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Cotton Ch II 5
- Record Id:
- 040-004536161
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567323.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch II 5
- Title:
- Writ of Henry II to the sheriff of Norfolk to allow Norwich Cathedral Priory free pasture between Bixley and Framingham
- Scope & Content:
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Writ of King Henry II of England (r. 1100-35) to the sheriff of Norfolk to allow Norwich Cathedral Priory free pasture between Bixley and Framingham (Norfolk).
Witnesses: Thomas Becket, chancellor (1155-62).
Given at Bury St Edmunds.
Endorsed: 'H. primus / de pasture inter Framlingham / et Bischel' (12th century).
Affixed with a fragmentary seal of Henry II, oval, brown, with the king enthroned. Reverse: The king mounted and armoured.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536161 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch II 5 : Writ of Henry II to the sheriff of Norfolk to allow Norwich Cathedral Priory free pasture between Bixley and Framingham - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0043]/040-004536161
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1155
- End Date:
- 1162
- Date Range:
- 1155-1162
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 55 x 135 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum, 1887-1900), I, p. 12.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Becket, Thomas, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, ?1120-1170,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000114532436,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/100187947
Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-1702
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662
Henry II, King of England, Duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine, 1133-1189
The Cathedral Priory of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, 1101-1539 - Places:
- Bury St Edmunds, England