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Leicester Abbey

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Date: 1226-1600
Places:
  • Leicester, Leicestershire
Functions, occupations and activities: Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Augustinian Canons
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C17110 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O72691 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
early 16th cent: cartulary
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (548); Monastic Research Bulletin 2,p6
2
15th-16th cent: compilation of abbey documents
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (549)
3
1226: award by abbot and prior, appointed by pope to judge a dispute between Owston Abbey and Sir Hugh Paynell
Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)
NRA 11211 Constable-Maxwell

See HMC 1st Report, App, 45-6