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Add Ch 76757
- Record Id:
- 040-002178888
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002178799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000348.0x00020f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181356258.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 76757
- Title:
- Grant by Charles VII of France of a dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son
- Scope & Content:
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Grant by King Charles VII of France promising annual rents and a cash dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to Louis, Charles’ son and dauphin of Vienne, with a note indicating that the matter was discussed in the king’s council.
Given at Poitiers, 12 March 1428/9 and bearing the signature, ‘Cotereau’.
Endorsed: in a 15th-century hand, ‘Promissio dotis Margarete Dalphini inter’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002178799
040-002178888 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 76671-76767 : PORTLAND CHARTERS: charters acquired with the Portland Papers (Add. MSS. 70001-70523), allocated to the British Library by…
Add Ch 76757 : Grant by Charles VII of France of a dower for Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland, for her proposed marriage to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002178799[0083]/040-002178888
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 76671-76767
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100181356258.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1429
- End Date:
- 1429
- Date Range:
- 12 Mar 1429
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 205 x 400 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Poitiers, France.
Provenance:
Royal Council of France, 1429.
Originally housed at Welbeck Abbey and deposited in the British Museum between 1947 and 1967 by William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1893-1977), 7th Duke of Portland, as 'The Portland Loan' (Loan MS 29).
Along with Add Chs 76671-76767 and Add MSS 70001-70523, were accepted by the Government in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax, March 1986, and, on the advice of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and in accordance with the wishes of the Portland executors, allocated to the British Library in May 1987.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)