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Harley MS 3688
- Record Id:
- 040-002049520
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002049520
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000807.0x0000c5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3688
- Title:
- Cartulary of Missenden Abbey
- Scope & Content:
-
ff. 1*v–2*r: Added sheet with a table of estimated conversions of weights and measures, in English (early 15th century).
ff. 1r–15v: Contemporary table of contents.
ff. 16r–186v: General cartulary, compiled by Robert de Welwes and completed 20 Feb 1330 or 1331; arranged in sections, mainly topographically.
ff. 187r–191v: Royal and episcopal confirmations.
ff. 192v–194r: Additions (late 14th century).
f. 194v: Partial index of locations.
f. 195r: Beginning of a memorandum on the liberties of Great Missenden.
ff. 196v–199v: Added transcripts of miscellenous charters.
ff. 200r–201v: Extents of the manor of Missenden.
ff. 202v–207r: Miscellenous additions and pen trials.
Decoration:
Alternate plain red or blue initials, rubrics.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002049520", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 3688: Cartulary of Missenden Abbey" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002049520 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 3688 : Cartulary of Missenden Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[3690]/040-002049520
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1330
- End Date:
- 1331
- Date Range:
- 1330-1331
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 355 × 230 mm.
Foliation: ff. 207 (+ 3 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and end). Contemporary foliation ‘i–ccvii’ (= ff. 18–198); wants ‘lxxvi–lxxxvi’, relating to Chalfont (Buckinghamshire).
Script: Gothic; gothic cursive.
Binding: British Museum.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Augustinian (Arrouaisian) priory of St Mary the Virgin, Missenden, Buckinghamshire.
Provenance:
James Anderson (b. 1662, d. 1728), genealogist and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley on 19 November 1725 on behalf of an unnamed owner, as inscribed by Humfrey Wanley (f. 1*; Wright, p. 49).
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Robert Nares and others, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808–12), iii, 52.
J.G. Jenkins, The Cartulary of Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire Archæological Society, Records Branch, 2 (1938); Buckinghamshire Record Society, 10, 12 (1955–62).
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 275.
G.R.C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, ed. by Claire Breay, Julian Harrison, and David M. Smith, 2nd edn (London: British Library, 2010), no. 670.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anderson, James, historiographer and antiquary, 1662-1728
Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115857160,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2356861
Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108078249,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/160524259
Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000030125833,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6045563
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire