Historia et cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestriae

Published 1863–7, the records of St Peter's, Gloucester, shed valuable light on the economy of a large medieval abbey.

William Henry Hart (Edited by)

9781108048101, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

572 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.83 kg

The abbey of St Peter, which later became Gloucester Cathedral, had its origins in the seventh century and was re-established in the eleventh. It benefited considerably from Norman patronage, growing in importance, size and wealth. Henry III was crowned there in 1216, and it is where Edward II was buried. It subsequently became a place of pilgrimage, and received several benefactions from Edward III. Volume 3 of the abbey's records, edited by W. H. Hart and published in 1867, contains charters 909–1029, an appendix and glossary, and an index to the three volumes. There are detailed manorial extents dating from the 1260s, and an undated treatise on the management of manors. The volume ends with an assortment of legal and other documents from a range of dates, including sixteenth-century insertions. The cartulary is a valuable source of information on medieval manorial landholding in the West Country.

Introduction
Cartulary
Appendix
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]