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    Diary

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    mssHM 76193

  • [Register Brevium]

    [Register Brevium]

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    Collection of writs from the fifth year of the reign of Henry IV (1402) to the thirty-eighth year of Henri VI (1460). It also contains additions from the 16th century, including the alphabetical index. Subjects of writs include lands and manors held by various men from the King; instructions to the King's bailiffs; tenancies and inheritances; and ecclesiastical holdings and prebendaries. In the early 16th century, the contents list, alphabetical index and eight new sections (ff. 33-40, 65-88, 315-44, 358, 359, 400-09) were added in a more recent hand (by Bishop Richard Nix?). Further additions at ends of book include oath of the master of chancery, in French (f. II), a list of charges payable by Genoese and other foreign merchants of chancery, in French (ff. 404v-405), the coronation oath sworn by medieval English kings (f. 410), a short Middle English tract opening, "All writtez of Couenaunt ..." (f. IIv), and two copies of formulas in the name of "Bysshopryk of C" renouncing "all wordys comprised in the Popes Bull made vnto me" and instead promising loyalty to "the kyng our sovreign lord" (f. 404r). ff. i-ii. Table of contents, headed ""Kalendare."". f. ii recto-verso. Oath of the Master in Chancery. Incipit: Sacramento unius magistrorum de cancellarie domini regis. Lang: Anglo-Norman. ff. iii - xxxii verso; f. xxxiii recto-verso blank. Alphabetical index. The material indexes the main run of the codex, i.e. the writs copied on ff. 1-410v. ff. 1-410v. Royal writs. Incipit: [H]enricus dei gratia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus hibernie Ballivis suis de N. salutem. Precipimus vobis quod sine dilatione plenum rectum teneatis I. de C. de uno mesuagio cum pertinentiis in M. quod clamat tenere de nobis. English.

    mssHM 81170

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    Register of land sales

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    mssHM 30488

  • Register of writs : [manuscript]

    Register of writs : [manuscript]

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    ff. 1-104v: [Register of writs; beginning defectively in the section on trespass and ending defectively in the section on writs of attaint; at least 7 quires missing with loss of text at the beginning (2 quires), after f. 56 (3 quires), f. 64 (1 quire), f. 72 (1 quire) and an unknown amount at the end].

    mssHM 45147

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    The funeral bell : poem

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    Manuscript (holograph) of the "The Funeral Bell," a poem in 4 stanzas of 6 lines each.

    mssHM 13185

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    Register of admissions and minute book

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    A register of admissions for the Sadlers' Company (Shrewsbury, Shropshire), 1739-1854. The volume also contains list of Freeman of the Company since 1685, oaths, minutes of meetings, correspondence, etc. Please note: the volume has been placed in an archival box as it is very fragile; the spine is damaged, the covers and some pages are loose, please handle carefully.

    mssHM 82897