The Registrum Antiquissimum is the earliest complete cartulary of Lincoln Cathedral. It was written mainly in the third decade of the thirteenth century. It was prepared from the original texts, many of which have not survived. Canon Foster noted that its writer ‘copied with literal accuracy. As a consequence his texts may be relied upon’.
The period originally proposed to be covered extended from the year 1061, the date of the only pre-Conquest document to the death of Bishop Hugh of Wells in 1235. However it was found convenient, and indeed necessary, to print many documents which are later in date.
The charters illustrate the history of an English secular cathedral church in respect of its organisation and personnel, its endowments and its franchises. The Introduction notes that the texts of 7,826 charters have survived of which 4,200 are the original documents. There are 1,073 charters in the Registrum Antiquissimum. Volume I contains the texts of 308 documents.
The documents in the Registrum Antiquissimum include charters of the possessions not only of the common of the canons, and of the prebends, but also of the see of Lincoln. These possessions lay dispersed throughout the diocese of Lincoln which, as constituted by William the Conqueror, stretched, until the middle of the sixteenth century, from the Humber to the Thames. It comprised the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Huntingdon, part of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Outside the diocese, the charters relate to land in London and in the counties of Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Surry, and Yorkshire. But it is for the history of the Northern Danelaw that the Lincoln charters are of first-rate importance.
Adapted from the Introduction
The period originally proposed to be covered extended from the year 1061, the date of the only pre-Conquest document to the death of Bishop Hugh of Wells in 1235. However it was found convenient, and indeed necessary, to print many documents which are later in date.
The charters illustrate the history of an English secular cathedral church in respect of its organisation and personnel, its endowments and its franchises. The Introduction notes that the texts of 7,826 charters have survived of which 4,200 are the original documents. There are 1,073 charters in the Registrum Antiquissimum. Volume I contains the texts of 308 documents.
The documents in the Registrum Antiquissimum include charters of the possessions not only of the common of the canons, and of the prebends, but also of the see of Lincoln. These possessions lay dispersed throughout the diocese of Lincoln which, as constituted by William the Conqueror, stretched, until the middle of the sixteenth century, from the Humber to the Thames. It comprised the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Huntingdon, part of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Outside the diocese, the charters relate to land in London and in the counties of Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Surry, and Yorkshire. But it is for the history of the Northern Danelaw that the Lincoln charters are of first-rate importance.
Adapted from the Introduction
Volume 27 The Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln. Volume I
Editor C.W. Foster Canon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Leicester Saint Margaret
Date For the year ending 30th September, 1930
Publication Date 1931
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are printed in Latin. The Introduction notes that ‘While most of the charters admit of a short summary of their contents (in English), some, on account of their greater importance or difficulty, demand fuller treatment, and others, like the Forest Charter or the longer papal bulls do not admit of any summary at all.’
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Frontispiece: Registrum Antiquissimum, Part of Charter No. 3, 1 foldout facsimile
Dedication in Latin to Canon John of Schalby, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Contents, 3 pages
List of illustrations, 1 page. There are 34 facsimiles of the most important original charters and 8 other illustrations
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
Addendum, 1 page
Introduction, 36 pages
Table of Contents of the Registrum Antiquissimum, 5 pages
Analysis of the Quires of the Registrum Antiquissimum, 2 pages
Charters of Inspeximus, 7 pages
List of Charters printed in this volume from original texts and the several cartularies, 9 pages
Registrum Antiquissimum documents 1-308
I. Royal, 145 pages
II. Papal, 101 pages
III. Episcopal, 17 pages
Addendum, 1 page
Appendix I Episcopal Residences at Lincoln, 10 pages
Appendix II Thorngate and the Condet Family, 19 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 42 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 5 pages
Index of Subjects, 7 pages
Description The Registrum Antiquissimum is the earliest complete cartulary of Lincoln Cathedral. It was written mainly in the third decade of the thirteenth century. It was prepared from the original texts, many of which have not survived. Canon Foster noted that its writer ‘copied with literal accuracy. As a consequence his texts may be relied upon’.
The period originally proposed to be covered extended from the year 1061, the date of the only pre-Conquest document to the death of Bishop Hugh of Wells in 1235. However it was found convenient, and indeed necessary, to print many documents which are later in date.
The charters illustrate the history of an English secular cathedral church in respect of its organisation and personnel, its endowments and its franchises. The Introduction notes that the texts of 7,826 charters have survived of which 4,200 are the original documents. There are 1,073 charters in the Registrum Antiquissimum. Volume I contains the texts of 308 documents.
The documents in the Registrum Antiquissimum include charters of the possessions not only of the common of the canons, and of the prebends, but also of the see of Lincoln. These possessions lay dispersed throughout the diocese of Lincoln which, as constituted by William the Conqueror, stretched, until the middle of the sixteenth century, from the Humber to the Thames. It comprised the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Huntingdon, part of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Outside the diocese, the charters relate to land in London and in the counties of Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Surry, and Yorkshire. But it is for the history of the Northern Danelaw that the Lincoln charters are of first-rate importance.
Adapted from the Introduction
Reprint
Date 2008 Paperback edition
Size 235 x 155 mm
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society Publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Web site: www.boydellandbrewer.com
ISBN 9-780-90150-327-5
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid free paper
Content Changes All facsimiles are in black only
Editor C.W. Foster Canon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Leicester Saint Margaret
Date For the year ending 30th September, 1930
Publication Date 1931
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are printed in Latin. The Introduction notes that ‘While most of the charters admit of a short summary of their contents (in English), some, on account of their greater importance or difficulty, demand fuller treatment, and others, like the Forest Charter or the longer papal bulls do not admit of any summary at all.’
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Frontispiece: Registrum Antiquissimum, Part of Charter No. 3, 1 foldout facsimile
Dedication in Latin to Canon John of Schalby, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Contents, 3 pages
List of illustrations, 1 page. There are 34 facsimiles of the most important original charters and 8 other illustrations
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
Addendum, 1 page
Introduction, 36 pages
Table of Contents of the Registrum Antiquissimum, 5 pages
Analysis of the Quires of the Registrum Antiquissimum, 2 pages
Charters of Inspeximus, 7 pages
List of Charters printed in this volume from original texts and the several cartularies, 9 pages
Registrum Antiquissimum documents 1-308
I. Royal, 145 pages
II. Papal, 101 pages
III. Episcopal, 17 pages
Addendum, 1 page
Appendix I Episcopal Residences at Lincoln, 10 pages
Appendix II Thorngate and the Condet Family, 19 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 42 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 5 pages
Index of Subjects, 7 pages
Description The Registrum Antiquissimum is the earliest complete cartulary of Lincoln Cathedral. It was written mainly in the third decade of the thirteenth century. It was prepared from the original texts, many of which have not survived. Canon Foster noted that its writer ‘copied with literal accuracy. As a consequence his texts may be relied upon’.
The period originally proposed to be covered extended from the year 1061, the date of the only pre-Conquest document to the death of Bishop Hugh of Wells in 1235. However it was found convenient, and indeed necessary, to print many documents which are later in date.
The charters illustrate the history of an English secular cathedral church in respect of its organisation and personnel, its endowments and its franchises. The Introduction notes that the texts of 7,826 charters have survived of which 4,200 are the original documents. There are 1,073 charters in the Registrum Antiquissimum. Volume I contains the texts of 308 documents.
The documents in the Registrum Antiquissimum include charters of the possessions not only of the common of the canons, and of the prebends, but also of the see of Lincoln. These possessions lay dispersed throughout the diocese of Lincoln which, as constituted by William the Conqueror, stretched, until the middle of the sixteenth century, from the Humber to the Thames. It comprised the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Huntingdon, part of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Outside the diocese, the charters relate to land in London and in the counties of Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Surry, and Yorkshire. But it is for the history of the Northern Danelaw that the Lincoln charters are of first-rate importance.
Adapted from the Introduction
Reprint
Date 2008 Paperback edition
Size 235 x 155 mm
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society Publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Web site: www.boydellandbrewer.com
ISBN 9-780-90150-327-5
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid free paper
Content Changes All facsimiles are in black only