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Charter of King Duncan II of Scotland, [1093 x 1094] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 554. Duncan 1999)
Writ of William II confirming grant of King Edgar [1095 ?] (Bishop & Chaplais, no. viii: DCM, Misc. Ch. 973)
View background/transcription of document 1.1.Reg.7Writ of William II concerning Billingham, [c.1090] (DCM, 1.1.Reg.7; Scriptores tres App. p. xx. Regesta i, no. 344)
1100
View background/transcript for document 2.1.Reg.5Charter of Henry I, 1109 (DCM, 2.1.Reg.5; Scriptores tres App. pp. xxxii-iii. Regesta ii, no. 918)
Forged writs of Henry I (DCM, 2.1.Reg.17 (genuine), 2.1.Reg.11, 2.1.Reg.14, 3.1.Reg.6. Regesta ii, nos 505, 502-504; Chaplais 1960)
Confirmation of cathedral chapter of episcopal grant, [1149 ? x 1154] (DCM, 1.6.Spec.20)
Charter of Henry II [1166 X 1169] (DCM, 1.2.Reg.12) OR [1155 x 1157] (DCM, 3.1.Reg.9) OR [1154 x 1166] (DCM, 3.1.Reg.4)
Writs of Henry II [1154 x 1173] (DCM, 2.1.Reg.2, 3.1.Reg.2)
Forged [c.1160-70] charter of Bishop William of St Calais (1080-96) (DCM, 1.1.Pont.4a; Durham Episcopal Charters no. 4a)
Grant, with warranty, recording perambulation, [c.1165] (DCM, 4.2.Spec.34)
Grant of marriage portion, [1172 x 1177] (DCM, 1.5.Spec.4)
Private charter, [c.1180] (DCM, 3.7.Spec.21; Feodarium p. 125)
Draft charter, 1180 (DCM, 4.9.Spec.30; Feodarium pp. 141-42)
Chirograph settlement, 1189 (DCM, 4.16.Spec.45b; cf. Surtees Soc. 95 pp. 204-05 and 212-13)
Cartulary copy, [c.1215], of grant of Bishop Hugh with reversion, [1189 x 1195] ((DCM, Cart. El. Parv. p. 83)
Charter recording vif-gage, [1192] (DCM, 4.1.Finc.43)
Charter recording sale, [c.1192] (DCM, 1.1.Finc.10)
Charter recording gift in free alms, [c.1192] (DCM, 4.1.Finc.33; The Priory of Finchale ..., pp. 11-12)
Cartularly copy, [c.1408], of lost grant of wheat, [1190 x 1208] (DCM, Cart. II f. 1r) NB. LARGE FILE
1200
File copy (contrabrevium) for exchange at Billingham, [c.1200] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 6484; Feodarium p. 31)
  Transcription of contrabrevium
Letters of protection of King John [1199 or 1203] (DCM, 3.1.Reg.17)
Charter endowing chantry, [1208 x ? 1213] (DCM, 4.16.Spec.24)
Mandate of Pope Innocent III to judges delegate, 1211 (DCM, 3.1.Pap.5; Cheney & Cheney, no. 894)
  Calendar of mandate of Pope Innocent III
Charter granting rent and service for 20 years, with warranty, [1212] (DCM, 3.1.Elemos.14)
Grant of two brothers "cum tota sequela", [ x 1220] (DCM, 1.2.Finc.67)
Sworn undertaking of parson of Bedlington, [c.1220] (DCM, Misc. Ch.374)
Appropriation of Aycliffe church by Bishop Marsh, [c.1220], with braid for sealing-tag (DCM, 2.2.Pont 2a. Snape, no. XX)
Cartulary copy, [c.1225], of appropriation (DCM, Misc. Ch. 7177 fol. 20r, restored)
Cartulary copy, [c.1225], of quit-claim by final concord following an assize of darrein presentment, 1218 (DCM, Cart. Vet. f. 61r)
Cartulary copy, [c.1500], of grant in Newcastle, [1220 x 1234] (DCM, Communar's Cart. f. 16v)
Depositions, [1225] (DCM, 2.5.Pont.1 mm. 5-6)
Indulgence for replacement etc. of vaulting, 1235 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1512)
Notification of admission, institution, etc., 1236 (DCM, 2.1.Archiep.20)
Grant of Billingham vicarage, [1234 x 1244] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 67)
Chirograph undertaking, [1234 X 1244] (DCM, 3.9.Spec.8; Piper (1992), 39)
Profession slips (DCM Misc. Ch. 6067a, 1a)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Chirograph agreement, 1243 (DCM, 2.14.Spec.41)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Will, 1248 (DCM, 3.15.Spec.6)
1250
Starr of Deulecres and Jornin, sons of Jose of Kent, 1250 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4455. Ed. Birnbaum)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Private charter, c.1250 (DCM, 2.1.Spec.19)
Return of inquest into Dinsdale church, 1253 (DCM, 1.11.Spec.10)
Lease of Dinsdale church, 1255 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1660)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Licence by Henry III, 1257 (DCM, 1.2.Reg.13)
Settlement of claim to dower, [c.1265] (DCM, 2.1.Elemos.26a)
Ordinance for vicarage, 1269 (DCM, 3.1.Archiep.4)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Receipt for deposited cash, 1269 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4033)
Formulary, [c.1270] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5712 m. 2)
Concession of freedom to mine coal and transport it, [1258 x 1290] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 2114*)
Bond foregoing right to warranty or recompense, [1275: see 4.1.Elemos.16] (DCM, 4.1.Elemos.17)
File copy of manumission, 1276 (DCM, Loc.XXVIII:1h)
File copy, altered, of presentation, 1277 (DCM, Misc. 5199)
Subscriptions of monks to Bishop Bek's election, 1283 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5709a) NB. LARGE FILE
Mandate of Pope Martin IV for a case to be heard, 1284 (DCM, 4.2.Pap.4)
Receipt for payment for [Bordeaux] wine bought at Hull, 1290 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3690)
Absolution from irregular excommunication, 1292 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4119)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Writs of Edward I for inquest, etc., 1292 and 1294 (1.5.Ebor.44, 1.5.Ebor.12)
Receipts of notary for pension, 1295, 1297 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3996, 3465, 3838)
Allowance of expenses against collection of taxation, 1296 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4870)
Notification concerning title-deeds handed over, seal-tag cut from [draft], [s. xiii/xiv] (DCM Misc. Ch. 172)
1300
Confirmation of grant of wax, [x 1303 / 1306] (DCM, 4.1.Sacr.15)
Notarial appointment of proctors, 1302 (DCM, Loc.VII:17)
Receipt for part repayment of loan, 1303 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4922)
Appointment of proctor to collect wool, 1303 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4427)
Receipt, with bond, for loan of a book, 1304 (DCM, Misc. Ch.4130)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Notarial instruments, 1305 and 1306 (DCM, Loc.VII:7, Loc.VII:65)
Receipt of proctor in the papal curia, 1312 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3841)
Cellarer's account, 1313-14 (DCM)
  Registered copy of visitation injunctions, 1314 (DCM, Reg. II f. 51)
Indented grant for life of a dovecot, [s. xiv in.] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1572)
Order for payment to Robert Bruce, 1318 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4265)
Receipt for payment by the community of the bishopric, 1318 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3731).
Indented receipt for receipts of Robert Bruce, 1318 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4399)
Grant of a pension pending a benefice, 1321 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4235)
Receipt, in French, for 200 marks, 1326 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5053)
Prior's free court roll, 1330 (DCM, Loc.IV:54)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Grain and stock sections of Billingham account, 1330-1 (DCM) NB. LARGE FILE
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Foot of fine, 1332 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 229)
Writ of King Edward III for delivery of tax revenues, 1337 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4622)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Indented agreement, 1338 (DCM, 4.14.Spec.36)
Receipt for furred robe, 1340 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3487)
  Enrolled livestock accounts, [1340] - 1341 (DCM, m. 2 face)
Repertory of deeds, [c.1340] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 426 f. 5)
Inquest on articles of the crown, 1341 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1611)
Indentures waiving 80% of arrears, 1343 (DCM, 5.2.Elemos.5a and 5b)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Rental, 1343-4 (DCM, Bursar's Book A fol. 82v) NB. LARGE FILE
  Inspeximus by prior and chapter of episcopal appointment, 1344 (DCM, Reg. II f. 29r; Registrum palatinum iii,374, from another copy of appointment)
View documentLetter, in French, of the queen concerning episcopal election, [1345] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5375)
Charter setting up tail for descent of property, 1346 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 88)
1350
Balance, with schedule, of bursar's account, 1350-1 (DCM, Bursar's Ac. 1350-1 (A))
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Section of bursar's account, 1356-7 (DCM, Bursar's Ac. 1356-7 (A); extr. Surtees Soc. 100,558)
Indented memorandum of account, in French, 1359 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1464 [Claxton])
Depositions over distance between York and the diocese of Durham, 1361 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 2610 mm. 2-3)
Petition to the king, in French, [s. xiv2] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 218)
  Bishop Hatfield's register, 1362 (DCM, Reg. Hat. f 57r)
Discharge of executors, 1363 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 3370)
  Bond for payment for wool, with seal of the Statute Merchant for Newcastle, 1366 (DCM, 3.13.Spec.28)
Building expenses on new kitchen, [1366-68] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 7264)
Inquest into rightful holder of burgage, 1374 (DCM, 1.2.Sacr.26)
Mortgage, 1375 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 6319)
Mortmain licence of Bishop Hatfield, with chancery seal, 1379 (DCM, 3.9.Pont.10a)
Indented record of cash offerings at St Cuthbert's shrine, 1379 (DCM, Feretrar's receipts 1379)
  Registered copy of commission of prior of Durham, 1380 (DCM, Reg. II f. 212v)
Grant, in French, of an annual fallow-deer, 1383 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 392)
Illuminated document, 1386 (DCM, 4.5.Ebor.4b)
  Grant of corrody, with bond and defeasance, 1386 (DCM, Reg. II f. 215r)
Draft record of inquisition ad quod dampnum, 1388 (DCM, 1.11.Pont.3)
Testimonal (galled) of prior of Bermondsey of a monk's good behaviour, 1386 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 410)
Ludus account, 1392 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 211)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Section of Halmote court roll, Summer 1394 (DCM)
1400
Forces at clergy muster, 1400 (DCM, Loc.XIX:128)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Inspeximus confirmation of Henry IV, 1401 (DCM, 1.5.Reg.1)
  Indented dormitory building account, 1400-02 (DCM, Loc.II:13/6-8) ON DISPLAY
Contract for work on the dormitory, 1402 (DCM, Loc.II:13/17)
Oath of fidelity of William Raket, 1402 (DCM, Loc.XXVIII:3/1)
Mandate of bishop for attendance at parliament, 1402 (DCM, Loc.XX:8/4)
Receipt to monastic subcollector for first instalment of tax, 1403 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 4185)
Comperta of parochial visitation utraque sede vacante, [1406] (DCM, 1.12.Pont.8)
Cartularly copy, [c.1408], of lost grant of wheat, [1190 x 1208] (DCM, Cart. II f. 1r)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Holy Island account, 1408-9 (DCM)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Holy Island inventory, [1408-9] (DCM)
Licence of [cardinal] bishop to choose a confessor, 1409 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 454)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Indented lease, 1410 (DCM, 2.2.Sacr.3a)
Letters for obit-roll bearer, 1412 (DCM, Loc.I:17)
View the background/transcription Registered copy, [c.1415], of exchange (DCM, Reg. I,i fol. 65r)
General pardon of King Henry [V], 1416 (DCM, 2.5.Reg.1)
  List of chancellor's books, 1421 (DCM, Reg. II f. 156v)
Mandate for publication of excommunication, 1423 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 6565+)
Receipt of abbot of Bury as collector of Benedictine contribution, 1424 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 413)
  Bishop Langley's register, 1425 (DCM, Reg. Lang. f. 122v)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Letter, in English, of countess of Westmorland, c.1425 (DCM, Loc.XXV:124)
View the background/transcription Registered copy of presentation, 1427 (DCM, Reg. III fol. 126r)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6 Freehold survey, 1430 (DCM, Feodarium p. 21; Feodarium pp. 34-35)
View the background/transcription of document 3.15.Spec.6Registered copy of letters of confraternity, 1431 (DCM, Reg. III fol. 139r)
Will + probate, 1431 (DCM, 1.1.Spec.71)
Licence of King Henry [VI] to elect a bishop, 1437 (DCM, 2.5.Reg.3)
Mandate to induct, 1438 (DCM, 1.2.Arch.Dunelm.12)
Receipt for silver plates and salts, 1438 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 6004)
Indenture of apprenticeship, 1439: (DCM, Loc.XXVIII:17)
Map, c.1440 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5828/12; Local Maps ..., no. 15)
Indented agreement over pasture, sealed by 26 free tenants, 1442 (DCM, 4.16.Spec.26
Visitation comperta, 1442 (DCM, 1.9.Pont.3)
  Court of the prior's official, 1445 (DCM, Court Book f. 59)
Coal-mining reckonings for Rainton pits, 1446 - [1453] (DCM, Terrar's Bk f. 34)
Certificate of citation to appear at visitation, 1449 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5187)
1450
Grain receipts, [1451-2 ?] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 7276)
Indented attestation of delivery of documents, 1456 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5252
Indulgence for central tower, 1459 (DCM, 2.13.Pont.12; Transactions of the Architectural &
Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland
3, 71-72)
  Registered copy of prior's letter, [1456] (DCM, Reg. Parv. III f. 79r)
Excommunication, in English, 1459 (DCM, 4.4.Spec.15)
Repertory of deeds, [c.1463] (DCM, Repertorium magnum ff. 70r, 19v detail)
  Bursar-Granator indentures, 1467-8 (DCM)
Letter, in English, of Edward IV, [1473] (DCM, Loc.XXV:87)
Verdict concerning the descendants of John of Middleton, multiple seals [c. 1475: Misc. Ch. 2093] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 2091)
Indented agreement, in English, signed and sealed, 1490 (DCM, 3.18.Spec.35)
Grant to trustees, signed and sealed, 1490 (DCM, 3.18.Spec.36)
Quit-claim, signed and sealed, 1490 (DCM, 3.18.Spec.38)
Bond and defeasance, signed and sealed, 1490 (DCM, 3.18.Spec.39)
Letter of attorney to receive seisin, 1482 (DCM, 4.18.Spec.69)
Collation of chantry, 1485 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 2385)
Instructions of Henry VII to commissioners for treating with the king of Scots, [1490] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 1490. Cf. Bain, Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, IV,317 no. 1559)
Probate inventory, 1498 (DCM, Loc.VIII:9)
1500
Crossgate borough court, 1503 (DCM, Crossgate Court Book f. 59r)
Cartulary copy, [c.1500], of grant in Newcastle, [1220 x 1234] (DCM, Communar's Cart. f. 16v)
  Cartulary copy, s. xv/xvi, of depositions [c.1348] (Ushaw College MS 25 fol. 113)
Matching feet of fine, 1504 (DCM, 1.4.Spec.95)
  Sanctuary petitions, 1519 (DCM, Reg. V f. 172v)
Rent-book, 1524-5 (DCM, Hostiller's rent-book f. 10v)
Bill of complaint, [1520 x 1529] (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5621a)
Letter reporting receipt of £13 6s. 8d., 1525 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 2046)
  Account of the proctor of Norham, 1525-6 (DCM)
Lease of corn tithes, 1539 (DCM, Misc. Ch. 5166)
  Locellus box