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Miscellaneous Monastic records

These include a copy of an exemplification of charters granting churches and tithes to the Abbey of Albemarle 1154-9 [DHO/16/5]; copy of an inquisition ad quod damnum for Bolton Priory 1317 [DHO/5/31] and a copy of a grant of land 1307 [DHO/12/58]; copy of an agreement dated 1432 of William Byrt, Prior of the convent of Bynham, Norfolk, for holding divine service and for installing a bell weighing 800 pounds [DDSQ(3)/19/1]; 1379 grant of the advowson of Wressle to Drax Priory and a 1458 gift [DDEV/27/1; DDEV/30/1]; special indulgence of 1309 by the Patriarch of the Holy Church of Jerusalem and Bishop of Durham to Guisborough Priory for a canon to serve in the chapel at Hartlepool [DDCA(2)/40/1]; a plan of the foundations of Haltemprice Priory 1959 [DDX/16/339]; a late 13th century gift and the grant of the manor of Burstall in 1394 to Kirkstall Abbey in Burley [DDPA/1/1; DHO/13/108]; a 13th century gift, a copy of the grant of free warren 1293, extracts from the chartulary 1160-82 and a copy of the 1294 grant of Pocklington manor to Meaux Priory [DDEV/12/1, 21; DHO/13/35; DHO/16/6]; a copy of the chartulary of North Ferriby Priory [DDX/16/158]; copy of an inquisition ad quod damnum 1322 and a copy of confirmation of a grant 1152 for Nunkeeling Priory [DHO/5/39; DHO/16/3]; early 13th century gift to the Priory of St Andrew in Naburn near York [DDPA/7/2]; copy of the grant of tithes in Holderness to the Abbey of St Martin of Albemarle 1127 [DHO/16/1]; a copy of the exemption of St Mary's Abbey, York, from courts 1308 [DHO/13/44]; copy of the confirmation by Henry II of a gift to Thornton Abbey 1154, copy of the grant of a market to Thornton Abbey at Faxfleet, an inspection of charters 1301 and copies of grants of land 1217, 1241 and 1300 [DHO/12/13, 24-25, 57; DHO/16/9-10]; copy of an inquisition ad quod damnum 1334 and the grant of the manor of Waxham to Warter Priory 1350 [DHO/5/47; DHO/13/100] and a copy of the inquisition of the temporalities of the Archbishop of York 1340 [DHO/6/62]. For Scotland, there are medieval title deeds for Sweetheart Abbey including grants to the Maxwell family in the 1530s [DDEV/80].