Original charters and miscellaneous documents, Written at various dates between the 12th and 15th century
Original charters and miscellaneous documents, calendared in Coxe and Turner's Calendar of Charters and Rolls, pp. 671-99. Documents of administrative or local interest, include:
- Fols. 16, 47. subsidiary accounts connected with Walter de Langton's mission to Flanders and the payment of 40,000 marks to the duke of Brabant, in 1297, for which see further Memoranda de Parliamento, ed. Maitland (Rolls series), p. 339
- Fol. 22. a letter from Geoffrey de Lucy to king John about Poitou
- Fol. 33, Cal. p. 682. complaints against [Roger de Pridias] sheriff of Devon [1272]
- Fols. 35, 77: Cal., pp. 698-9. fragmentary accounts for 26-7 Hen. iii of the receiver of the honour of High Peak
- Fol. 52*, p. 682. a schedule drawn up for Exchequer use of the sheriffs amerced before Thomas de Weyland, 14 Edw. i
- Fol. 54, p. 681. part of an account of the sheriff of Lincoln, 4-5 Edw. i, relating to the manor of Bardney
- Fol. 93, p. 685. the names of knights dwelling in Surrey and Sussex, early 14th cent.
- Fol. 95, p. 678. a judgement coram rege against Robert de Cliderhou, rector of Wigan, for supplying men and money to Thomas of Lancaster, 17 Edw. ii
- Fol. 100, p. 698. a certified list of the names and values of abbeys and priories in England
- Fols. 104, 111, p. 682. a statement of the Multon and Lucy claim to the manor of Radstone, co. Northants., in 1315
- Fol. 117, p. 673. a partial account of knight service rendered from the honours of Peverel of Nottingham, Leicester, Tickhill, and Perche, temp. Hen. iii
Most of the deeds relate to religious houses. Twelfth-century documents are here given with '(12th)' beside them:
- Aconbury (fol. 65, p. 675)
- Alcester, formerly in the Hatton library (fol. 143*, p. 685)(12th)
- Arbury (fol. 141, p. 686)
- Bicester (fol. 71, p. 684)
- Bolton (fols. 44, 147, p. 688)
- Bordesley (fols. 13, 15, 43, 45, 94, p. 686)
- Bridlington (fol. 147, p. 688)(12th)
- Bruern (fols. 109, 113, p. 684)
- Bullington (fols. 18, 129, 133(12th), 154, 156, p. 679)
- Byland (fol. 146, p. 688)
- Charterhouse, London (fol. 9, p. 682)
- Coverham (fol. 52, p. 679)(12th)
- Dore (fols. 50, 72, p. 676)
- Drax, three leaves from a 14th-cent. chartulary (fols. 124-6, p. 689)
- Ellerton (fol. 160, p. 689)
- Evesham (fol. 96, p. 687)
- Farley (fol. 74, p. 686)
- Fountains (fol. 116, p. 690)
- Gisburn (fols. 37, 42, p. 690)
- Jervaulx (fols. 88, 113, p. 691)
- Kirkstead (fol. 18, p. 680)(12th)
- Knights Hospitallers (fol. 112, p. 678)
- Leicester (fol. 73, p. 678)
- Mottisfont (fols. 4, 32, 34, p. 675)
- Netley (fols. 34, 68, 69, p. 675)
- Newburgh (fol. 46, p. 691)
- Newhouse (fols. 40, 128, 138, p. 680)
- Nostell (fol. 145, p. 691)
- Ossulveston (fol. 1, p. 678)
- Pershore (fol. 98, p. 687)
- Quarr (fols. 80, 115, p. 675)
- Rowney (fols. 17, 23, 25, pp. 676-7)
- St. Leonard's hospital, York (fol. 143, p. 691)
- St. Mary's, York, leaves from chartularies formerly in the Hatton library (fols. 56-64, 121, 122, 123, p. 693-8)
- Sempringham (fol. 41, p. 41)
- Sopwell (fol. 103, p. 677)
- Stoneley (fol. 99, p. 678)
- Wothorpe (fols. 6, 27, p. 683)
Dates
- Creation: Written at various dates between the 12th and 15th century
Extent
164 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Dodsworth 76
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 5018
Custodial History
Some of these documents were obtained by Dodsworth from the Hatton library, others from amongst the public records.
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Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
13 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.
Repository Details
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