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Egerton MS 3671

Record Id:

032-001985965

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001985965

MDARK:

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LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Egerton MS 3671

Title:

TAVISTOCK ABBEY REGISTER

Memorandum book and register of the Benedictine Abbey of Tavistock, co. Devon, compiled mainly temp. John May al. Mey, Abbot 1402-1422 (to whose period of office much of the contents relate), with additions to 1526. Latin and Anglo-Norman French (f. 29). G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies, 1958, no. 949. Contents:-

(1) Extracts from court rolls of Hurdwick, in Tavistock, 1289-1371, followed by copies of private charters, temp. Henry III-1395; early 15th cent. ff . 1-8b.

(2) Miscellaneous memoranda, temp. Henry III-1526, concerning enfeoffments, reliefs, homages, pleas, etc., including acta and benefactions of Abbot May; early 15th cent., with additions to 1526. A short biography of May occurs twice, at ff. 15 and 23; its beginning, 'Cui successit Johannes Mey', indicates the loss of some material at these points, since the preceding leaves make no mention of May's predecessors. ff. 9-25.

(3) Copies of charters and memoranda relating to the abbey's tenants, mostly temp. Abbot May; early 15th cent. An extract from Domesday Book for co. Devon is at f. 29b. ff. 29-35b.

(4) Copies of charters, extracts from court rolls, and memoranda relating to the manor of Hurdwick, temp. Henry III-1412; early 15th cent. ff. 36-46b.

(5) Extracts from pleas de quo warranto for co. Devon, 1280-1281; mid 15th cent. ff. 48-71b. Vellum; ff. 71+ix. 325 mm.×230 mm. Early xv cent.-1526. Gatherings, i⁸, ii⁶, iii⁸, iv⁶, v indeterminable, vi⁸, vii⁶ (wants 5, 6), viii⁸x⁸. Catchwords, ff. 55 b, 63b. The manuscript is much decayed and has been heavily repaired; gathering v (ff. 29-35) consists of fragmentary leaves, measuring circ. 250 mm.×l50 mm., with marginal tags, inlaid in paper. Written in several 15th-16th cent. hands, with some spaces for initials and occasional rubrication. Binding (preserved separately), 15th cent., brown leather, the upper side quartered by diagonal intersecting triple fillets over rectangular compartments of the same, the lower side with lozenges made by diagonal intersecting triple fillets over a frame of the same. Binding leaves (ff. i-ixb) from a 14th cent. English noted missal with red and blue initials, containing the Temporale from the eleventh to seventeenth Sundays after Trinity, followed by September Ember days, imperfect at the beginning and end. On f. 2 the following names are written: John Cowne (twice), 18th cent., Philip Bliss, William Allen, and 'William Camplar Gent.', early 19th cent. Belonged, 20th cent., to Edward S. Thorne. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Tavistock Abbey; Devon: Memorandum book and register: early 15th cent-1526.: Lat.

Chartularies: Tavistock Abbey. Memorandum book and register: early 15th cent.-1526.: Lat.

includes:

ff. i-ixb Music: Leaves from an English noted missal: 14th cent.
ff. i-ixb Liturgies LATIN: Leaves from an English noted Missal: 14th cent.: Lat.
f. 2 John Cowne: Name written in Tavistock Abbey memorandum book: 18th cent.
f. 2 William Camplar: Name written in Tavistock Abbey memorandum book: early 19th cent.
f. 2 Philip Bliss: Name written in Tavistook Abbey memorandum book: early 19th cent.
f. 2 William Allen: Name written in Tavistock Abbey memorandum book: early 19th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001985965

Is part of:

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Hierarchy:

032-001985965

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1526

Date Range:

Early 15th century-1526

Era:

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Custodial History:

Edward S. Thorne, of Andover: Owned: 20th cent.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Allen, William, of Egerton MS 3671
Bliss, Philip, of Egerton MS 3671
Camplar, William
Cowne, John
Tavistock Abbey, Devon
Thorne, Edward S., of Andover