From c347e5d7cae1b18fa27e220f948249b07f367ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: holfordm Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:00:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml Revised description for Digital Bodleian --- collections/Eng_hist/MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml | 863 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 839 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/collections/Eng_hist/MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml b/collections/Eng_hist/MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml index 55c42a4be6..4f6247d7b9 100644 --- a/collections/Eng_hist/MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml +++ b/collections/Eng_hist/MS_Eng_hist_a_2.xml @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ MS. Eng. hist. a. 2 MSS. Eng. hist. (English history) - - Summary description - Elizabeth Solopova + + Cataloguer + Falconer Madan + H. H. E. Craster + + + Encoding Matthew Holford @@ -34,32 +38,16 @@ 31346 - - - Charters and papers (The Crawford Charters) - Collection of Old English and Latin charters and papers. - Old English and Latin - - - - - - parchment, paper - - - + 'The Crawford Charters' in Old English and Latin; 10th-15th centuries, with later transcripts and translations - - 10th century - 18th century - - English - - + A collection of charters and fragments (several rehoused at the Bodleian under different shelfmarks) perhaps assembled by Robert Austen F. S. A. of Shalford Hall, Surrey (see item IV); at least two items belonged to Thomas Martin of Palgrave (item XXI and MS. Eng. Bib. c. 2, formerly part of the present collection); at least one to Peter le Neve (item XII), one to Charles Mason (item V) and one to Francis Blomefield (item IX). See The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), pp. vi-vii (using a different system of numbering for the documents). + W. H. Crawford of Lakelands: his sale, Sotheby's, 14 March 1891, no. 695, sold to Quaritch. + Purchased by the Bodleian from Quaritch, 14 March 1891. The following items were removed from the volume and rehoused: 51 later English charters, of which 36 related to Surrey and ranged from c. 1230 to 1537; MS. Gr. liturg. c. 2 [=SC 31373], MS. Lat. bib. c. 1 [SC 31375], MS. Lat. liturg. d. 3 [SC 31398], MS. Lat. class. d. 7 [SC 31376], MS. Lat. th. c. 3 [SC 31382], MS. Lat. misc. c. 7 [SC 31380], MS. Eng. bib. c. 2 [SC 31345]. MS. Eng. poet. f. 1 [SC 31360], MS. Fr. b. 1 [SC 31363], and MS. Top. Norf. b. 1 [SC 31413] - Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources. + Description adapted (Jan. 2025) from the Summary Catalogue (1924), with additional reference to published literature as cited. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 6, p. 36 Summary Catalogue, Vol. 6, p. 37 Summary Catalogue, Vol. 6, p. 38 @@ -73,10 +61,837 @@ Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides) + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item I (fol. 5) + + + + + Latin, with bounds in Old English + + King Aethelheard to Bishop Forthhere; grant of 20 hides at Crediton + (Creedy land), Devon, for the foundation of Crediton monastery. 739, 4 Id. April (= April 10) [Manuscript: s. xi 2]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 11th century, second half (copy of a grant of 739) + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. I (pp. 1-3) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 255 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item IIa (fol. 8) + + + + + Old English + + Boundaries of Creedy land, Devon, for the foundation of Crediton + monastery. [mid 11th century] [Manuscript: s. xi med]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 11th century, middle + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. II (pp. 3-4) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1546b + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item IIb (fol. 9) + + + + + Middle English + + Boundaries of Creedy land, Devon, for the foundation of Crediton + monastery. [15th century] [Manuscript: s. xv]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 15th century + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. III (pp. 4-5) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1546b + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item III (fol. 14) + + + + + + + (recto) + King Athelstan to Eadulf, Bishop [of Crediton] and the monastery of + Crediton; grant of 3 hides at Sandford near Crediton, Devon. 930, III Kal. Maii (= April 29) [Manuscript: s x/xi]. + Latin, with bounds in Old English + + + (verso) + Eadnoth, Bishop [of Crediton], to Beorhtnoth; mortgage of a yardland by + the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres). [c. 1018] [Manuscript: s x/xi]. + Old English and Latin, with bounds in Old English + + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 10th century, late, or 11th century, early (copy of grants of 930 and c. 1018) + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. IV (pp. 5-9) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 405 + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. IV (p. 9) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1387 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item IV (fol. 17) + + + + + Latin + + King Edgar to Westminster Abbey [St Peter's, Thorney], confirmation, + reciting a bull of Pope John [Pope John XIII], of liberties and of land at + Ham (in East Ham), Wennington, Essex; Morden, Surrey; Fanton (Hall) in North + Benfleet, Essex; Aldenham, Herts.; Bleccenham and Lothereslege (both lost, + in Hendon), Middx; Holwell, Datchworth and Watton-at-Stone, Herts.; + Chollington in Eastbourne, Sussex; Staines, with Teddington, Halliford, + Feltham and Ashford, Middlesex. 969, Id. Maii (= May 15) [Manuscript: 12th century] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 12th century (copy of a grant of 969) + England + + Archive of Westminster Abbey; still at Westminster in 1704 (Napier and Stevenson, p. 89) + Robert Austen, F.S.A., 1791 (ibid.) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. VI (pp. 12-18) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 774 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item V (fol. 20) + + + + + Latin + + King Eadwig to Archbishop Oda [of Canterbury]; grant of 40 hides at Ely + ('Helig'). 957, VII Id. Maii (= May 9) [Manuscript: s x med]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 10th century, middle (grant of 957, possibly an original) + England + + Archive of Ely Cathedral priory. + Dr. Charles Mason, Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire (d. 1771) (Napier and Stevenson, p. 80) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. V (pp. 10-11) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 646 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item VI (fol. 23) + + + + + + King Ethelred to Ealdorman Leofwine; grant of 7 1/2 hides of land, + forfeited by Wistan for murder, at Southam (3 hides), Ladbroke and Radbourne + (4 1/2 hides), Warwicks. 998 [Manuscript: s. x ex]. + Old English and Latin, with bounds in Old English + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 10th century, late (grant of 998, possibly an original) + England + + Archive of Coventry Priory. + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. VIII (pp. 19-22) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 892 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item VII (fol. 26) + + + + + Latin, with bounds in Old English + + King Ethelred to St Albans Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 'Rodanhangra' + and Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa but + subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Ethelred by Ealdorman + Leofsige, and purchased for St Albans by Archbishop Aelfric and Abbot + Leofric. 1007 + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 1007, probably an original + England + + Archive of St Albans Abbey + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XI (pp. 24-27) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 916 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item VIII (fol. 29) + + + + + Latin + + King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of the port of + Sandwich. (Fol. 30 is an 18th-century Latin translation.) 1023 [Manuscript: s. xi/xii]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 11th century, late, or 12th century, early (copy of a grant of 1023) + England + + Archive of Christ Church Canterbury + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XII (pp. 27-29) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 959 + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item IX (fol. 34) + + + + + Latin + + Bartholomew de Glanville; confirmation of his father's grants to the + priory of Bromholm, Norfolk, listing the lands of Stanard, the priest of + Keswick, with the church, the churches of Broomholm, Dilham, and Paston, and + tithes of several neighbouring estates (see 'Houses of Cluniac monks: The + priory of Bromholm', in A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, ed. + William Page (London, 1906), pp. 359-363). [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + Francis Blomefield, 1740 + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XVI (pp. 32-33) + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item X (fol. 37) + + + + + Latin + + William [de Albini], earl of Chichester to the church of Burton Lazars; + grant of 120 acres in Wymondham, Norfolk. [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XIV (p. 31) + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XI (fol. 38) + + + + + Latin + + Nigel de Moubrai to the canons of St Mary's, Southwark; grant of an + orchard,etc., at Banstead, Surrey. [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XV (p. 32) + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XII (fol. 41) + + + + + Old English + + Will of Leofwine, son of Wulfstan, including bequests of land at Kelvedon + and Markshall, Essex, to Westminster Abbey [St Peter's Westminster], and at + Purleigh, Essex, partly to God's servants at Notley, Essex, and partly to + Leofwaru, his aunt; and at Barling, Essex, to Wulfstan, bishop (of + London). 998, XVII Kal. Maii (= April 15) [manuscript: 11th century] + Item XVI (fol. 51) is an 18th-century (?) copy and item XVII (fols. 55-54) is an 17th-century (?) Latin translation.) + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 11th century (copy of a will of 998) + England + + Archive of Westminster Abbey; still there in 1702 when printed by Thomas Madox, Formulare Anglicanum (1702), no. DCCLXVI + Peter le Neve, 1727 (his endorsement of price and date of purchase). + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. IX (p. 22) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1522 + + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XIII (fol. 42) + + + + + Old English + + Will of Alfwold, Bishop [of Crediton], including bequests of land at + Sandford, Devon, to the monastery at Crediton and to Godric. [1008 × 1012] [manuscript: 11th century, first half] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 11th century, first half (copy of a will of 1008 × 1012] + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. X (pp. 23-24) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1492 + + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XIV (fol. 45) + + + + + Latin + + Archbishop [Dunstan] to King Ethelred; letter concerning belonging to the + diocese of Cornwall including Pawton in St Breock, 'Cællwic' (tentatively + identified as Callington), and Lawhitton, Cornwall. [981 × 988] [Manuscript: s. x ex]. + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + 10th century, late (grant of 981 × 988, possibly an original) + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton and perhaps St Germans) + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. VII (pp. 18-19) + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1296 + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XV (fol. 48) + + + + + Latin + + William of Warelwast, Bishop of Exeter; confirmation to the canons of + Crediton of their liberties. [1107 × 1137] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + [1107 × 1137, perhaps 1133 × 1136] + England + + Archive of Exeter Cathedral (from Crediton) + + + + English episcopal acta. 11, Exeter, 1046-1184, ed. F. Barlow (1996), no. 15 + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XIII (pp. 29-31) + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XVI (fol. 51) + + + + + Old English + + Transcript of XII above. + + + + + + paper + + + + + + 18th century + England + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XVII (fols. 54-5) + + + + + Latin + + Translation of XII above into Latin + + + + + + paper + + + + + + 17th century, late + England + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XVIII (fol. 56) + + + + + English + + 18th-century English translation of Sawyer 1487, the will (975 × 1016) of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford, (probably Stratford St Mary, Suffolk), at Enhale and Wilbraham, Cambs., at Rayne, Essex, at Carlton, Cambs., and at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to his wife; at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to Godric and Ælfhelm's daughter; at Conington, Cambs., to his wife and daughter, and to Æthelric, Ælfwold and Osmær; also at Cockayne Hatley and Potton, Beds., to Ælfmær, Ælfstan and Osgar; at Littlebury (near Saffron Walden), Essex, to Leofsige, and at Great Staughton, Hunts., to Leofsige and his wife; also at Troston, Suffolk, to his three brothers and Ælfwold; at Ickleton, Cambs., and Mawyrthe to Ælfhelm; and at Barnham (probably Suffolk), to Wulfmær. Not printed by Napier and Stevenson. + + + + + + paper + + + + + + 18th century + England + + + + + The Electronic Sawer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 1487 + + + + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XIX (fol. 59) + + + + + Latin + + Thomas son of Hugh de Horton. Grant to St. Mary's, Woodkirk, a cell of St. Oswald's, Nostell [co. York]. [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XVIII (pp. 34-35) + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XX (fol. 60) + + + + + Latin + + B. de Balliol to St Mary's Abbey, York; grant of Gainford church and the + chapel of Barnard's Castle, Durham. [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XVIII (pp. 34-35) + + + + + + + MS. Eng. hist. a. 2, item XXI (fol. 65) + + + + + Latin + + Ralph Lestrange to St Katherine's Blackburgh; grant of land in Wormegay, + Norfolk. [c. 1150] + + + + + + parchment + + + + + + c. 1150 + England + + Thomas Martin of Palgrave + + + + + The Crawford collection of early charters and documents now in the Bodleian library, ed. Arthur S. Napier and William Henry Stevenson (1895), no. XIX (p. 35) + + + + + + Description revised for publication on Digital Bodleian. First online publication. James Cummings Up-converted the markup using https://github.com/jamescummings/Bodleian-msDesc-ODD/blob/master/convertTolkien2Bodley.xsl