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Cotton MS Vespasian E XVIII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103444
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002f8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian E XVIII
- Title:
- Cartulary of Kirkstead Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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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
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103444 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian E XVIII : Cartulary of Kirkstead Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1008]/040-001103444
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1349
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: intact
Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 290 × 235 mm.
Foliation: ff. i* + 230 ( + 5 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 4 at the end).
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Kirkstead, England.
Provenance:
The Cistercian abbey of Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England: the manuscript contains the cartulary of the abbey.
Christopher, Baron Hatton (b. 1605, d. 1670): inscribed with his name on the ex-dono note (f. i*r).
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: inscribed with his name (f. 1r). Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Publications:
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Davis, G. R. C., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain: A Short Catalogue (London, 1958), no. 519.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Kirkstead, Lincolnshire