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An anthology of Chancery English
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Text 1
Early Date?:
C81/1326/36:
Signet of Henry V (exemplar)
Text 2
1417:
C81/1364/34:
Signet of Henry V
Text 3
1417:
C81/1364/36:
Signet of Henry V
Text 4
1417:
C81/1364/37:
Signet of Henry V (damaged)
Text 5
1417:
SC1/43/157:
Signet of Henry V
Text 6
1417:
C81/1364/38:
Signet of Henry V
Text 7
1417:
C81/1364/39:
Signet of Henry V
Text 8
1417:
C81/1364/40:
Signet of Henry V
Text 9
1417:
C81/1364/41:
Signet of Henry V
Text 10
1417:
C81/1542/9:
Signet of Henry V
Text 11
1418:
C81/1364/42:
Signet of Henry V (right side torn off)
Text 12
1418:
C81/1364/43:
Signet of Henry V (damaged)
Text 13
1418:
C81/1364/44:
Signet of Henry V (left side missing)
Text 14
1418:
Cotton Vesp. C. XII. fol. 155:
Signet of Henry V
Text 15
1418:
C81/1364/45:
Signet of Henry V
Text 16
1418:
SC1/43/158:
Signet of Henry V
Text 17
1418:
C81/1364/47:
Signet of Henry V
Text 18
1418:
C81/1364/46:
Signet of Henry V (Right side missing)
Text 19
1418:
C81/1364/48:
Signet of Henry V
Text 20
1418:
C81/1364/49:
Signet of Henry V
Text 21
1418:
C81/1364/50:
Signet of Henry V (right margin missing)
Text 22
1418:
C81/1364/51:
Signet of Henry V
Text 23
1418:
C81/1364/52:
Signet of Henry V
Text 24
1418:
C81/1364/53:
Signet of Henry V
Text 25
1418:
C81/1364/54:
Signet of Henry V
Text 26
1418:
C81/1364/55:
Signet of Henry V
Text 27
1418:
C81/1364/56:
Signet of Henry V
Text 28
1418:
C81/1364/58:
Signet of Henry V
Text 29
1418:
C81/1364/57:
Signet of Henry V
Text 30
1418:
C81/1364/59:
Signet of Henry V
Text 31
1418:
C81/1364/60:
Signet of Henry V
Text 32
1418:
C81/1364/61:
Signet of Henry V
Text 33
1418:
C81/1364/62:
Signet of Henry V
Text 34
1418:
C81/1364/63:
Signet of Henry V
Text 35
1418:
C81/1364/64:
Signet of Henry V
Text 36
1418:
C81/1364/65:
Signet of Henry V (rubbed)
Text 37
1418:
C81/1364/66:
Signet of Henry V
Text 38
1418:
C81/1364/67:
Signet of Henry V
Text 39
1418:
C81/1364/68:
Signet of Henry V
Text 40
1418:
C81/1364/69 :
Petition from St. Mary Graces
Text 41
1418:
C81/1364/70:
Signet of Henry V
Text 42
1418:
C81/1364/71:
Signet of Henry V
Text 43
1418:
Cotton Galba B.I. fol. 164:
Signet of Henry
Text 44
1418:
C81/1364/72:
Signet of Henry V
Text 45
1418:
C81/1364/73:
Signet of Henry V
Text 46
1418:
Cotton Julius B. VI. fol. 97:35:
Signet of Henry V
Text 47
1419:
C81/1366/8:
Signet of Henry V
Text 48
1419:
C81/1364/74:
Signet of Henry V
Text 49
1419:
C/81/1366/10:
Signet of Henry V
Text 50
1419:
C81/1366/5:
Signet of Henry V
Text 51
1419:
SC1/43/162:
Signet of Henry V
Text 52
1419:
C81/1366/9:
Signet of Henry V
Text 53
1419:
C81/1366/15:
Signet of Henry V (Right corner missing, approximately one fifth of the first four lines)
Text 54
1419:
C81/1366/6:
Signet of Henry V
Text 55
1419:
C81/1365/1:
Signet of Henry V
Text 56
1419:
C81/1365/2:
Signet of Henry V
Text 57
1419:
Cotton Galba B.I fol. 157:
Signet of Henry
Text 58
1419:
C81/1365/4:
Signet of Henry V
Text 59
1419:
C81/1365/3:
Signet of Henry V
Text 60
1419:
C81/1366/13:
Signet of Henry V
Text 61
1419:
C81/1365/5:
Signet of Henry V
Text 62
1419:
C81/1365/6:
Signet of Henry V
Text 63
1419:
C81/1365/7:
Signet of Henry V
Text 64
1419:
C81/1365/8:
Signet of Henry V
Text 65
1419:
C81/1365/9:
Signet of Henry V
Text 66
1419:
E28/33/5:
Signet of Henry V
Text 67
1419:
C81/1365/10:
Signet of Henry V
Text 68
1419:
C81/1365/11:
Signet of Henry V
Text 69
1419:
Cotton Vesp. F. I. fol. 104:
Signet of Henry V
Text 70
1417:
Cotton Vesp. F. III. fol. 8.:
Autograph draft by Henry V?
Text 71
1420:
E28/33/13:
Signet of Henry V
Text 72
1419:
C81/1365/12:
Signet of Henry V
Text 73
1420-21:
SC1/43/160:
Signet of Henry V
Text 74
1420:
C81/1365/13:
Signet of Henry V
Text 75
1420:
C81/1366/1:
Signet of Henry V
Text 76
1420:
C81/1365/15:
Signet of Henry V
Text 77
1420:
SC1/43/161:
Signet of Henry V
Text 78
1420:
C81/1365/16:
Signet of Henry V
Text 79
1420:
C81/1365/17:
Signet of Henry V
Text 80
1420:
C81/1365/18:
Signet of Henry V
Text 81
[Date missing]:
C54/270/m17d:
Signet of Henry V
Text 82
1420:
C81/1365/19:
Signet of Henry V
Text 83
1420:
C81/1365/20:
Signet of Henry V
Text 84
1420:
C81/1365/21:
Signet of Henry V
Text 85
1420:
C81/1365/22:
Signet of Henry V
Text 86
1420:
C81/1365/23:
Signet of Henry V
Text 87
1420:
C81/1543/21:
Signet of Henry V
Text 88
1420:
C81/1365/24:
Signet of Henry V
Text 89
1420:
C81/1365/26:
Signet of Henry V
Text 90
1421:
C81/1365/28:
Signet of Henry V (right side torn)
Text 91
1421:
C81/1365/29:
Signet of Henry V (right margin torn)
Text 92
1421:
C81/1365/30:
Signet of Henry V (top torn)
Text 93
1421:
SC1/43/159:
Signet of Henry V
Text 94
1421:
C81/1365/31:
Signet of Henry V
Text 95
1421:
C81/1365/32:
Signet of Henry V
Text 96
1421:
E101/188/10/2:
Signet of Henry V
Text 97
1421:
C81/1365/33:
Signet of Henry V
Text 98
1421:
C81/1365/25:
Signet of Henry V
Text 99
1421:
C81/1365/27:
Signet of Henry V
Text 100
1421:
C81/1365/34:
Signet of Henry V (torn)
Text 101
1422:
C81/1365/35:
Signet of Henry V
Text 102
1422:
C81/1365/36:
Signet of Henry V
Text 103
1422:
C81/1365/37:
Signet of Henry V
Text 104
1422:
E101/188/10/1:
Signet of Henry V
Text 105
1422:
C81/1366/12:
Signet of Henry V
Text 106
1434:
E28/55/1:
Signet (Initialed)R h
Text 107
1440:
E28/63/5:
Signet or Privy Seal (draft)
Text 108
1452 :
SC1/43/184:
Signet (Initialed) R h
Text 109
1455:
SC1/43/182:
Signet (right margin torn off)
Text 110
c1408:
E28/29:
Letter of Thomas Fry, Clerk of the Privy Seal (right side torn off)
Text 111
After 1415:
E28/37/105:
Letter of William Soper, Clerk of the Exchequer, to the Chancellor
Text 112
After 1417:
Cotton Vesp. F.XIII. fol.71:
Letter of Thomas Longley , Bishop of Durham, Chancellor, possibly to Henry V.
Text 113
1420:
SC1/43/192:
Letter, possibly of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, to Henry V
Text 114
1420:
SC1/51/118:
Petition of John Cappe
Text 115
1421:
E28/35/13-14:
Privy Seal: Council Business
Text 116
1427:
Cleopatra F IV fol.3:
Privy Council Minute Book
Text 117
1423:
E28/41/75:105:
Privy Seal: for the King, to John, Duke of Bedford
Text 118
1423:
E28/39:
Petition of Janyn Cassons
Text 119
1423:
E28/40/18:
Petition of Maud Fosbroke, drynurse (first of three versions)
Text 120
1423:
E28/40/19:
Petition of Margaret Brothnam (second version)
Text 121
1423:
E28/40/20:
Petition of Joan Asteley (third version)
Text 122
1424:
Cleopatra F IV fol. 17v-18r:
Privy Council Minute Book
Text 123
1429:
E28/50/9:
Petition of William Pope, royal retainer (right side faded)
Text 124
1430:
E28/51/69:
Petition on behalf of the retainers of the Earl of Ormond (right side torn off)
Text 125
1432-36:
SC1/44/8:
Letter of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, to the Chancellor
Text 126
1423-50:
C81/1715/39:
Letter of Richard, Duke of York, to the Chancellor
Text 127
After 1432:
SC1/44/12:
Letter of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, to the Chancellor
Text 128
After 1432:
C1/12/179:
Petition of Richard Selby, possibly Clerk of Chancery
Text 129
1435:
SC1/44/45:
Letter of Richard, Duke of York, possibly to John Frank, Master of Rolls
Text 130
1435:
E28/56/1:
Privy Seal: Summons to Parliament (draft with titles of recipients attached)
Text 131
1436:
E28/56/28:
Privy Seal: Council Business
Text 132
1436:
E28/57A:
Privy Seal: Summons to Arms (first of three versions)
Text 133
1436:
E28/57B:
Privy Seal: Summons to Arms (second version, badly damaged, in a smaller hand than A)
Text 134
1436:
E28/57C:
Privy Seal: Summons to Arms (third version)
Text 135
1436:
E/28/56/40:
Privy Seal: Instructions to Sir John Stokes and other Ambassadors (draft)
Text 136
1436:
E28/57D/23:
Privy Seal: Commission to Richard, Duke of York(corrected draft)
Text 137
1436:
E28/57/28:
Privy Seal: Confirmation of a Commission (corrected)
Text 138
1436:
E28/58/15:
Petition of John Stok, royal retainer (Initialed) R h nous avons graunte
Text 139
1437:
E28/58/62:
Privy Seal: Petition of William Soper, Clerk of the Exchequer
Text 140
1437:
E28/59/21:
Petition of Thomas Frank, Clerk of the Privy Seal (Initialed) R h
Text 141
1437:
E28/58/4:
Petition of William Walysby, Treasurer to Queen Katherine (Initialed) R h nous auouns graunte
Text 142
1437:
C49/22/18:
Deposition signed by Adam Moleyns
Text 143
1438:
E28/62/10:
Petition of John Croke, Clerk of the Exchequer (Initialed) R
Text 144
1438:
E28/60/59:
Petition of John Tiptoft. Adam Moleyns' note at the end.
Text 145
1438:
E28/60/47:
Petition to the Council concerning the Ship Maryknight. Moleyns' notation at the end.
Text 146
1438:
E28/62/10/40:
Petition for Clarehall, Cambridge, to take over Godshouse Grammar School (right end water damaged)
Text 147
1438:
E28/61C:
Petition of Thomas Colland, Oxford Scholar (Superscript notation of grant; non-Chancery secretary hand)
Text 148
1438:
E28/61/3:
Royal Warrant, written by Adam Moleyns (Initialed) R
Text 149
1439:
E28/63/42:
Petition of Richard, Earl of Salisbury (Initialed) R
Text 150
1439:
E28/59/74:
Royal Warrant written by Adam Moleyns
Text 151
1440:
E28/65/27:4:
Privy Seal: Royal Grant. Note by William Bekynton. Initialed R h
Text 152
1440(?):
SC1/61/59:
Privy Seal: Summons to the Court of Chancery
Text 153
1440:
E28/64/27:
Petition of William, Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds (Initialed) R
Text 154
c1440 :
E28/27/71:124:
Privy Seal: Summons to appear before the Privy Council (draft with addresses)
Text 155
1440s:
SC1/61/60 :
Privy Seal: Summons to the Court of Chancery
Text 156
1441:
E28/66/34:
Royal Indenture
Text 157
1446:
SC1/44/13:
Signet of Queen Margaret: Letter concerning a case in Chancery
Text 158
1450:
C49/26/18:
Minutes of Council Action (Initialed) R h
Text 159
c1450:
Cotton Cleopatra F.IV. fol.126-27:
Petition of Thomas Has eley, Clerk of the Crown
Text 160
1454-55:
C1/24/79:
Petition of Richard Sturgeon, Clerk of the Crown
Text 161
l388:
SC8/20/997:
Petition of the Mercers of London
Text 162
Before 1413:
E28/29/69:
Petition of Cecily Tikell of London
Text 163
1414:
SC8/23/1143A:
Petition of Thomas Paunfeld of Cambridgeshire
Text 164
Between 1416 and 1421:
C1/1/21:
Petition of Rauf atte Ree of Lancashire (right end water damaged and torn)
Text 165
Before 1417:
C1/1/14:
Petition of William Dodde, royal retainer
Text 166
Before 1421:
C1/1/18:
Petition of Roger Wodehill of Strete, Devon
Text 167
1421:
SC8/24/1168:
Petition of the Soldiers in Calais
Text 168
1423:
E28/41/76:
Petition of Thomas Rokeby, royal retainer
Text 169
1423:
E28/41/103:
Letter accompanying payment to the soldiers (draft)
Text 170
1424:
E28/43/58:35:
Petition of Thomas Burton concerning prisoners in France
Text 171
Between 1424-26:
C1/1/25 :
Petition of John Staverne of Canterbury
Text 172
Before 1424-26:
C1/1/26 :
Petition of Johan Kymburley of Derby (right end rubbed; matter in parentheses supplied from PC)
Text 173
Before 1424-26:
C1/1/27:
Petition of Willyam Midylton of Holderness, Yorkshire
Text 174
1425:
SC8/24/1197:
Petition by Commons for speedy trial of Lollards
Text 175
1426:
E28/47/83:
Petition of Baltazar Vivald of Genoa
Text 176
1427:
E28/48/19:4:
Petition of the Mayor and Citizens of Southampton
Text 177
1427-1428:
SC8/25/1222:
Petition on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Text 178
1429:
E28/51/A6:
Petition of the residents of Uchayron Percell, Wales
Text 179
1430-31:
C49/20/1:
Conditions of Payment of a Parliamentary Subsidy
Text 180
1430-31:
C49/20/2:
Conditions of Payment of a Parliamentary Subsidy
Text 181
1430-31:
SC8/25/1235:
Petition concerning Payments to Newgate Prisoners
Text 182
1430-31:
C49/19/27:
Parliamentary assent to Peace Negotiations with France
Text 183
1430-31:
SC8/25/1238:
Petition of Levin le Clerc of Ghent
Text 184
1430-31:
SC8/25/1245:
Petition of the residents of Marblethorp, Lincolnshire
Text 185
1432:
SC1/43/166:
Petition of the Bishop of Bath (left top damaged; right top washed)
Text 186
1431:
E28/51/53:
Petition of Jeynkyn Stanlay, royal retainer (damaged)
Text 187
1432:
SC8/26/1271:
Petition of the Citizens of Lymington and Newport, Hampshire
Text 188
1432-39:
SC1/57/121:
Petition of Robert Coker of Somerset
Text 189
After 1432:
C1/1/41:
Petition of Thomas Appelton of Dartford, Kent (right side rubbed; matter in parentheses supplied from PC)
Text 190
After 1432:
C1/1/42:
Petition of Geiffrey Qwyncy of Norwich (right side damaged; matter in parentheses supplied from PC)
Text 191
1433:
E28/54/42:
Petition of Thomas Walton, Chamberlain of North Wales
Text 192
1433:
SC8/277/13830:
Petition of Commons concerning the Stews in Southwark
Text 193
1436:
SC8/27/1309:
Petition of Commons concerning the Stews of Southwark
Text 194
1433:
SC8/26/1281:
Petition concerning the murder of Isabell by her husband John Carpenter of Sussex (right side torn)
Text 195
1433:
Fragment joined to C49/21/14:
Proclamations and Petition concerning the safety of Members of Parliament (damaged)
Text 196
1433:
SC8/27/1303:
Petition of Wylliam Warwyk of Salisbury
Text 197
1433-50:
C1/2/18:21:
Petition of John Bredhill, retainer of John Bate, Clerk of Chancery
Text 198
1434:
E28/54/43:
Petition of the Mayor and Citizens of Limerick
Text 199
1435:
SC8/27/1307:
Petition of Thomas Norton of Bristol
Text 200
1436:
E28/58/56:
Petition of William Norton of Wales
Text 201
1437:
SC8/27/1305:
Petition concerning rape of Isabell, wife of John Boteler of Lancashire
Text 202
1437:
SC8/27/1308:
Petition concerning the estate of Thomas Norton of Bristol
Text 203
1438:
E28/62/36:
Petition of the Weavers of Oxford (Initialed) R h
Text 204
1438:
E28/62/35:
Privy Seal: Warrant transmitting Petition of the Weavers of Oxford
Text 205
1438:
E28/61/11:
Petition of John Loveyn of Normandy
Text 206
1439:
C49/23/14:
Royal Proclamation appointing Tax Collectors
Text 207
1439:
SC8/27/1327:
Petition from Commons to be excused from kissing the king because of the Plague (right end damaged; material in parenthesis supplied from RP)
Text 208
1439:
SC8/27/1328:
Petition of Commons concerning the spice trade
Text 209
1441:
SC1/44/11:
Designation of Power of Attorney by Richard Wydevyll
Text 210
1442:
C49/25/7:
Petition concerning the administration of royal holdings (damaged; unless otherwise noted, material in parentheses is supplied from RP)
Text 211
1443:
SC1/57/89:65:
Petition concerning Fernand Dalueys and his ship Seynt Auton
Text 212
1444:
C49/26/5:
Petition concerning the murder of Isabell, wife of Roger Bakeler, by John Bolton
Text 213
1449:
C49/27/14:
Petition of Commons that Priests be pardoned for all accusations of rape
Text 214
1449:
C49/27/17:
Bill seeking to regularize the collection of customs
Text 215
1449:
SC8/27/1345A:
Petition of John Talbot to be named Chancellor of Ireland
Text 216
1449:
SC8/27/1347:
Petition of Thomas Parr of Cumberland
Text 217
1450:
SC8/2/52:
Petition of Commons concerning trade with Braband, Holland (left margin torn; material in parentheses supplied from RP)
Text 218
1450:
SC8/28/1352:
Petition of the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight
Text 219
1450-54:
C1/19/491:
Petition of Thomas Bodyn (original version)
Text 220
1450-54:
C1/19/492:
Petition of Thomas Bodyn (Chancery copy)
Text 221
1450-54:
C1/19/493:
Answer of Robert Chirch to Petition of Thomas Bodyn
Text 222
1453:
C1/1/70:
Petition of Thomas Fitz Harry and his Wife (right side damaged; matter in parentheses supplied from PC)
Text 223
1453/54:
SC8/29/1446:
Petition of Thomas de la More, Sheriff of Cumberland
Text 224
1454:
SC8/28/1358:
Petition of James, Earl of Wiltshire
Text 225
1454:
C1/2/36/:53:
Petition of John Frebarn of London, lighterman
Text 226
1455:
SC8/28/1363:
Petition of the Abbot and Convent of Seynt Germayne, Yorkshire
Text 227
1455:
SC8/28/1369:
Petition of William Neel and William Laweshull that their grants not be resumed
Text 228
1455:
SC8/28/1373:
Petition of Thomas Scargill that his grant not be resumed
Text 229
1455:
SC8/28/1380A:
Petition of John Heron to be made Constable of the Castel of Bameburgh
Text 230
1455 :
SC8/28/1387:
Petition of Thomas Yong for restitution after his arrest for speaking out in Parliament
Text 231
1455:
SC8/28/1388:
Petition of the Citizens of Oxford
Text 232
1455:
SC8/28/1393:
Petition to Commons of Richard Ford, Clerk of the Exchequer
Text 233
1384:
E40/A1779:
London Indenture
Text 234
1426:
C146/C1223:
Stonor Indenture, London
Text 235
1427:
E28/48/18:
Winchester Indenture
Text 236
c 1428:
C49/22/19:
Bristol Deposition
Text 237
1445:
C146/C3584:
London Indenture
Text 238
1445:
E101/504/19:
Cambridgeshire Indenture
Text 239
1453:
E40/A2495:
London Indenture
Text 240
1456:
E40/A7651:
Northampton Indenture
Text 241
1462:
C146/C273:
Devonshire Indenture