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	Add Ch 74468-85
2	12th-13th cent: 2 deeds late 12th cent, c1250	Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives	Dean & Chapter's Archives 31, 34, 810-13, 1314	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	MS Dosworth 20 (SC 4162), fos 56v-60v	See Davis Medieval Cartularies (410); Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p16
6	17th cent: extracts from lost register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 1178, fos 97v-103r
7	15th cent: pleas of debt (1467) and trespass (later 15th cent)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	D/B/bw 154, 181	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)	DD\TOR/219	NRA 28079
10	1539: deed of surrender and pension list (8 Mar 1539)	The National Archives	E 322/88; E 315/245,ff66,212
11	1545: grant of abbey lands (incl copy of lease, 1539)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS/C795/PR495	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)	2807 Z/Z1	NRA 4613 Devon RO
13	1545: Charter	Dorset History Centre	D-3219	See Annual Return 2020