Owston Abbey

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Date:	1153-1536
Places:	Owston, Leicestershire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Augustinian Canons
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C63319 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O52112 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1153-54: foundation of abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Campbell xv.1	See British Library index of manuscripts
2	c1200-1497: charters, deeds rel to chantry in abbey church for de Colville family, receipt	Belvoir Castle	Not normally open for research	See HMC 24 Rutland, vol IV, pp9,12,15-17
3	15th cent: fragments of cartulary	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Dd.3.87,art.20	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.738); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p23
4	c1536: survey and valuation	Northamptonshire Archives Service	Brudenell MSS BRU E/x/44	NRA 34693 Brudenell See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [11a]