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Cotton Ch VIII 25
- Record Id:
- 040-003368352
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040764714.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165154889.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch VIII 25
- Title:
- Grant of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to Alan Basset
- Scope & Content:
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Grant of King John of England to Alan Basset, of the manor of Berewye [Berwick, Yorkshire], which had been escheated with the lands of Adam de Postu.
Witnessed by P[eter de Rupibus], bishop of Winchester, William Briwerr, Eustace de Vescy, and others. Dated at Yarmouth, 1 June 1206.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-003368352 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch VIII 25 : Grant of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to Alan Basset - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0072]/040-003368352
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165154889.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1206
- End Date:
- 1206
- Date Range:
- 1 Jun 1206
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: parchment.
Dimensions: 210 × 190 mm; with fragmentary seal, 90 mm in diameter.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Yarmouth.
Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Publications:
- Vincent, Nicholas, ed., English Episcopal Acta: Winchester 1205–1238 (London: Oxford University Press, 1994), p. 144.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)