Great cowcher or carte regum, II. Register of evidences of title for the Duchy of...

Great cowcher or carte regum, II. Register of evidences of title for the Duchy of Lancaster and its constituent parts, including the earldoms of Lancaster, Leicester, Derby and Lincoln, dated Hen I-Hen IV. The volume contains numbered charters copied into the Cowcher, with the majority describing transactions involving land and property, often giving details of landscape, urban and rural settlement and the nature of tenure across the duchy's estates. The duchy's medieval holdings encompassed numerous properties across the whole of England, including estates in Berkshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, London, Middlesex, (the manor of the Savoy), Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and South Wales. Items in this piece are dated by the date of the original document copied into the volume. An approximate date is given if the original document is undated. Each numbered item relates to a document that exists or existed. DL 42/2/1/U is the only un-numbered item, and it is the table of contents listing all the 33 parts included in the volume.

The volume is arranged in parts which are signified by headings at the top of each page. The item references within this piece are formatted to represent the volume number, part, and number of the entry listed in the relevant section. The item numbers as assigned to each entry within a specific section in the volume in most cases are to be found on the back of the surviving original documents in DL 7 , DL 10 , DL 25 and DL 27.

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Manors

Crown lands and estates