Whitby Abbey

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Date:	600-1907
Places:	Whitby, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C36871 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O65426 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	13th cent-1907: witness depositions (1282), lease (1520), bursars account rolls (3: 1394/5-96/7), acount of demesnes of abbey (16th cent), 19th and 20th cent transcripts of other records	North Yorkshire County Record Office	ZCG/VI	NRA 16822 See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (1032); Surtees Soc vol 69 (1879); Monastic Research Bulletin 7,p2
2	12th-16th cent: cartulary	Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society	ZCG/VI/1 (on deposit from N Yorks RO)	NRA 16822 See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (1032); Surtees Soc vol 69 (1879); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p30
3	13th cent-15th cent: cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4715	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (1033); Surtees Soc, vol 72 (1881)
4	?07th cent-1508: foundation charter, acquittances for tithes paid by Meaux Abbey (1502-8)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Lansdowne MSS 447/1, 550A-E	See British Library index of manuscripts
5	?07th cent-14th cent: foundation ?charter, coucher book, papal mandate re Grosmont Priory (1387)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 1499/19, 6823/3, 43A47	See British Library index of manuscripts
6	1310: award in dispute re tithes of Crosby Ravensworth incl exemplification of 15 charters (12th-13th cent)	Collection held privately: enquiries to Cumbria Record Office, Kendal	Box A	NRA 6234 Bagot See HMC 10th Report IV, pp321-2,324; Location Guide
7	c1470: coucher-book containing returns of abbot to writs Quo Warranto (1293), transcript of inspeximus of Henry VI (1445), survey of lands, etc (c1460)	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	NH/2907	NRA 5836 Vyner See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (1034)
8	14th cent: lands held in Rothwell, Lincs (1315)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton charter V/36; Additional charter 66975; Cotton MS Vitel E.XIV.271	See British Library index of manuscripts
9	1550-early 17th cent: copy letters patent granting property to Richard, earl of Warwick (1550), extracts of liberties granted to manor of Whitby 1189-1571 (early 17th cent)	North Yorkshire County Record Office	DCY/12	NRA 24434 Cholmley