At a General Meeting of the SURTEES SOCIETY, held in Durham Castle, on Tuesday, June 5th, 1923, the PRESIDENT (MR. WILLIAM BROWN) in the chair, That a book of Early Deeds relating to Newcastle upon Tyne, under the general editorship of Mr. Arthur Maule Oliver, be the volume for the year 1924.' PREFACE. This volume contains transcripts or abstracts of four collections of pre-Reformation deeds relating to Newcastle upon Tyne, namely: (1) deeds of the Hospital of the Virgin Mary of Westgate enrolled in the Liber Cartarum of the Newcastle Corporation (2) deeds of the Tyne Bridge enrolled in the same book (3) a calendar of deeds in the possession of University College, Oxford, relating to lands and rents in Newcastle formerly belonging to the College, and (4) a calendar of deeds. relating to Newcastle in the Treasury of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. There are added abstracts of a few deeds ancillary to collections 1 and 2. THE LIBER CARTARUM. 2. The Liber Cartarum is a leather bound book 15 inches by 11 inches, containing sixty-seven parchment leaves, in which there have been enrolled at various times a number of miscellaneous documents. It is one of the few muniments of the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne which escaped destruction by the Scots in 1644. It was apparently rebound in the eighteenth century as the water mark on the fly leaves is one which was in use from 1722 to 1770. The following is a list of its contents: p. 1. Charter of Henry III to the good men of Newcastle, dated 2 July, 1234, granting the liberty that no Jew shall reside in the Town. The original of this charter is lost, and no enrolment of it, other than this, is known. It is referred to in Mag. Rot. Pipa, col. 173, and see Madox, Exchequer, i, p. 260; Brand, ii, p. 140. Charter of Henry III to the good men of Newcastle, also dated 2 July, 1234. (Carte Antiquæ, Roll 1, 18; printed in Brand, ii, p. 139, note h, where the names of some of the witnesses are omitted.) p. 2. Charter of Edward I dated 8 December, 1293 (Charter Roll, 22 Edw. I, no. 30) inspecting and confirming last preceding charter and letters patent of Henry III dated 18 October, 1252 (Cal. Pat., 1247-58, p. 153). The latter document is printed in full in Brand, ii, p. 141, note n, where it is assigned to the year 1253 (Cal. Chart. ii, p. 434). p. 3. Charter of Edward III to the burgesses of Newcastle, dated 28 January, 1333 (Charter Roll, 7 Edw. III, no. 35; Cal. Chart. iv, p. 297; Brand, ii, p. 153, note q). pp. 3-5. Charter of Edward I to the burgesses and good men of Newcastle, dated 20 December, 1298 (Charter Roll, 27 Edw. I, no. 32; Cal. Chart., ii, p. 474; Brand, ii. p. 146, note c, where it is dated 1299). (The verso of p. 5 is blank and unnumbered.) p. 6. Extract from the pipe Roll of 3 John, as in Brand, ii, p. 134, note r. pp. 6-8. Charter of Edward II, dated 12 November, 1318 (Charter Roll, 12 Edw. II, no. 60; Cal. Chart. iii, p. 392) inspecting and confirming charter of king John dated 28 January, 1216 (Charter Roll, 17 John, p. 1, m. 1; Rot. Chart., p. 219) with grant of further liberties as printed in Brand, ii, p. 150, note h. pp. 8-12. Charter of Edward III dated 10 May, 1357 (Charter Roll, 31 Edw. III, no. 6; Cal. Chart. v, p. 154) inspecting and confirming the charters of 8 December, 1293 and 12 November, 1318, with grant of further liberties as printed in Brand, ii, p. 164, note d, where the charter is assigned to the year 1358. pp. 12-13. Letters patent of Richard II, dated 9 April, 1378 (Cal. Pat., 1377-81, p. 203) inspecting and confirming last preceding charter and the above mentioned charter of 28 January, 1333. The latter only is set out fully in the enrolment. pp. 14-37. Incomplete chartulary of the Virgin Mary Hospital (Nos. 1-67). p. 38. Charter of Henry, Earl of Northumberland (No. 68). Charter of Henry II (No. 69). pp. 39-40. Inventory of the goods of the Virgin Mary Hospital (No. 70). p. 41. Bull of Pope Lucius III (No. 71). p. 42. Form of proclamation of fair in handwriting of the sixteenth century. (There is another form of proclamation, differing from this, in the Black Book of the Corporation, fo. 277, and yet another in Wallis, Natural History of Northumberland, ii, p. 197). p. 43. Rental of the Black Friars lands, 1558. belonging to the town, 1558. p. 44. Rental of the S. Lawrence lands, 1558. number 44.) List of quit rents (Two pages bear the p. 44a. Memorandum relating to John de Eland, master of the Hospital of S. Mary Magdalene. See Bourne, p. 151, where the name is given as John Bland, aud in the marginal note die mensis' should read 'die martis.' The date of Eland's death was therefore 26 September, 1374. pp. 45-81. Chartulary of Tyne Bridge (Nos. 94-207). (Between pp. 79 and 80 is a page unnumbered. After p. 81 is a blank un numbered page; the page following is numbered 84.) pp. 84-85. Foundation deed of the chantry of S. Thomas the Martyr in the church of S. John. (The next page is blank and unnumbered, and is followed by pages again numbered 84 and 85). p. 84a. Charter of Henry IV, dated 23 May, 1400 (Charter Roll, 1 Hen. IV, pt. 2, no. 1; Cal. Chart. v, p. 397; Brand, ii, p. 169, note t). p. 85a. Letters patent of Henry IV, dated 16 August 1403 (Cal. Pat., 1401-05, p. 255; Brand, ii, p. 172, note u). p. 86. Letters of Henry IV to the Escheator of Northumberland, dated 20 May, 1400. The king has confirmed to the burgesses of Newcastle that the mayor for the time being shall be escheator. Letters of Henry IV to the Mayor of Newcastle, dated 20 |