Ely Cathedral Priory (formerly Abbey)

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Date:	900-1600
Places:	Ely, Cambridgeshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C73367 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O65735 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	10th-16th cent: records	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	EDC	See Owen Library & Muniments 1973; HMC 27:12th R,43-4, App, 389-96; Davis Cartularies (367,374,376); Mon
2	c1007-25: farming memoranda of Ely Abbey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 61735
3	12th cent: Collection of the privileges of Ely, originals 10th-12th cent	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	MS O.2.41, pp81-159	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (364)
4	12th cent: collection of privileges	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Tiberius A.vi, fos 36-120	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (365)
5	cartularies, deeds and manuscripts	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See British Library index of manuscripts
6	late 12th cent: Historia Eliensis	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	MS.O.2.1	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no.366); Monastic Research Bulletin 2,p5; pd Camden Soc,3rd ser,92 (
7	12th-13th cent: Historia Eliensis	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Titus A.i	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies(no.368); Monastic Res Bulletin 2,p5; Camden Soc 3rd ser,92 (1962)
8	part of Liber Eliensis	Cambridge University: Gonville and Caius College Library	MS 489	See Cambridge University Library Catalogue of Manuscripts (1979 reprint) under Dd.viii.24
9	12th-13th cent: annals of Ely to 1217	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Vespasian.D.XIX, fos 53-70	See Monastic Research Bulletin 8,p30
10	c1290-1300: 'Liber M' general cartulary	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	EDR G3/28	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (369); HMC 27: 12th Report, App IX, p386
11	15th cent: first part of a general cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Egerton 3047	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (371)
12	15th cent: continuation of general cartulary	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Ashmole 801, fos 74-143	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (372)
13	14th cent: almoner's cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Vespasian A.vi, fos 90-133	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (373)
14	13th cent-15th cent: chapter register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41612	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (375); Monastic Research Bulletin 5,p11
15	14th-15th cent: 'Liber A' register	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Additional 9822	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (378)
16	c1407-1515: 'Liber B' Priory Register	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	EDR G2/3	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (377); HMC 1st Report, App,p55
17	15th cent: abbreviated MS of Liber Eliensis with collected statutes and customs	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 448	See DM Owen, Library & Muniments of Ely Cathedral 1973; MR James Catalogue of Medieval MSS in Lambeth Pa
18	1472: leaf from statutes 1472 in volume containing 17th cent statutes of cathedral	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add.41	See Cambridge University Library Catalogue of Manuscripts (1979 reprint)
19	1291-93: assessment of land and rents in Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Taxation of Pope Nicholas)	College of Arms	Miscellaneous deeds, no.145	NRA 23441 College of Arms
20	1417: copy of agreement between bishop and prior, rel to their respective rights in fees, jurisdiction, etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Vespasian A.xix, fos 61-102	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (379)
21	1304-30: court roll and rental of manor (no name) of almoner	York Minster Archives	P1/1/4c	NRA 26560
22	15th cent: volume containing (?transcripts of) composition between bishop and priory 1417, rental 1416/7, account of prior's expenses	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MS 329
23	14th cent: mortuary roll for Bishop John Hotham	Canterbury Cathedral Archives		See HMC 5th Rep, App, 449
24	manuscripts owned by priory, incl chronicle of Ely to 1465, psalter with calendar	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 547, 985, 1031, 3721	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)