St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester (later Cathedral)

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Date:	957-1874
Places:	Chester, Cheshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C65332 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O61941 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	0957-16th cent: deeds, estate papers, extracts and memoranda	British Library, Manuscript Collections	passim, esp Harleian Collection	See British Library index of manuscripts
2	late 13th cent-early 14th cent: 3 cartularies	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 2071, 1965, 2062	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (nos.228-30); and Chetham Soc (1920-3)
3	16th cent: cartulary	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Lat MS 460	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.231)
4	1280: inspeximus of 16 charters (1100-1265)	St George's Chapel Archives and Chapter Library	XI.E.5	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.232); HMC 55:Various Collections, VII, p24; Monastic Research Bul
5	c1233-77: deeds (8)	Keele University Library Special Collections and Archives	M72/46/2	NRA 10600 Hatton Wood See Tait, Chartulary or Register of Abbey of St Werburgh (Chetham Soc, NS, 82)
6	mid 12th cent-1335: deeds (24) mid 12th cent, 1233-1312, settlement of disputes 1271-1335	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library		NRA 10465
7	1301-17th cent: copy of reply to writ of quo warranto c1489-1502	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	DCH/T/2, DD/13	NRA 38142 Cholmondeley
8	late 13th cent-early 14th cent: register of pleas, etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 2148	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.233)
9	late 13th cent-early 14th cent: roll of pleas and charters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add Ch 51525
10	16th cent: book of transcripts, incl inspeximus by Henry VIII reciting charters from 12th cent	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	MS Bodewyrd (Sotheby deposit 1932) 16	See Monastic Research Bulletin 4,p8
11	1398: rental of Henry de Sutton, abbot	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36764
12	1416: rental of Thomas Erdeley, abbot of St Werburgh	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	ZCR 674
13	mid 12th cent-17th cent: deeds, rental (1449), transcripts rel to abbey	Collection held privately: enquiries to Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	Eaton Hall catalogue vol 1 p19; addnl report, 1992 p3	NRA 13470 Grosvenor See W Beamont, Calendar of Ancient Charters Preserved at Eaton Hall (1862)
14	1475: papers rel to legal dispute	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D593/A/1/34/14	NRA 10699 Leveson-Gower
15	13th cent: Magnum Registrum Album of Lichfield Cathedral, containing chester annals 1226-59	Lichfield Cathedral Library		See HMC 37: 14th Rep, App VIII, 206-11
16	collections of the Holme family of Chester, incl much (originals and copies) rel to abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 1920-2184	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)
17	1741-1874: corresp, rentals, accounts, minutes of meetings and plans of properties	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	D 7162	See Annual Return 2006