingham, England.
Provenance:
Presented to the British Library by John Vennard, 14 April 2005, together with Add Chs 77129-77155.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)