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

MS. Wood empt. 6

Summary Catalogue no.: 8594

Contents

Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman

1. (fol. ii verso)
List of 'Firmarii wasti de Snelston' [Snelston, co. Derby]
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. iii)
List of 'firmarii de Snelleston [Snelston, co. Derby] de Hydat'
3. (fol. iii verso)
Note of the tenure and bounds of the manor of Okeover, Staffordshire
4. (fol. iv)
Note of the services of the free tenants
5. (fol. 1)
Cartulary of the manor of 'Acouere' (Okeover), Staffordshire

Some of the deeds have been edited for the William Salt Archaeological Society (New Series, vol. vii, pt. i, p. 4) by George Wrottesley

At fols 56-67 is a manorial account, 6-7 Ed. I.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 57 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.5 × 7 in.

History

Origin: 14th century, second quarter ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Formerly number 205 in the library of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley, whence it was missing in 1675 (see MS. Wood D. 6, fol. 98)

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Last Substantive Revision

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