An original survey of all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, of the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary at Glastonbury
An original survey of all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, of the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary at Glastonbury, in the form of a certificate from Richard Pollard and Thomas Moyle, made apparently in September, 1539, after the attainder of the last abbot.
There are several finely-executed pen-and-ink ornamental drawings, with the royal arms, pictures of Veritas, 'Solymon Turscher' (the Grand Turk), etc.
In 13 membranes.
Dates
- Creation: written in A.D. 1539
Extent
1 roll
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. rolls 19, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Bodl. rolls 19
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18470
Abstract
An original survey of all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, of the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary at Glastonbury, written in A.D. 1539.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Richard Pollard (d. 1542) was a law reporter and exchequer official.
Sir Thomas Moyle (b. before 1500 - d. 1560) was a lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons.
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. V, no. 27814.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Charles Gray, M.P. for Colchester, on March 2, 1750/1, together with a Phoenician inscription on stone from Citium.
Physical Facet
On parchment, with fine pen-and-ink drawings
Dimensions
27 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 18 1/4 in. in a cloth case 20 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.
- Title
- An original survey of all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, of the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary at Glastonbury
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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