Miscellaneous register of Bury St Edmunds abbey, late 14th century
MS. Gough Camb. 22
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Description
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Title
Miscellaneous register of Bury St Edmunds abbey, late 14th century
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Camb. 22
Associated place
Colcestrie
Jernemuthensis
ciuitatis Norwicensis
Date
c. 1200 and 13th century, late
14th century, last quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 26 leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian.
Provenance
quaternus monachorum Sancti Edmundi: Bury St Edmunds, Benedictine abbey
Tho: Martin: Thomas Martin of Palgrave
Charles Mason, ?1698-1771
Richard Gough, 1735-1809
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Title
Collections made and partly written by dr. Charles Mason for Cambridgeshire
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Camb. 22
Summary
Collections made and partly written by dr. Charles Mason for Cambridgeshire. A 'quaternus monachorum Sancti Edmundi' written in the last quarter of the 14th century, and containing:
Fol. 1. 'Carta libertatis ecclesie Elyensis' 1 Feb. 1377/8
Fol. 7v. 'Confirmacio libertatum ciuitatis Norwicensis', 26 Feb. 1377/8
Fol. 10, 'Extracta ex libro vocato Paruo Domesday ... per R. de Huntyng' iiijo Idus Februarias anno regni regis Ricardi secundi viiijo [10 Feb. 1384/5], quod ciuitas Norwicensis est collecta de diuersis parcellis et quod abbas de Sancto Edmundo habent [sic] tenentes et tenementa in eadem ciuitate ... '
Fol. 10v. 'Confirmacio regis Ricardi ijdi libertatis ecclesie Christi Cantuariensis ...' 11 Dec. 1377
Fol. 12v. 'Confirmacio libertatum monasterij Sancti Edmundi, cum clausula Licet vsi non fuerint', 22 July 1330
Fol. 15v. 'Carta regis Edmundi patris Edgari regis de villa Beodricesworth quam dedit Sancto Edmundo martin equiuoco suo', an inspeximus charter of 20 Feb. 1385
Fol. 16. 'Copia carte libertatum ville Jernemuthensis', 14 Nov. 1378
Fol. 20. 'Copia [carte] libertatis ville Colcestrie', 19 Nov. 1252
Fol. 22 (of the 2nd half of the 13th century) contains some Latin excerpts relating to Ely, and on the verso some monostich Latin hexameters invoking the Virgin Mary, etc.
Date
Written partly in about 1730-1760 by C. Mason
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
26 Leaves
Custodial history
This volume bears the signature of 'Tho: Martin.'
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Collection contents
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire MSS.
Collections made and partly written by dr. Charles Mason for Cambridgeshire
