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Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of Wartre, Written early in the 14th century in England

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MS. Fairfax 9
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Chartulary of the Augustinian priory of Wartre, in Yorkshire, preceded (fol. 6) by a list of vills to which the deeds refer, and a few additional deeds relating to the temporalities. There are numerous 14th- and 15th-cent. additions throughout, including some original deeds of paper stitched to the parchment (fols. 12, 38, 53, 56, 68, 70).

Dates

  • Creation: Written early in the 14th century in England

Extent

107 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Fairfax 9

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3889

Custodial History

Formerly in the possession of Sir Thomas Widdrington (Mon. Aug., old ed., ii. 172), to whom it had been mortgaged, with five others, by Roger Dodsworth (Hamper's Dugdale, p. 125).

Related Materials

See further N. Denholm-Young in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol. 31, p. 208.

Physical Facet

On parchment, binding, white leather on boards, with traces of strap and one metal boss, 15th-century English work

Dimensions

12 7/10 × 9 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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