Stowe MS 924

ABSTRACTS of chartularies of the following Religious Houses, etc., in Latin, made originally by Sir Edward Dering, l^st Bart., of Surrenden-Dering, co. Kent (ob. 1644), and afterwards re-written for him in their present form:-

1. Chartulary of Horton (al. Monk's Horton) Priory, co. Kent; from the register drawn up by Prior James Holbeck [temp. Hen. VI.], which was then "in manu Georgij Rooke, Ar.," but which afterwards (see Tanner's Notitia, 1744, p. 215) became the property of William Somner of Canterbury. It is now No. 935 below. The present transcript was made in 1627 "per manum Henrici Hutton, Dunelmensis." f. 2. A fragment of another chartulary of Horton, written in the 15th cent., is in Add. MS. 5516, ff. 1-8 (from which several charters have been printed in Archæologia Cantiana, vol. x., 1876, pp. 269-281).

2. Chartulary of Beigham [al. Bayham] Abbey, co. Sussex; from the original in the Cottonian Library (Otho A. ii., which was afterwards injured by the fire in 1731). f. 48. Another copy of this abstract is in Add. MS. 6037, ff. 75-121.

3. Chartulary of Christ Church, Canterbury; from a register "in ejusdem Ecclesie Thesauraria reservato." Transcribed in 1630 "calamo Oliveri Marshall, Cantabrigiensis." f. 88. Another copy is in Add. MS. 6037, ff. 1-74.

4. Chartulary of St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; from the Cotton MS. Julius D. ii. Preceded (f. 185), as in ff. 1-21 of the original, by lists of English Kings, Archbishops of Canterbury, and Abbots of St. Augustine's, and brief annals; and (f. 189 b) by an abstract of the rule of St. Benedict (which occupies ff. 24-39 of the Cotton MS.). Transcribed in Sept. 1628. f. 192 b.

5. Chartulary of Knolton Manor, co. Kent, from a MS. "in manu Johannis Philpot, alias Somerset, ar." (sc. John Philipot, Somerset Herald 1624-1645). f. 245. Besides the above, there are in the table of contents at f. 1 the titles of five more articles, for one of which see No. 927 below. Paper; ff. 254. XVIIth cent. With the arms of Sir E. Dering on both covers. Folio.

Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Arms of, on covers of MS. 924: temp. Chas. I.

Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Transcripts of charters and abstracts of chartularies by: temp. Chas. I.

Chartularies: Abstracts of Kentish and Sussex chartularies: temp Chas. I.

includes:

• f. 2 Horton, Monk's, Priory; Kent: Abstract of chartulary: 1627.
• f. 2 James de Holbech, Prior of Monk's Horton: Abstract of the Priory chartulary drawn up by: 1627.
• ff. 2-47 Henry Hutton, of Durham, amanuensis to Sir E Dering: Wrote: in 1627.
• f. 48 Bayham Abbey; Frant, Sussex: Abstract of chartulary of: temp. Chas. I.
• f. 88 Canterbury; Christ Church Priory and Cathedral: Abstracts of chartulary of: 1630.
• ff. 88-183 b Oliver Marshall, of Cambridge, amanuensis to Sir E Dering: Wrote: in 1630.
• f. 184 b Canterbury; Kent. St Augustine's Abbey: Abstract of chartulary of: 1628.
• f. 245 Knolton, Kent: Abstract of chartulary of the manor of: temp. Chas. I.