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Cotton Ch XVI 72
- Record Id:
- 040-004379315
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169604344.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172078171.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch XVI 72
- Title:
- Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
- Scope & Content:
- Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton, for various sums paid by them to the Queen, with a minute of the King’s order thereon; given on 16 December 1455 [34 Henry VI].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004379315 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch XVI 72 : Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0119]/040-004379315
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100172078171.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1455
- End Date:
- 1455
- Date Range:
- 1455
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 412 x 341 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
England.
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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)