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Forde Abbey

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Date: 1141-1539
Places:
  • Forde Abbey, Dorset
Functions, occupations and activities: Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Other monastic orders
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C65581 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O61940 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
deeds (18) rel to Dorset estates
British Library, Manuscript Collections
2
12th-13th cent: 2 deeds late 12th cent, c1250
Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives
See HMC 55: Various Collections IV, pp51-2, 57, 69; NRA 8474: Vicars Choral Archives 3076
3
early 15th cent: cartulary
Collection held privately: enquiries to Dorset History Centre
See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.409); pd Somserset Rec Soc (1998); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,
4
'untraced' register
Unknown location
See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.410)
5
late 16th cent: extracts from untraced register, incl history of abbey's foundation
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Davis Medieval Cartularies (410); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p16
6
17th cent: extracts from lost register
British Library, Manuscript Collections
7
15th cent: pleas of debt (1467) and trespass (later 15th cent)
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 32958 Bridgwater borough
8
c1192-1392: 3 awards by abbots acting as mediators in disputes of dean and chapter of Wells (1192x1205, 1275, 1392)
Wells Cathedral Library and Archives
See HMC 3rd Rep, App, p 352; HMC 12: Wells II, pp 551,570,646
9
1497-98: court rolls for manors of Burstock, Charmouth, Little Windsor, Thorncombe and Toller Abbas, Dorset
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 28079
10
1539: deed of surrender and pension list (8 Mar 1539)
The National Archives
11
1545: grant of abbey lands (incl copy of lease, 1539)
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
12
photocopies of portion of cartulary which relates to Devon
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 4613 Devon RO
13
1545: Charter
Dorset History Centre
See Annual Return 2020