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MS. Gough Camb. 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 17772

Miscellaneous register of Bury St Edmunds abbey, late 14th century

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Rubric: Carta libertatis ecclesie Elyensis

1 Feb. 1377/8

2. (fol. 7v)
Rubric: Confirmacio libertatum ciuitatis Norwicensis

26 Feb. 1377/8

3. (fol. 10)
Rubric: 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 ...
4. (fol. 10v)
Rubric: Confirmacio regis Ricardi ijdi libertatis ecclesie Christi Cantuariensis ...

11 Dec. 1377

5. (fol. 12v)
Rubric: Confirmacio libertatum monasterij Sancti Edmundi, cum clausula Licet vsi non fuerint

22 July 1330

6. (fol. 15v)
Rubric: Carta regis Edmundi patris Edgari regis de villa Beodricesworth quam dedit Sancto Edmundo martin equiuoco suo

An inspeximus charter of 20 Feb. 1385

7. (fol. 16)
Rubric: Copia carte libertatum ville Jernemuthensis

14 Nov. 1378

8. (fol. 20)
Rubric: Copia ⟨carte⟩ libertatis ville Colcestrie

19 Nov. 1252

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 26 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.675 × 9.375 in.

History

Origin: 14th century, last quarter ; English, Bury St Edmunds, Benedictine abbey

Provenance and Acquisition

‘quaternus monachorum Sancti Edmundi’: Bury St Edmunds, Benedictine abbey

‘Tho: Martin’: Thomas Martin of Palgrave

Charles Mason, ?1698-1771

Richard Gough, 1735-1809

Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian.

MS. Gough Camb. 22 - endleaf (fol. 22)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 22r)

'Documents relating to a dispute between Bury and Ely over Mildenhall etc., 6 documents' (Thomson)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: c. 1200 and 13th century, late ; English, Bury St Edmunds, Benedictine abbey

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2022) from the Summary Catalogue (1897), with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Bibliography

    Rodney M. Thomson, The Archives of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Records Society 21 (1980), no. 1317

Last Substantive Revision

2022-03-08: First online publication.