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Cotton Ch IV 14
- Record Id:
- 040-004536231
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567417.0x000001
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch IV 14
- Title:
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Poetic exercises; copies of charters relating to Warmington Priory
- Scope & Content:
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A leaf possibly removed from a codex belonging to Warmington Priory, a cell of Préaux Abbey, Normandy.
p. 1: Exercises in leonine verses and other rhyming metres.
p. 2: Copy of an arbitration by John of Stotuwelle, rector of Covinton (Huntingdonshire), and William of Bocthon, rector of Warmington (Warwickshire), in a dispute between Thomas, rector of Derset (Warwickshire), and John de la Bere, his parishioner, concerning tithes.
Witnesses: Sir Walter de Cantilupe, lord of Derset Parva, and others.
Given in the church of Derset Magna, Tuesday the morrow of St Hilary (18 January) 1331.
p. 3: Copy of a writ from King Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307) to the sheriff of Warwick, ordering him to summon the abbot of Préaux, William Read of Warmington, William le Burgo, Emma Schiloe and Matilda Godwin, to answer the complaint of Hugh le Noreyse that a water course in Warmington had been diverted to the harm of the freeholders of Warmington.
Given at Bristol, 23 (unknown) 1284-1285.
Agreement for settling disputes between Nicholas of Campsey, prior of Warmington, attorney for the abbot of Préaux, Philip the clerk of Warmington, Hugh (unknown), Henry Bartholomew, and others from Warmington on one part, and John de la Bere, Adam le Franceys, Hugh le Norreys, Walter le Norreys and Richard son of Robert of Avon Derset on the other, regarding the course of a diverted stream at Le Starles between Warmington and Avon Derset.
Given at Warwick, Friday after the feast of St Hilary (13 January) 1285.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536231 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch IV 14 : Poetic exercises; copies of charters relating to Warmington Priory - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0181]/040-004536231
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 455 x 340 mm.
Foliation: pp. 3.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Warmington Priory, Warwickshire.
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)
- Names:
- 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
Warmington Priory, house of Benedictine monks, cell of Préaux Abbey, Normandy, 1100-1414 - Places:
- Warmington, Warwickshire