Leicester Abbey

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Date:	1226-1600
Places:	Leicester, Leicestershire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Augustinian Canons
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C17110 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O72691 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	early 16th cent: cartulary	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Laud misc 625	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (548); Monastic Research Bulletin 2,p6
2	15th-16th cent: compilation of abbey documents	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton Vit. F.XVII	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (549)
3	1226: award by abbot and prior, appointed by pope to judge a dispute between Owston Abbey and Sir Hugh Paynell	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DDEV/44/3	NRA 11211 Constable-Maxwell See HMC 1st Report, App, 45-6