A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Top. Norf. b. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 31413

Contents

Cartulary of the Augustinian Priory of St. Mary's, Walsingham

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

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 36 leaves. Fols i-ii and 3-36 are blank paper
Dimensions (binding): 17.375 × 10.75 in.

History

Origin: England ; 13th century

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,

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1924)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-06-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1924)