Egerton MS 3321

GLASTONBURY ABBEY REGISTER. REGISTER of extents and rentals of the manors of Glastonbury Abbey; 14th cent., with additions to 16th cent. Latin and French (on f. 232b). See Brit. Mus. Quart., xv, 1941-1950, p. 22, and G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain, 1958, p. 51, no. 449. The manors surveyed, in Somerset unless stated otherwise, with the dates at which the surveys were originally made are as follows:- Glastonbury, 1325-1326. ff. 1-21; Shapwick, 1325-1326. ff. 23-29b; Withy, in Huntspill, 1325-1326. ff. 31-32; Greinton, 1325-1326. ff. 32b-37; Ham (with a customary), 1325-1326. ff. 38b-51b; Ashcott (with a customary), 1325-1326. ff. 52-59b; Street (with a customary), 1315-1316. ff. 60-70b; Meare, 1355-1356. ff. 71b-82b; Doulting (twice), n.d. ff. 83-88b, and (partly cancelled and lacking the beginning) ff. 152-153b; Baltonsborough, 1308-1309, 1313-1314. ff. 89-98b; Ditcheat, 1315-1316. ff. 98-104b; Marksbury, n.d. ff. 105-108; Butleigh, 1315-1316. ff. 109-118b; Houndstreet, n.d. ff. 119-121; Pennard, 1315-1316. ff. 122-126b; Mells, 1308-1309. ff. 127-134; Batcombe, n.d. ff. 135-140; Pilton, 1315-1316. ff. 140b-15l b; Wrington (with a customary), 1325-1326. ff. 155-173b; South Brent, in Brent Knoll, 1306-1307. ff. 177-183b; 'Berghes', in Brent Knoll, 1306-1307. ff. 178-190b; Lympsham, 1306-1307. ff. 190b-197; East Brent, 1306-1307. ff. 197b-206b; Weston Zoyland, 1306-1307, 1333-1334. ff. 207-215, 232b; Middlezoy (with a customary), 1306-1307. ff. 215b-226b; Othery, 1306-1307. ff. 227-232b; Middleton, 1333-1334. ff. 233-236; Nettleton, co. Wilts, 1289-1290. ff. 237-240; Grittleton, co. Wilts (with a customary), 1289-1290. ff. 241-243b; Kingston St Michael, co. Wilts, 1289-1290. ff. 244-247; Christian Malford, co. Wilts, 1289-1290. ff. 247b-250; Winterbourne Monkton, co. Wilts (with a customary), 1326-1327. ff. 251-255b; Marnhull, co. Dors. (with a customary), n.d. (lacking the beginning). ff. 257-261; Buckland Newton, co. Dors. (with a customary), 1325-1326. ff. 273b-279; Sturminster Newton, co. Dors. (with a customary), n.d. (lacking the beginning). ff. 282-291b. More elaborate surveys of some of these manors are in Egerton MS. 3134, Terriers of the Somerset and Devon Manors of Glastonbury Abbey, 1515-1516. On f. 88b is a contemporary copy of a letter, in English, from one John Porter to the receiver and cellarers of Glastonbury, circ. 1471-1478, relating to some 'sheres other wyse y called pylers of yryn', apparently due to the Duke of Clarence. Inside the front cover of the MS. was fastened an 18th cent. copy of a table of the acreages of King's Sedgemoor, in Somerset, allotted to the adjoining manors, circ. 1626-1630 (ff. x-xi), and on f. xiii is a 19th cent. list of the manors formerly belonging to the Abbot of Glastonbury. Vellum; ff. xiv + 291. 312 mm.× 235 mm. XIV cent., with additions to XVI cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves, with occasional catchwords, except for vi²⁰, viii¹⁶, x¹⁰, xiii⁸, xxii¹⁰, xxiv¹⁰, xxv⁴, xxvi¹⁶ (ii lacks 10 and 12, vi lacks 1-4, viii lacks 14 and 15, x lacks 10, xv lacks 8 and 12, xxii lacks 9 and 10, xxiv lacks 6). There is a 15th cent. numbering of the manors from i-xxxv, omitting the numbers viii, xxix and xxx, and there is a 19th cent. pencil pagination i-xiv + 1-581. Binding, 17th cent., of white vellum with a gilt device on the covers. Belonged to John Rolle, Baron Rolle 1796, d. 1842 (armorial bookplate, f. ii), and afterwards to his widow Louisa Barbara, daughter of Robert George William Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton. Inserted as ff. vii-viiib is a letter to her from George Oliver, the Roman Catholic divine and historian, 21 Oct. 1852, thanking her for the loan of the MS. Lord and Lady Rolle, having no direct heirs, left their estates to members of Lady Rolle's family and the MS. was in the sale of part of the library of her great-nephew, Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart- Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton (Sotheby's sale-cat., 2 July 1946, lot 217). From the Farnborough Fund, with the aid of the Friends of the National Libraries.