Monk Bretton Priory

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Date:	1100-1940
Places:	Monk Bretton, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks \| Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Other monastic orders
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C67472 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O61928 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1100-1540: deeds and papers	Wakefield Libraries and Information Services, Local Studies		NRA 9199
2	copies of papal and other charters, apparently from originals	Sheffield City Archives	LD36-37	See Monastic Research Bulletin 3, p21
3	c1280-1336: cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Lansdowne 405	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (674)
4	1634: extracts from missing pages of above cartulary	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Dodsworth 147 (SC 5088), 155 (SC 5096), 159 (SC 5100)	See Davis (674)
5	16th cent: cartulary with catalogue of the priory libraray	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50755	See Davis (675); Sotheby's 11/4/61, lot 143; was Yorks AS DD/57/A; Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p21
6	1925: photographic slides of priory	Barnsley Archive and Local Studies	A/3257/Z
7	1932-1940: His Majesty's Ministry of Works excavation wage book	Barnsley Archive and Local Studies	A/3548/Z