9 manuscript charters, on parchment, all with seals. 1) Grant by Richard Aberbas to William de Ingelfeld [Englefield] of a meadow in the village of Berehefeld [Burghfield] in Berkshire, for an annual rent of 4d., ca. 1190. 2) Grant by William de Middelwod, vicar of Altarnum, to John of Exeter, Canon of St. Peter's Cathedral in Exeter, of a tenement extending from the main street of Exeter to the barbican of the Exeter Castle. Witnessed by 9 citizens of Exeter, including the mayor, John de Fenton, and the bailiff, William de Okemtom [Okehamton], 1279-1280. 3) Quitclaim from Robert Patrick de Malo [de Malpas] to William Maillard of Sutton, granting relief from all customary services formerly performed by Maillard for three caructates of land at Kagworth in Sutton, including plowing, reaping, and haymaking, in return for one horseshoe. Witnessed by several residents of Sutton, ca. 1200. 4) Indenture grant by John of Exeter, Master of St. John's Hospital, to Philip de Zelebregg of a heritable tenement in Smezenestrete in Exeter. Witnessed by several citizens of Exeter, including John de Godessalve, bailiff, 1284 Oct. 18. 5) Grant by Aymeric de St. Maur, Master of the Knights of the Temple in England, to Henry de Wethelesburghe of all the lands in Wethelesburghe (Wellesbourne in Warwickshire) held by the English Chapter of the Knights, for the rent of 5 marks of silver per year and one third of Henry's chattel at his death. Witnessed by 9 members of the English Chapter, ca. 1200. 6) Royal license by Edward I for John de Methelwold, permitting him to grant a messuage in Methwold in Norfolk to Bromehill Priory. Issued at Westminster, 1293 Jun 14. 7) Confirmatory charter by Roger de Mowbray of a gift of lands to the Cistercians of Fountains Abbey. De Mowbray confirms the original gift of the lands in Nutwith (Yorkshire) by their holder in service, Richard de Hedon, as a grant in free alms in perpetuity and quitclaims the annual rent of a pound of pepper. Witnessed by several residents of Kirkby Malzeard, ca. 1181. 8) Confirmatory charter by Ranulf de Blundevill, Earl of Chester, of several gifts of land to the Premonstratensian canons of Newhouse (Lincolnshire). The Earl confirms gifts of land made by several of his men in fee and offers his formal protection to the canons and their house. Witnessed at Maidenwell, ca. 1199. 9) Confirmatory charter by Pope Honorius IV to the Prior and Priory of St. Swithun's in Winchester concerning an agreement about a pension of 40s. awarded to the Rector of Little Hinton in Wiltshire, originally made before Robert of Bingham, Bishop of Salisbury, with the consent of William of Raleigh, Bishop of Winchester. Issued at St. Sabina, Rome, 1286 May 6.
Description:
Finding aid available. and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650., De Mowbray, Roger., Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307., Honorius IV, Pope, d. 1287., Ranulf, de Blundevill, Earl of Chester, ca. 1172-1232., Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England)., Exeter Cathedral., Fountains Abbey (West Riding of Yorkshire)., and Priory of St. Swithun.
Subject (Topic):
Cistercians, Knights of Malta, Premonstratensians, Templars, Monasticism and religious orders, Monasteries and state, Administration of estates, Church lands, and Land tenure
Four oval portraits, one occupying each quadrant of the plate, of the 41st through 44th Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Malta). The sitter's name is engraved within the surrounding border of each portrait. A decorative cross fills the space in the center, as do the Roman numerals XLI-XLIV, which number the portraits
Alternative Title:
F. Guido de Blanchefort ; F. Fabritius de Carretto ; F. Philippus de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinus de Ponte
Description:
Titles from text within the borders of the portraits., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem. Rome : [Populus Romanus], [1586-]1588., Imperfect; only the portrait in the lower left quadrant is present, with the rest of the plate trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 148 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Mounted beside a sheet (5.5 x 15.2 cm), trimmed from the bottom of a different portrait plate, with the engraved title: Philippe Villiers de L'isle-Adam, Grand Prieur de France ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Populus Romanus
Subject (Name):
Blanchefort, Guy de, 1446-1513, Carretto, Fabrizio del, 1455-1521, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe, 1464-1534, and Ponte, Piero del, 1462-1535
