William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, 1027-1086

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Title: king of England and duke of Normandy

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referencedIn FRAGMENT of the Cartulary of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary of Montebourg, in Normandy, diocese of Coutances ; containing copies of charters from kings of France, viz., Philip III., Philip IV., Louis IX., Louis X., and Charles VI., reciting, in ma..., 1157-1460 British Library
creatorOf ELLIS COLLECTION: printed works on Domesday Book annotated by Sir Henry Ellis (b.1777, d.1869), successively Keeper of Printed Books, Keeper of Manuscripts and Principal Librarian of the British Museum; 1797-1860. Partly Latin and French. For other c..., 1797-1860 British Library
referencedIn CONFIRMATION by William the Conqueror of grants from Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to St. Mary's Abbey, Coventry; [1075-1085]. With great seal. British Library
referencedIn FORGED CHARTER of William I to Ramsey Abbey, co. Hunt., confirming the grants of all previous kings, etc., with the alleged date 29 Dec. 1077; 12th cent. Spurious First Great Seal of William I. H. W. C. Davis, Regesta Regum A nglo-Normannorum, i, 106... British Library
referencedIn (i) Photograph of Charter A.1/1, no. 1 in the muniments of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln : a notification by William I of the transfer of the see of Dorchester, co. Oxon., to the city of Lincoln, and of the gift of a site for the church in that cit... British Library
referencedIn "RECUEIL des Principaux Seigneurs qui passerent la mer auec Guillaume, Conquereur d'Angleterre, et de plusieurs autres qui apres le deces du diet Guillaume se retirerent en Augleterre. Ensemble les Gestes, Alliances genealogiques, Mariages et Armarie... British Library
referencedIn PORTION Of Collections for a history of William the Conqueror, said to be in the handwriting of Sir Christopher Hatton, Bart., of Long Stanton, viz. : Copy of the history, apparently prepared for press, begining with the expedition against England, a... British Library
referencedIn Owners of Manuscripts: S. Salvatoris Vicecomitis Abbatia, Constantiensis diocesis.Owners of Manuscripts: Foucault (Nicolaus Josephus), Comes Consistorianus.Gocelinus, Monachus Cantuariensis: Confortarius liber: 12th cent.includes:f. 114 b Saint Tho... British Library
referencedIn CHARTULARY or "Coucher Book" of Selby Abbey, co. York. Latin. The foundation charter of William the Conqueror is included (f.11). The charters are arranged under places, beginning with Selby, except the royal charters, the majority of which are given... British Library
referencedIn COPIES of Royal Grants, Commissions, Pardons, Letters-Patent, etc., chiefly of the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry Vlll., with a few of Edward IV. The dates are often omitted, and chronological order is not followed. In the latter part of the volume a... British Library
referencedIn Codex membranaceus in Quarto grandiori, Eleganter exaratus; Sæc. XIV. in quo continentur 1. De Scaccario. fol. 1. 2. De quatuor Viis regiis. fol. 4 b. 3. Leges Henrici Regis Primi. fol. 5. [Extant in Leg. Anglo-Sax. Wilkins. p. 233-283.] 4. Enumerati... British Library
referencedIn William I of England: Seals. British Library
referencedIn EXTENTS and rentals of various manors or townships belonging to the Abbey of Selby, co. York, viz. Stanford [eo. Northt.]. f. 2 Queningburgh [Queeniborough, co. Leic.]. f. 4 b;-Friston [Monk Friston, W.R., co. York]. Imperfect (cf. 36581). f. 8;-Hill..., 1320-1321 British Library
referencedIn City of Hereford: Casts of seals belonging to the Chapter: 1870.William I of England: Seals. British Library
creatorOf GRANT by Waleran FitzRanulf to St Stephen's Abbey, Caen, of the church of Bures St Mary, co. Suff., together with all other property, etc., of Waleran in Bures, and a house in London, made with a view to the establishment of a dependent priory at Bur... British Library
referencedIn STATUTES of England and documents relating to London, viz.: 1. "Carta de libertatibus Anglie" : Magna Charta, as confirmed by Edw. 1, 1297. Lat. f. 11. 2. "Carta de Foresta" ; as confirmed by Edw. I, 1297. Lat. f . 14. 3. "Prouisiones de Merton" ; 12..., 13th century-15th century British Library
referencedIn LEGAL COLLECTIONS, etc., in Latin: a compilation (perhaps made in Cheshire, v. art. 11, etc.), of which a large part (artt. 10, 1, 6, 2-5) is closely akin to Harley MS. 746. Some account of the MS. relations of these articles will be found in the wor..., approximately 1300 British Library
referencedIn Liber vitae ('The New Minster Liber Vitae'), approximately 1031-1771 British Library
referencedIn ROLL of arms and inscriptions said to have been painted on the wall of the refectory of Ely Minster, recording the names and arms of forty knights who, according to the legend recorded in the Latin text of the roll, were quartered on the Abbey by Wil..., 16th century British Library
referencedIn PERAMBULATIONS of Royal Forests in cos. Huntingdon and Gloucester and several other counties, made tempp. Hen. III.-Edw. I. Lat. and Fr. At the end are copies of :-(a) Charter of Edward the Confessor concerning the endowment of Westminster Abbey, 5 ... British Library
referencedIn SPURIOUS GRANT of liberties to Battle Abbey by William I; n.d. Written in a 12th cent. hand. Seal wanting. An alternative version of the similarly spurious charter calendared by H. W. C. Davis, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, i, 1913, as no. 262 (cf... British Library
referencedIn includes:ff. 1-54 Ranulph Higden, Chronicler: Polychronicon, lib. i.: 15th cent.ff. 54 b-57 b Vespasian and Titus; Emperor of Rome: Res gestæ sub: 15th cent.ff. 57 b-59 b Anecdotes: Exempla quorundam morum: 15th cent.ff. 60-70 b Our Saviour J... British Library
referencedIn William I of England: Seals. British Library
referencedIn 509. INSPEXIMUS by Ralph, Prior of St. Mary of Karlo [Carlisle], of the following grants and confirmations made to St. Mary's Abbey, York:- British Library
referencedIn ARTHUR AGARD, AL. AGARDE, ANTIQUARY: Abstract of the Great Domesday; circa early 17th cent. Copy. Latin and Old English. Agard (1540-1615), a clerk in the Receipt of the Exchequer from 1570 and one of its two deputy chamberlains from 1603, had comple... British Library
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