Wells Dean and Chapter

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Date:	900-2000
Places:	Wells, Somerset
Functions, occupations and activities:	Church of England > Dean and chapters \| Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Collegiate churches
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C36154 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O39498 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	10th-20th cent: records, incl deeds from 10th cent, cartularies and registers 13th-16th cent, chapter acts from 15th cent, accounts from 14th cent, and manorial records	Wells Cathedral Library and Archives		NRA 43650 See HMC 1st Rep,93-4; 3rd Rep,xix,351-64; 10th Rep,28-9; 17th Rep,97-103; 18th Rep,197-201; HMC 12:Wells
2	12th-19th cent: deeds (12th-17th cent) and estate papers, incl manorial records (13th-19th cent)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\CC	NRA 28400
3	?14th cent: statute book	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 1682	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)
4	15th cent: accounts and court rolls 1415-16, 1428-29, 1474-75	Lambeth Palace Library		See Sayers, Estate Documents at Lambeth Palace Library
5	17th cent: misc accounts etc	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Tanner MSS
6	1610-1804: papers of the consistorial court	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS(C/238/68;C/795/PD57)	NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
7	1730-31: accounts of the communar and keeper of the fabric of Wells Cathedral and receiver general on behalf of dean & chapter	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS(C/795/BK83-4)	NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
8	1706-1804: accounts	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS(C/795/CH48/1-6)	NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc