'Monasticon Boreale, tomus primus'
MS. Dodsworth 8
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Title
'Monasticon Boreale, tomus primus'
Shelfmark
MS. Dodsworth 8
Summary
'Monasticon Boreale, tomus primus', containing copies by Dodsworth, with sketches of seals, of deeds relating chiefly to the West Ridings of Yorkshire, begun October 1, 1644, in the house of Francis Nevill of Chevet, esq., from the originals at that time in St. Mary's Tower, York. This tower, where the records of the dissolved monasteries were kept, was blown up in the siege of York, when Dodsworth had just finished his work. Some of the documents were saved and taken to the archiepiscopal archives at York, where Dodsworth again saw them.
There are alphabetical indexes of grantors on fols. viii-xi; the transcripts themselves, without logical arrangement, fall sometimes under fees, but usually the grouping is by religious houses, of which the following occur:
Nun Appleton fols. 99, 101, 102, 139, 141, 152-64, 287
Arthington fol. 114
Bolton fols. 13, 14, 20, 23, 24-5, 28, 71, 148, 210, 216-17, 221
Monk Bretton fols. 210, 214, 224, 229, 232, 243, 249, 256, 262, 275
Bridlington fols. 119, 213
Byland fols. 56, 83-90
Drax fols. 53, 61-2, 94, 101, 166-71, 210, 275, 284-5, 293
Esholt fols. 54, 118, 146
Fountains fols. 18, 22
Guisborough fols. 172, 278, 287
Hampole fol. 149
Healaugh Park fols. 55, 96, 98, 100, 105-7, 144, 240
Temple Hirst fols. 180, 234
Hospitallers fols. 27, 83, 93, 118, 177-92, 211, 215, 217, 244-5, 276, 279, 284, 288, 293
Kirkham fol. 115
Kirklees fol. 248
Kirkstall fols. 29, 42-59, 64-78, 80-3, 142, 244, 249, 259, 305-6.
Marton fol. 11
Newburgh fol. 63
Nostell fols. 117, 178, 195, 200, 260
Pontefract fols. 201-9
Rievaulx fols. 88-9, 117, 146, 254, 261
Roche fols. 30-1, 211, 245, 271-86, 288, 319
Sawley fols. 4, 20
Sinningthwaite fols. 60, 62-3, 96-7, 100, 104-6, 115, 137-44
Widkirk (alias Kirkwood) fol. 199
York (St. Peter's Cathedral) fols. 66, 263
York (St. Mary's Abbey) fols. 102, 108-10, 141
York (Holy Trinity, alien priory) fols. 46, 91, 100, 109, 112, 222, 282
York (St. Peter's Hospital) fols. 61, 79, 103, 116-17, 139, 150-1, 192, 216, 266
Date
Written by Roger Dodsworth and others, 1644-1645
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
318 Leaves
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'Monasticon Boreale, tomus primus'
