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Record Id:
032-002029034
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029034
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5516
Title:

KENT AND SUSSEX CHARTULARIES: fragments of chartularies and transcripts of deeds, chiefly relating to south-west Kent, including Romney Marsh, and the adjacent areas of East Sussex, 12th cent.-1447; 15th cent. Chiefly Latin. Origin: England . The collection may have been complete by the 16th cent., when it was owned by John 'Frognll' (Frogenhall?), whose ex libris (f. 4v) and memoranda appear (ff. 3v-6, 8, 18). Some headings and memoranda in a late 17th cent. - early 18th cent. hand. The MS. was part of the collection of Edward Hasted, antiquary (d.1812). Purchased with Add. 5478-5539, possibly in 1795 when Hasted's library was sold.

Vellum (art. 1) and paper (articles 2-6); ff. 18. Old pagination, late 17th cent.-early 18th cent. Composite manuscript. 250 x 150mm. approx. Each folio separately mounted on a guard, 19th cent. Single columns. Various English secretary hands. Watermarks: (A) Unidentified mark. ff. 10, 13;- (B) Tête de boeuf. f. 16.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-8. Eight leaves from a chartulary of Monks Horton priory, Kent; 15th cent. 20 items, 12th-14th cent., including royal, papal and episcopal charters. Printed in J. R. Scott, 'Charters of Monks Horton Priory', Archaeologia Cantiana, x (1876), pp. 269-281. Davis, Cartularies, p. 76. Stowe 935 is a mid-15th-cent. chartulary of Monks Horton.

2. ff. 9-12v. Four leaves from a chartulary of the priory of St Sepulchre, Canterbury; 15th cent. Ten items, all apparently 13th cent., and the opening phrases of an eleventh (f. 12v). Two items bear marginal references, possibly to original charters or another record book: 'ca. lvj' (no. 7, f. 11);- 'ca. xxxvij' (no. 10, f. 12v). Davis, op. cit., p. 25. Pages are cropped at foot, with some loss of text.

3. f. 13. Grant to St Martin's priory, Dover, of a rent in Lyminge, Kent;, 13th? cent. Copy, 15th cent.

4. ff. 14-16v. Three leaves, possibly from a secular chartulary; late 15th cent. Latin and English. Imperf. at the beginning. The items, which relate to Kent and East Sussex, are dated 1397-1447. They include the will of William Fynche, of Netherfield, co. Suss., 10 Sept. 1443 (ff. 15v-16v).

5. ff. 17-18. Quitclaim of rents in Ruckinge, co. Kent; 13th? cent. Copy, late 15th cent.

6. f. 18v. Gift of land in parish of St Mary, Romney Marsh, Kent, with letters of attorney; 23 Nov. 1447. Copies, late 15th cent.

Scope & Content:

Romney Marsh, Kent: Fragments of cartularies, etc., rel. to: 14th-15th centt: Chiefly Lat.

Chartularies: County of Kent: Fragments of cartularies, etc., rel. to Kent and Sussex: 12th-15th centt: Chiefly Lat.

includes:

  • ff. 1-8 Chartularies: Monks Horton Priory; Kent: Fragment of cartulary of Monks Horton Priory: 15th cent: Lat.
  • ff. 3v-6, 8, 18 John Frognll, alias Frogenhall; of county Kent: Memoranda and signature: 16th cent.
  • ff. 9-10, 13 Watermarks: Unidentified: 15th cent: Fragments.
  • ff. 9-12v Chartularies: Canterbury; Kent. Priory of St Sepulchre: Fragment of cartulary: 15th cent: Lat.
  • f. 13 Dover; Kent. St Martin's Priory: Lyminge, Kent: Grant to St Martin's priory, Dover, of a rent in Lyminge: 13th(?) cent: Lat: Copy, 15th cent.
  • ff. 14-16v County of Sussex: Fragment of cartulary, rel. to East Sussex: 15th cent: Partly Lat.
  • ff. 15v-16v Wills: William Fynche, of Netherfield, county Sussex: Will of W. Fynche: 1443: Imperf. copy, 15th cent.
  • ff. 16-17 Watermarks: Tête de boeuf: 15th cent: Fragments.
  • ff. 17-18 Ruckinge, Kent: Quitclaim in: 13th(?) cent: Lat: Copy, late 15th cent.
  • f. 18v St Mary, Romney Marsh, Kent: Grant in, etc.,: 1447: Lat: Copies, 15th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
032-002029034
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
15th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Edward Hasted, antiquary: Owned, 18th cent.

John Frognll, alias Frogenhall; of county Kent: Owned, 16th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Frognll, John, of Kent al Frogenhall
Fynche, William, of Netherfield Sussex
Hasted, Edward, antiquary
Monks Horton Priory, Kent
Priory of St Sepulchre, Canterbury
St Martin's Priory, Dover, Kent
Places:
Kent, England
Lyminge, Kent
Romney Marsh, Kent
Ruckinge, Kent
St Mary, Kent
Sussex, England, United Kingdom