MS. Top. Norf. b. 1
Summary Catalogue no.: 31413
Contents
Two leaves from a cartulary, containing transcripts of deeds lxxviij-xcj relating to places within the deanery of Burnham
Formerly part of British Library, Cotton MS. Nero E. vii (G. R. C. Davis et al., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 988)
On fol. 1v is a note that 'these three leaves' were produced as evidence in a Chancery law suit on 9 January 1673
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought by the Bodleian as part of MS. Eng. hist. a. 2 from B. Quaritch on the evening of 14 March 1891. Quaritch bought this manuscript that day at the sale of the Lakelands Library (W. H. Crawford), and it is no. 695 in The Lakelands Library. Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Engravings of the late W. H. Crawford. Crawford had originally bought it from Quaritch by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge,
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-06-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1924)