St Osyth Abbey

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Date:	1100-1546
Places:	St Osyth, Essex
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Augustinian Canons
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C73489 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O64880 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	12th cent-1534: deeds incl foundation charter (12th-13th cent), seal of prior (c1407), extract from court roll of Brent Eleigh manor, Suffolk (1534), letters (14th cent)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Seal CVIII/87; Harl Ch 44/C/16-7,83/A/11,85/H/41; Lans Ch CCLX/56-7,CCCCXLVII/1; Cot Ch IV/3	See British Library index of manuscripts
2	1511-12: ministers accounts	Duchy of Cornwall Office		NRA 24580 Duchy of Cornwall
3	1541-46: extracts from accounts of ministers of possessions of former monastery of St Osyth in manor of Brent Eleigh, Suffolk (1541/2,1546/7)	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	1754/4/1-2	NRA 12989
4	13th cent: works of St Augustine and St Ambrose, formerly in abbey library	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 56252	See HMC 1st Report, App, 61