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Stowe Ch 294
- Record Id:
- 040-001954243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001953948
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000395
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165173426.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 294
- Title:
- Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory
- Scope & Content:
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Charter of R. [Roger Skerning], prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, containing an inspeximus and confirmation by Simon Walton (r. 1257-66), bishop of Norwich, of Margaret of Crek’s grant founding Flixton Priory, given at the instance of Margaret and Beatrice of Batlesden, first prioress of Flixton. The bishop confirms that the nuns will live under the Augustinian Rule, sets down several statutes for the house, and gives instructions for the admission of new sisters once the house’s revenues have increased by 50s a year; given at Ipswich, Thursday next before the feast of the Annunciation, 1262 [23 March 1263].
Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘A.D. 1262’; in the same 18th century hand, ‘Dat Ipewic die veneris / p[r]ox[ima] post fest[um] annu[n]ciat[io] / beate virginis a.d. 1262’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Medieval and Renaissance Women
Stowe Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001953948
040-001954243 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ch 1-646 : Stowe Charters
Stowe Ch 294 : Confirmation by the bishop of Norwich of the foundation of Flixton Priory - Hierarchy:
- 032-001953948[0293]/040-001954243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ch 1-646
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165173426.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1263
- End Date:
- 1263
- Date Range:
- 1263
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 195 x 360 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Ipswich, England.
Provenance:
Norwich Cathedral Priory.
Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1,084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)