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MS. Wood empt. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 8591

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Cartulary of Slapton chantry, Devon

Brief chartulary of Slapton chantry in Devon, in the diocese of Exeter, founded 10 September 1373, by sir Guy de Brien, knight, containing only the foundation charters and confirmations thereof

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 13 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 15.5 × 11.2 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 669, Pl. LXIX

Fine border

Fine historiated initials

Fine initials

History

Origin: 14th century, late (after 1373) ; England, Devon

Provenance and Acquisition

The coloured sketches of arms in the initials are (i) sable, a fess counter-embattled between three catherine wheels or (Brantingham); (ii) or, three piles in point azure (Guy de Brien); (iii) argent, three fusils conjoined in fess gules (Montague); (iv) sable, a sword in bend sinister, hilted and pommelled or, surmounted by a key in bend of the last, wards in chief (dean and chapter of Exeter)

Formerly in the possession of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley, as described in MS. Wood D. 6, fol. 224

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1198

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)