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Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157
- Record Id:
- 041-001103879
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001660.0x000093
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060760322.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157
- Title:
- Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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These folios (ff. i, 1-157) contain a cartulary of Peterborough abbey, written in Latin and Anglo-Norman French. It was apparently compiled for the sacrist George Fraunceys (fl. c. 1393-1407) at the beginning of the 15th century, with later additions (Briston and Halliday, Pilsgate (2009), p. xii). Folios 97 and 98 have been bound out of order and should appear after f. 126 (see Briston and Halliday, Pilsgate (2009), p. xxxviii). These folios contain:
f. 1r: a 16th-century inscription beginning 'Henrics octavus dei gratia Anglie Ffrance et Hib[er]nie regis ffidei defensoris...';
f. 1v: blank;
f. 2r: an early modern table of contents;
f. 2v: blank;
f. 3r: a list of kings of England and abbots of Peterborough;
ff. 3v-4v: a grant of land at Ufford and Badington;
ff. 5r-6r: extracts from a court roll;
ff. 6v-7r: blank;
ff. 7v: a royal decree about a meadow and mead at Pilsgate, in Anglo-Norman French;
ff. 8r-92v: bound copies of charters and rentals;
ff. 93r-147v: 14th-century rentals;
ff. 148-156: notes on the reorganization of socage holdings, description of bondage holdings, surveys of demesne lands.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103878
041-001103879 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Faustina B III : List of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775); Regularis Concordia; Life of St Edith; Chronicle of…
Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157 : Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1240]/040-001103878[0001]/041-001103879
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Faustina_B_III_ (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1549
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Custodial History:
- Origin: the Benedictine abbey of Peterborough: includes its documents and records.
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
- Publications:
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Briston, Margaret E. and Timothy M. Halliday (eds and trans.), The Pilsgate Manor of the Sacrist of Peterborough Abbey, Northamptonshire Record Society, 43 (Wootton Hall Park: Northampton Record Society, 2009) [includes edition and translation].
Davis, G. R. C., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain: A Short Catalogue (London, 1958), nos. 764–65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)