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Cotton Ch IV 3
- Record Id:
- 040-004536217
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567399.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch IV 3
- Title:
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Letter of Aubrey de Vere to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London, and the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, London, asking that St Osyth's Priory appropriate Elmstead church due to losses suffered from the rising sea and an earthquake
- Scope & Content:
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Letter of Aubrey de Vere (later 10th earl of Oxford) to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London (r. 1381-1404), and the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, London, asking that St Osyth's Priory (Essex) appropriate Elmstead church (Essex), because of the losses of land and property it had suffered at Southfleet, Coketwyke, Wigburgh Marsh, Holewick Marsh and other places due to the rising of the sea, and the destruction of the priory's sacristy in an earthquake.
Dated to between 1381, when Braybrooke became bishop, and before 1393, when de Vere was restored to the earldom of Oxford.
Endorsed:
'Copie bullarum iustorum / appellacionum et ac tangen' / ecclesiam sancti pauli Appel-[illegible]' (late 14th century).
'Pro monasterio sancti Ositha' (15th century).
'De submersione / diversarum terrarum / Abbatiae S. Ositha / de Chiche in / Essexia, spectan- / -tium.' (17th century).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536217 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch IV 3 : Letter of Aubrey de Vere to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London, and the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, London, asking that… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0167]/040-004536217
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1381
- End Date:
- 1392
- Date Range:
- 1381-1392
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 255 x 230 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician, his notes. 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)
- Names:
- Aubrey de Vere, 10th earl of Oxford, 1340-1400
Braybrook, Robert, Bishop of London
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
St Osyth Priory, Essex
St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1087- - Places:
- England