Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lyell 15

s. xiv med., Abingdon

Type of MS.: Cartulary
Davis no.: 5
Bibliography: Kelly, Abingdon, pp. lxv-lxvi [G]; Lyell Catalogue, pp. 35-8.
Related MSS: Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 255 has B. Twyne's extracts.
Comment: Written in or shortly after 1346, with additions circa 1368. Used by Brian Twyne in 1622.
Provenance: 1594 Sir Henry Norreys (possibly ex-Dr George Owen). E. Wray (acc. to Tanner). The Earls of Abingdon. Aubrey family. J. P. Lyell 1935. Bodleian 1949.

Charters contained:

S1065, f. 32r: A.D. 1052 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Abbot Ordric for St Mary's minster at Abingdon judicial and financial rights over his own land. s. xiv med.

S184, ff. 45v-46r: A.D. 821. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Culham, Oxon., with pasture at Otney (near Sutton Courtenay), Berks. s. xiv med.

S184, ff. 160r-162r: A.D. 821. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Culham, Oxon., with pasture at Otney (near Sutton Courtenay), Berks. s. xiv med.