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MS. Add. C. 51

Contents:
Cartulary of the Preceptory of the Knights Templars at North Ferriby in Yorkshire — 14th century, second half; English

MS. Add. E. 3 (R)

Contents:
Account of Sir John Williams, treasurer of the jewels of Henry VIII — 1553; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 1

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1779
Contents:
Letters patent of inspeximus by Henry VIII, 1510, with Great Seal (imperfect), of grants of Henry VII to the Fraternity of St. Anne of Croscombe, Somerset, 1489 and 1496 — English

MS. Ash. Rolls 7

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1780
Contents:
Letters patent of Henry VII in favour of the Fraternity of St. Anne, Croscombe, Somerset — 1489; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 11

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1777
Contents:
Letters patent of Henry VI, with Great Seal, granting a pardon to John Hywysshe of 'Lodehywysshe' — 1425; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 12

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1544B
Contents:
Charter of the executors of Henry Blount (commonly known as Warner) granting property in New Windsor to the College of St. George, Windsor Castle, with remains of seals — 1371; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 14

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1775
Contents:
Letters patent of inspeximus of Edward IV, 1461 (seal lost), of a grant by Edward I, 1296, of lands to Nicholas Malemeyns and Alice Malemeyns — English

MS. Ash. Rolls 16

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1778
Contents:
Letters patent of Edward IV (seal lost), licensing the foundation of the Fraternity of St. Anne, Croscombe, Somerset — 1482; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 33

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1160
Contents:
Articles of agreement between Henry VI and Richard, Duke of York, concerning the latter's claim to the throne [1460], Letters missive of George, Duke of Clarence and others, 12 July 1469, against the Woodville faction, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 35

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MS. Ashmole 21
Contents:
Act for the Attainder of Henry VI, 1461 — c. 1461; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 36

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MS. Ashmole 22
Contents:
Inventory of books, vestments, relics, etc. of St George's collegiate church, Windsor, 1409–10 — 1409–1410; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 42

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 12
MS. Ashmole 14
Contents:
Statutes of the Order of the Garter, as ordained by Henry V — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 393

Contents:
Chaucer, etc. — 15th century; English
Astronomical texts and extracts, Medical texts and extracts — 16th century; English
Astronomical treatise — 14th century; English
William Reed, etc. — 16th century, early; English
Isidore of Seville — 14th century or 15th century; English
Rent-roll, Astrological notes — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 794

Contents:
Acts of the dean and chapter of Lichfield Cathedral, 1321–84 — 14th century; English
Register of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1341–8 — 14th century; English
Charter of Edward IV to the mayor and commonalty of Canterbury, 1461 — 14th century; English
Vita sancti Cadoci — 15th century; English
Register of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1381- — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 840

Contents:
List of badges of the nobility and gentry — 16th century, first half; English
Document relating to the Knights of the Bath — 16th century, first half; English

MS. Ashmole 845

Contents:
Genealogical collections — 16th century, first half; English
Genealogical and heraldic collections — 16th century - 17th century; English
Inventory of the treasury of St. Paul's, London, 1295 — 14th century, first half; English
Documents relating to a dispute between the bishop of London and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, 1402 — 15th century, beginning; English
Rental of lands in Herefordshire — c. 1300; English
Satirical text on the Council of Constance, 1417 — 15th century; English
Index to the Bible — 14th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1146

Contents:
Constitutions of English church councils, Documents relating to the Court of Arches — 14th century, second half

MS. Ashmole 1164

Contents:
Inquisition post mortem of John Teryngham — 1465 or soon after; English

MS. Ashmole 1437

Contents:
John Argentine, etc. — 15th century; English
Book of Marshalsy — 15th century; English
Treatise on patience — 14th century; English
Rental of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London (?) (fragment) — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1518

Contents:
Vincent of Beauvais — 15th century, late
Commentary on a work 'de regimine principum' — 15th century
List of persons fined for adultery or fornication in the archdeaconry of Chester — 14th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1527

Contents:
Chartulary of the bishopric of Lichfield — c. 1400; English, Lichfield

MS. Ashmole 1776

Contents:
Charter of Henry III concerning Dunham, Nottinghamshire — 1233; English

MS. Auct. F. 2. 1

Contents:
Ovid, etc. — 13th century

MS. Barlow 44

Contents:
Copy of Richard II's Charter of Liberties to the City of London, dated Westminster 26 November [1383] — 15th century; England

MS. Barlow 50

Contents:
Indented agreement between Edmund Audley, bishop of Salisbury , and Thomas Drax, rector and the fellows of the college of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Oxford [Lincoln College] — c. 1518; English

MS. Bodl. 191

Contents:
Chartulary of the office of Pittancer of Malmesbury Abbey — 13th century, second half; English, Malmesbury

MS. Bodl. 454

Contents:
Documents (copies) relating to the suppression of the order of Knights Templars in England, Ireland, and Scotland, 1307–1310 — c. 1310

MS. Bodl. 816

Contents:
Petrus de Vinea, etc. — 14th century, second quarter; English

MS. Bodl. Rolls 25

Contents:
Taxatio ecclesiastica (1291) — 1296; English

MS. Bowyer 3

Contents:
Statutes of Venice, 1242–1346 — 14th century, second half; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Misc. 509

Contents:
Documents relating to Emperor Charles IV — 15th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 539

Contents:
Grants by Martin V and Eugenius IV to the congregation of S. Giustina — 15th century

MS. Carte 177

Contents:
List of documents in the archive of Durham Priory, with added list of books lent from the priory library, 1423 — 14th century, middle; addition, 1423; English
Cartulary of Durham Priory — 12th century, late; English

Dep. c. 392

Contents:
Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey: Registrum A — 13th century (after 1249); English

Dep. c. 393

Contents:
Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey: Registrum B — 14th century (after 1360); English

MS. Digby 186

Contents:
Injunctions of Cardinal John of Ferentino for St Mary's Abbey, York, 1206 — 13th century, beginning; English, York (?), St Mary's Abbey (?)
John of Bridlington, Geoffrey Eglyn, etc. — 15th century - 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Digby 218

Contents:
John Pecham — 14th century, beginning; English
Jacobus de Theramo — 15th century, beginning; English
Roger Bacon — 15th century, beginning; English
Aelred of Rievaulx, John Cassian, etc. — 14th century; English
Robert Grosseteste, etc. — 14th century, second half; English
Roger Bacon — 14th century; English
Ars notoria — 14th century (?); English
Ecclesiastical documents — 14th century (?); English
Prophecies — 14th century (?); English
Ranulph Higden — 14th century (?); English

MS. Digby Rolls 1

Contents:
Record of a dispute in the papal court between the Oxford Dominicans and the University, 1311–1313 — 14th century

MS. Dodsw. 76

Contents:
Charters and documents mostly relating to religious houses — 12th century - 15th century; mostly English

MS. Don. c. 93

Contents:
Inquisition post mortem of John Paston I (d. 1466) — c. 1466; English

MS. Don. d. 186

Contents:
Valuation of benefices and monastic property in the Archdeaconry of Oxford, as estimated in the Taxatio Nicholai of 1291 — 15th century, second half; English, Oxford (?)

MS. Douce 139

Contents:
Register of writs, Statutes of England (vetera statuta), etc. — 13th century; English, Coventry (?)
Statute of Gloucester, Leges Edwardi confessoris, etc. — 13th century; English, Coventry (?)
Statutes of England, Charters, etc. — 13th century; English, Coventry (?)

MS. Dugdale 42

Contents:
Cartulary of the Chapel of St. Mary, Cirencester — 1460; English

MS. e Mus. 198*

Contents:
Document recording a dispute between Carmelites and Dominicans, Oxford (?) 1304, Specimen sheet (scribal advertisement?) of liturgical scripts — 14th century; English, Oxford (?)

MS. Eng. misc. c. 291

Contents:
Collection of fragments, apparently part of a binding

MS. Fairfax 7

Contents:
Cartulary of the Augustinian priory of Kirkham, Yorkshire — 15th century, late; English

MS. Fairfax 9

Contents:
Cartulary of the Augustinian priory of Warter, Yorkshire — 14th century, early; English

MS. Fr. a. 2 (P)

Contents:
Instructions of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders to his commissioners going to Calais to negotiate an extension of the commercial agreement between Flanders and England — 2 Feb. 1415/1416; French

MS. Fr. c. 2 (R)

Contents:
Roll of Parliament describing the charge brought by Henry Bolingbroke against Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, their duel and banishment, in 1398 — c. 1400; English

MS. Fr. c. 18 (P)

Contents:
Agreement between Richard Aston, lieutenant of Calais, Nicholas de Ryssheton, papal auditor, and John de Croft and Thomas Pykworth knights on the part of Henry IV of England, and 'Baugoys Darly', Vidame of Amiens, and Guillaume de Halewyn, knights, and others, on the part of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, upon the manner of conducting negotiations for a commercial agreement — 19th Jan. 1404/1405; French, Calais

MS. Germ. b. 1

Contents:
Deeds connected with the towns of Gemünd and Frankfurt-am-Main — 1331–1411; German

MS. Germ. b. 2

Contents:
Deeds connected with the towns of Gemünd and Frankfurt-am-Main and Stockach — 1411–1470; German

MS. Gough Camb. 1

Contents:
Register of rents and fines payable to the priory of Barnwell near Cambridge, 1277 to 1370 — 1328–1370; English, Cambridgeshire

MS. Gough Derbyshire 1

Contents:
Cartulary of the Augustinian priory of Darley near Derby — 14th century, second half; English, Derbyshire

MS. Gough Herts. 1

Contents:
Court rolls of the manor of Newland Squillers in St. Albans — c. 1320–1354 (?); English, Hertfordshire (made for St. Albans Abbey)

MS. Gough Kent 2

Contents:
Documents relating to Romney Marsh, 1252–1359 — 14th century, second half; English, Kent

MS. Gough Norfolk 20

Contents:
Register of the hospital of St. Mary, Great Yarmouth — Multiple dates; English, Norfolk

MS. Gough Norfolk 44

Contents:
Wills enrolled in Thetford town archives, 1330–1335 — 1330–1336; English, Norfolk

MS. Gough Suffolk 3

Contents:
Rental of the possessions of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Coney Weston, 1434–35 — 1435; English, Suffolk

MS. Gr. class. b. 2 (P)

Contents:
Receipts: eight bankers' receipts — c. 252–239 BC; Egyptian, Gurob

MS. Gr. class. f. 63 (P)

Contents:
Letter (report on revenue (?)) — 7th century, early (?); Egyptian

MS. Gr. class. g. 9 (P)

Contents:
Receipt — 7th century; Egyptian, Arsinoites (Fayum)

MS. Gr. class. g. 10 (P)

Contents:
Poll-tax receipt — 7th century; Egyptian, Arsinoites (Fayum)

MS. Gr. class. g. 37 (P)

Contents:
Receipt for corn-tax — 6th century or 7th century; Egyptian

MS. Hatton 41

Contents:
Returns of knights fees, ecclesiastical benefices, etc., in the county of Kent — c. 1483–85, with 16th century additions; English

MS. Hatton 89

Contents:
Taxatio Ecclesiastica of pope Nicholas IV — 14th century, first half; English

MS. Ital. b. 1

Contents:
Book of payments for rent (?) on an estate in Avignon (?), 1382–93 — 1382–1393; Italian
Letter — 1526; Italian

MS. Jones 21

Contents:
Documents relating to Hereford Cathedral and its property — 1344; English, Hereford

MS. Jones 23

Contents:
Cartulary of Hereford Cathedral — 13th century; English, Hereford

Lady Margaret Hall MS. Borough 16

Contents:
Charter — early thirteenth century; England (Yorkshire)

MS. Lat. hist. a. 3

Contents:
Indenture for renewal of trade treaty between England and Burgundy — 1419; English

MS. Lat. hist. c. 4 (R)

Contents:
Household accounts of Prince Edward of Carnarvon, 1305–6 — 1305–1306; English (?)

MS. Lat. hist. c. 5 (R)

Contents:
Household accounts of Edward II, 1308–9 — 1308–1309; English

MS. Lat. hist. d. 1 (R)

Contents:
Household accounts of Richard de Swinfield, bishop of Hereford, 1289 — 1289–1290; English

MS. Lat. hist. e. 6

Contents:
Letter book of Barking Abbey — 14th century; English, London, Barking Abbey

MS. Lat. liturg. b. 6

Contents:
List of about 15 names of 'fratres et sorores gildae Beatae Mariae' of East Drayton — 15th century, second half; English, East Drayton

MS. Lat. misc. a. 2

Contents:
Dinus Mugellanus, etc. — 14th cent.; Italian
Decretals — 14th cent.
Guido de Baysio — 14th cent.; English
Walter Burley — 14th – 15th cent.
Canon law treatise — 14th cent.
Papal documents — 16th cent.
P. Berchorius — 14th–15th cent.
Justinian — 14th cent.; Italian

MS. Lat. misc. b. 7 (R)

Contents:
Accounts of parts of the earldom of the Marches — 1516; English

MS. Lat. misc. d. 16

Contents:
Certificate of the application of the rev. Nycolaus Eytensheim for a prebend in St. Mary's church at Eystadt, 1360 — German
Recommendation by the archbishop of Cologne addressed to the prioress and convent of St. Agatha in that city of a person to be elected prebend in the convent, 1380 — German

MS. Lat. misc. d. 93

Contents:
Commission of the College of Notaries of Pavia entrusting the records of certain deceased notaries to Marchinus Stephani de Canibus — 1480; Italian
Copies of charters issued by the Dukes of Milan in 1417 and 1451 to the family of Cavazzi della Somaglia — 1505; Italian

MS. Lat. misc. e. 25

Contents:
Record of a sale by ser Baptista son of Johannes Turco of two houses in Treviso on 16 December 1496 — Italian, Treviso

MS. Lat. misc. e. 103

Contents:
Formularies, mainly of the school of William Kingsmill; England, mid-15th century

MS. Laud Misc. 621

Contents:
Statutes of Corpus Christi College, Oxford — 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Laud Misc. 625

Contents:
William Charite (d. 1502) — 15th century, end; English

MS. Laud Misc. 642

Contents:
Chartulary of the Gilbertine priory of Alvingham, Lincolnshire — 13th and 14th centuries; English

MS. Laud Misc. 659

Contents:
Johannes Auerbach, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Laud Misc. 663

Contents:
Dogale — 16th century; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 715

Contents:
Dogale — c. 1578; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 716

Contents:
Ordonnances de l'ordre de la Toisor d'or — 15th century; French

MS. Laud Misc. 723

Contents:
Calendarial tables — 13th century; English
Cartulary of Merton Priory — 15th century; English

MS. Lyell 32

Contents:
Documents relating to royal forests, Legal pieces — 15th century, second half; English

MS. Lyell 87

Contents:
Charter — 1069; Spanish

MS. Rawl. A. 146

Contents:
Divorce proceedings of Henry Holand, Duke of Exeter, and Anne Plantagenet, 1470–1471 — 15th century, after 1470; English

MS. Rawl. A. 269

Contents:
Papal bulls, etc., mostly relating to Spain and Portugal, 1471–1715

MS. Rawl. A. 357

Contents:
Carta feodi, Ordinances relating to Romney Marsh — 15th century (after 1421); English

MS. Rawl. A. 388

Contents:
Hugh of St.-Victor, etc. — 13th century

MS. Rawl. B. 326

Contents:
Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey: register of presentations, grants of corrodies, etc., 1421–1539 — 15th and 16th centuries; English

MS. Rawl. B. 328

Contents:
Usuardus, etc. — 14th century; English

MS. Rawl. B. 329

Contents:
Cartulary of Hereford Cathedral — 15th century; English
Cartulary of Hereford Cathedral — 13th century, end - 14th century, beginning; English

MS. Rawl. B. 394

Contents:
Rent-roll of the possessions of Sir Richard Southwell, Norfolk (1545–1546) — 16th century; English, Norfolk