Contents: ff. 2r-230v: Cartulary of Kirkstead Abbey, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v), in numerous hands, including transcripts of charters on mounted pieces of parchment.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Register of Abbots William of Woodford (1295–1299) and Godfrey of Crowland (1299–1321) of Peterborough (‘The White Book of Peterborough’), including Taxatio ecclesiastica, 1291, for Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire (121r–144v)
ff. i–v: Five rectangles of red linen, formerly used as curtains for the miniatures. ff. 3–6: Eight miniatures of the kings of England from Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Edward I (r. 1272–1307); each one except the last is accompanied by a short account of their reign in Anglo-Norman p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
c 1280-c 1300
Extent:
4 parchment leaves and 5 rectangles of fabric in frames