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Cotton Ch IV 53
- Record Id:
- 040-004536266
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567463.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch IV 53
- Title:
- Confirmation of Bishop John Low of Rochester of the grant of Kidbrooke church to Southwark Priory
- Scope & Content:
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Confirmation by John Low, bishop of Rochester (r. 1444-6147), of a grant by John Langdon, bishop of Rochester (r. 1421-1434), to the priory of St Mary Overy, Southwark, of the parish church of Kidbrooke (Kent).
Given at the new bishop's palace in Rochester, 27 March 1459.
With a ratification by John, prior of Rochester, and the cathedral chapter, given in chapter, 27 March 1459.
Endorsed: 'Appropriatio ecclesie parochialis de Kytebroke, in dioc. Roffensis, prioratui ecclesiae B. Mariae de Southwerk'.
Affixed with two seals. The first, a fragmentary seal of Bishop Low, lozenge, red, with the Virgin and Child in a carved niche, crowned and with a sceptre in her left hand, a niche to her left with St Andrew. The second, an imperfect seal of the chapter of Rochester, oval, green, with the Martyrdom of St Andrew, the saint with a nimbus and wearing a loose robe, a figure on either side driving nails into the cross. 'ego crucis cristi servus sum'. Reverse: Christ enthroned within a cathedral, a staff in his irght hand, a book in his left, his feet resting on a stone held up by a figure. 'sigillum sancti andree apostoli roffensis ecc[le]s[i]e'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536266 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch IV 53 : Confirmation of Bishop John Low of Rochester of the grant of Kidbrooke church to Southwark Priory - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0148]/040-004536266
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1459
- End Date:
- 1459
- Date Range:
- 1459
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 270 x 400 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Rochester.
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, pp. 334, 336.
- 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
Langdon, John, Bishop of Rochester, previously Subprior of Christ Church, Canterbury; died in 1434
Low, John, bishop of Rochester, r. 1444-67
St Mary Overy Priory, Southwark, London - Places:
- Rochester, England