Bury St Edmunds Abbey

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Date:	1000-2000
Places:	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C55216 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O69739 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1215-16th cent: charters (c1215-1537), Suffolk hundred courts (1377-88,1518), manorial court rolls (1255-1510), accounts (1261-1477), extents, rentals and surveys (14th-16th cent), leases 14th-16th cent	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	449/1-2 (old refs incl E.3/15)	NRA 726 Hengrave See RM Thomson, Archives of Bury St Edmunds (1980); NRA 3712
2	1259-1547: deeds (15th-16th cent), memorandum book (c1505), abbot's and obedientiary accounts (13th-14th cent), Suffolk manorial court reccords, accounts, rentals, surveys and extents (13th-16th cent), Redgrave customary (14th cent)	University of Chicago Library: Special Collections Research Center	Bacon MSS 1-1249 passim; 2297, 2309, 2316, 2419	NRA 15216 Bacon See Thomson
3	11th cent-1606: charters (11th-16th cent), deed of surrender(1539), leases (16th cent), obedientiary accounts (1299-1538), chronicle of John Eversdene (1283), legal and other records rel to relations with borough of Bury (14th-15th cent), taxation (1295), rental (152	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	A,B,BA,C	NRA 35148 Bury St Edmunds Boro See HMC 37,pp121-58; Thomson
4	1259-18th cent: deeds and leases (1259-16th cent), part (ff 486-508) of cellarer's register re Whepstead possessions (15th cent), abbey account roll (1536/7), roll of tenants in Suffolk hundreds (?early 14th cent), cellarer's account rolls for Barton Mills (1272-1313	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HD 1538/16, 88, 128/5-6, 161-9, 223, 224/4, 257/70	NRA 39544 See Thomson (no.1303,etc); Davis Medieval Cartularies (nos.113,136, copies of nos. 96,12); Monastic Res
5	c1021-81: royal and other charters (some 15th cent copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Aug.ii.8,25,48,80,84-5	See Thomson
6	c1120-1538: royal and other charters and deeds	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Ch Suff A1/1-186 passim	See Thomson
7	c1257-80: charters	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	574/10-13	NRA 4876 Lofft See Thomson
8	1147-1345: papal bulls	Lambeth Palace Library	Papal Documents 2-88 passim	See Thomson
9	1399-1414: copy of two indulgences issued by Pope Boniface IX in abbey's favour (1399)	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	Parcel 33/20; parcel 73	See HMC 4th Report, App, p183
10	1312-1428: deeds (24,1312-77) and bailiffs' accounts (1391, 1427-8) rel to Chelworth, Suffolk	Norfolk Record Office	DCN/24/1-26	NRA 40062 Norwich Dean & Chapt
11	1299-1534: 2 deeds 1517, c1534	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	DCH/O/11, 12, 31, 38, 70	NRA 38142 Cholmondeley
12	14th-15th cent: copies of writs of enquiry rel to abbey's privileges (c1327-77), pleas and fines of cellarer's manors (c1260), Little Barton court records (1461-99), 15th cent copies of grants to St Saviour's hospital (c1184-1266)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Suff Roll 1-4	See Thomson (no.1263, etc)
13	11th cent: Gospel book containing copies of documents rel to abbey property	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 76, ff137v-141v	See Thomson (no.1275); GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.122)
14	c1050: Rule of St Benedict with added copies of documents rel to abbey and property	Oxford University: Corpus Christi College Archives	MS 197	See Thomson (no.1274)
15	c1121-22: Lives and Office of St Edmund containing letters of Abbot Anselm and account of pittances instituted by him	The Morgan Library	MS 736	See Thomson (no.1276)
16	14th cent: copies of royal and papal charters to the Liberty of St Edmund	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	ETI/2/1/1	See Davis (no.98)
17	index of charters, destroyed in Cotton fire 1731	Unknown location	BL: Cotton MS Vit.D.xv,art.3	See Davis (no.107)
18	15th cent: formulary, etc	Cambridge University: Jesus College, Old Library	MS 18	See Davis (133)
19	late 13th-early 14th cent: Black register of the Vestry (cartulary)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Mm.iv.19	See Thomson (no.1277); Davis (no.118); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p12
20	14th-15th cent: 'White Register' cartulary (1280-14th cent)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 7096, 14847-50	See Thomson (nos.1278,1287,1289-90,1315); Davis (nos. 96,104,127,129,130); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,
21	c1312-35: fragments of abbey cartularies and registers, incl parts of register of Abbot Richard Draughton (1312-35)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Pembroke College MS 313	See Thomson (no.1279)
22	14th cent: 'Pinchbeck (or Vestry) Register' cartulary	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Ee.iii.60	See Thomson (no.1280); Davis (no. 119); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p12
23	late 13th-15th cent: ''Werketone' Register' cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 638	See Thomson (no.1281); Davis (no.106)
24	14th-15th cent: ''Kempe' Register' cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 645	See Thomson (no.1283); Davis (no.124)
25	1379-81: 'Lakenheath Register' cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 743	See Thomson (no.1283); Davis (no.97)
26	late 13th-early 15th cent: cartularies: 'Red Vestry Register' Parts I & II (c1401-20), 'Sacrist's Register' (late 13th-early 15th cent)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Ff.ii.29,33; Ff.iv.35	See Thomson (nos.1284-85,1296); Davis (nos. 117, 120, 121); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p12
27	13th cent-1506: register of Abbots Thomas Tottington and Richard Draughton (13th-14th cent)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 230	See Thomson (no.1286); GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.95)
28	c1390-1429: register of Abbots Cratfield (1390-1415) and Excetre (1415-29)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Tib.B.ix	See Thomson (no.1288); Davis (no.128)
29	1517-46: 'Reeve or Melford' register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 308	See Thomson (no.1291); Davis (no.134)
30	c1433-16th cent: Sacrist's register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 58	See Thomson (no.1297); Davis (no.132)
31	c1265-15th cent: White Cellarer's Register	The National Archives	DL 42/5	See Thomson (no.1298); Davis (no.108)
32	15th cent: Cellarer's Register Parts I and II	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Gg.iv.4; Add 4220	See Thomson (nos.1299-1300); Davis (nos.109, 110)
33	15th cent: part of the cellarer's register, incl charters (942-15th cent), rentals (1421-23), etc rel to Southery, Norfolk	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36910	See Thomson (no.1301); Davis (no.112): part of Cambridge UL Add 4220
34	13th-15th cent: 'Warkton Book': mainly part of cellarer's register rel to manor of Warkton (Northants) incl dispute with townsmen of Boughton (1298-1300)	Collection held privately: enquiries to Northamptonshire Record Office		See Thomson (no.1302); part of Cambridge U: Add 4220; leaf from BL Add MS 14847; Monastic Research Bulle
35	15th cent: Chamberlain's register or cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 31970	See Thomson (no.1304); Davis (no.111)
36	1258-1546: 16th cent compilation rel to Rickinghall and Hinderclay (14th-15th cent	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40063; Add Ch 63372-589	See Thomson (no.1305, etc)
37	15th cent: treasurer's register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4699, fos 29-331	See Monastic Research Bulletin 3, p12
38	15th cent: 'Croftis' pittancer's register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 27	See Thomson (no.1308); Davis (no.116)
39	15th cent: Hostiller's register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Claud.A.xii	See Thomson (no.1307); Davis (no.114)
40	1425: 'Ickworth' infirmarer's register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Lansdowne MS 416	See Thomson (no.1306); Davis (no.115)
41	late 13th cent: customary	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 6006	See Thomson (no.1292); Davis (no.123); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p12
42	c1260-15th cent: White book (customary), incl estate memoranda	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 1005	See Thomson (no.1293); Davis (no.105)
43	14th-early 15th cent: customary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 3977	See Thomson (no.1294); Davis (no.126)
44	c1425: kithener's customary	Bibliotheque municipale de Douai (Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)	MS 553	See Thomson (no.1295); Davis (no.131)
45	20th cent: copy of parts of kitchener's customary (original in Douai)	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	Acc 585	See Thomson (no.1262)
46	c16th-17th cent: collection of papers rel to disputes between abbey and town of Bury St Edmunds (c1272-1399)	Huntington Library	EL/2766	NRA 24601 Egerton (Bridgwater)
47	1331: (?transcript of) agreement with town rel to compensation due for damage done to abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 604, no. 4
48	14th cent: collection of pleas and related documents rel to Essex manors (13th-14th cent)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Vit.F.XII	See Thomson (no.1316); Davis (no.125)
49	15th cent: collection of evidences and manorial documents for abbot's manor of Harlow (12th-15th cent)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 6847	See Thomson (no.1312); Davis (no.102)
50	15th cent: collection of evidences rel to abbot's manor of Melford (12th-15th cent)	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	Hyde Parker of Melford Hall	See Thomson (no.1313): Monastic Research Bulletin 5,p7
51	13th-14th cent: schedule of transcripts rel to Roughton-Holme	Cambridge University: Gonville and Caius College Archive	Box XXV, no.2a	See Monastic Research Bulletin 3, p12
52	15th cent-1535: collection of evidences rel to abbot's manors of Palgrave, Brockford, Redgrave and Wortham (963-1350), and Palgrave rentals (c1438-1535)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 45951-54	See Thomson (no.1314,etc); Davis (no.103)
53	15th cent: register of charters, rentals, etc for abbot's manors in Fornham (13th cent-1443)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34689	See Thomson (no.1311); Davis (no.101)
54	15th cent: collection rel to abbot's manor of Culford, incl evidences, inquisition (1348-9), rental (1348), extent (1435)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42055	See Thomson (no.1310); Davis (no.100)
55	c1434-35: customary and rental rel to abbot's manor of Coney Weston	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Gough Suff 2(Summary Cat 18232)	See Thomson (no.1309); Davis (no.99)
56	14th cent: bound collection, incl grants of liberties to abbey (14th cent) and dispute with Ely cathedral priory rel to Mildenhall (late 13th cent)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Gough Cambs 22 (Summary Cat 17772)	See Thomson (no.1317)
57	c1370-80: manual for instruction of novices	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Bodley MS 240	See Monastic Research Bulletin 2,p20
58	annals of abbey?	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 1132	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)
59	1354-1540: probate registers of court of sacrist for peculiar of Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	IC500/2/7 (microfilm: J545/1-8)	NRA 6890 Sudbury archdeacon
60	1493-1507: accounts of prior (1506/7) and hostillar (1493/4)	The National Archives	SC 6/Hen VII/1692-93	See Thomson
61	1513-37: accounts of prior (1530/1), sacrist (1536/7), cellarer (1524/5), hostiller (1529/30), feretrar (1524/5), warden of Lady Chapel (1531/2), St Saviour's hospital (1531/2), Suffolk manors (1513/4)	The National Archives	SC 6/Hen VIII/3391-96	See Thomson
62	1515-16: chamberlain's accounts	North Yorkshire County Record Office	ZJX/3/20	NRA 33897 See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [12c]
63	1381-1528: cellarer's account (1527/8) and Mildenhall accounts (1381-1468)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add Ch 53116-40	See Thomson
64	late 13th cent: fragments of ?cellarer's account	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	138 (F.1)	See Thomson
65	c1515: part of cellarer's account	The National Archives	SC 6/Add(Hen VIII)/3481/70	See Thomson
66	14th cent: part of abbey diet roll	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Royal MS 6 B.x	See Thomson
67	1271-1545: Suffolk manorial court rolls (1271-1545), accounts (1313-1471), rentals and extents (15th-16th cent)	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA 411/boxes 34-68, passim	NRA 4134 Guinness See Thomson
68	1431-32: abbot's court held in toll-house at Bury	The National Archives	SC 2/203/18	See Thomson
69	13th cent-1325: Newton (13th cent-1310), Horringer (1272-1325) and Whepstead (13th cent) court rolls	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	E.2/9/1-4	See Thomson
70	1277-1546: Great Barton court rolls (1277-1546) and accounts (1328-1454)	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	E.18/151/1-3,155/1-8,451/1-6,69,452/110,454/4,455/1-2	NRA 2582 See Thomson
71	1377-84: Elmswell with Woolpit sergeant's account (1377/8) and Little Barton court roll (1377-84)	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	E.7/8/1, E.7/24/1/3	See Thomson
72	1379-1427: Monk Soham court records (1391-4) and accounts (1379-1427)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add Ch 10449-55	See Thomson
73	1514-45: Semer court rolls	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	Acc 1585/1	NRA 12176 Semer deeds See Thomson (no.1223)
74	1461: Bury rents received	The National Archives	SC 12/25/9	See Thomson
75	1323-24: Mildenhall accounts	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Suff Roll 21	See Thomson
76	1348-49: Palgrave accounts	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add Ch 32934	See Thomson
77	1458-59: rental and extent book for Fornham, Barton, Timworth, Babwell, Lackford	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	HA.528/1	NRA 3712 Hengrave See Thomson (no.416); NRA 726
78	1383-c1625: Harlow Bury court rolls 1390-1483	Essex Record Office	D/DEs/M1-6,67-69	NRA 9822 Ethelston
79	1491-98: Harlow Bury court rolls	Surrey History Centre	1214	NRA 18560 Surrey manor
80	1492-1532: drafts of courts 1492, 1493, 1498 and n.d., and receipt for fine 1532 in Harlow Bury manor, Essex	Surrey History Centre	Loseley MSS 289/1-4, 1659/26	NRA 9475 More-Molyneux
81	1279-1306: Great Barton tithe accounts	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR1379/1-6	NRA 26313 Canning See Thomson (nos.216-221)
82	13th cent: fragment of late 13th cent corn account	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	MSS 138, ?32, 35, 66, 92, 140, 149, 170, 181	See James, St John's College Cambridge, Catalogue of MSS
83	1541: (?transcript of) rental of knights fees of late abbey now in king's hands	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 370, fos 40b-44
84	(?transcripts of) items relating to abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 4626
85	Manuscripts, incl liturgical mss, formerly belonging to abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 51, 447, ?498, 2977, ?4025, 4968, 4971, 5334, ?5388, ?5442	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)
86	more than 100 manuscripts formerly belonging to abbey	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Pembroke College Library MSS	See HMC 5th Rep, App p484; Munby, Cambridge College Libraries,31; Ker Medieval Libraries 1964,16-22, Sup