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
This volume, unlike the first volume which contained many charters that had been previously printed, consists of texts very few of which had been published before. The documents comprise charters of bishops and lay magnates, indulgences, the Choristers’ charters and cartularies relating to Episcopal lands and administration, and to some of the prebendal estates in Lincolnshire.
Adapted from the Preface.
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
This volume, unlike the first volume which contained many charters that had been previously printed, consists of texts very few of which had been published before. The documents comprise charters of bishops and lay magnates, indulgences, the Choristers’ charters and cartularies relating to Episcopal lands and administration, and to some of the prebendal estates in Lincolnshire.
Adapted from the Preface.
Volume 28 The Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln. Volume II
Editor C.W. Foster M.A., Hon.D.Litt., F.S.A. Canon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Leicester Saint Margaret
Date For the year ending 30th September, 1931
Publication Date 1933
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are in Latin with summaries in English
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Frontispiece: Seal of Bishop Hugh Wells (1209-1235) and Seal of the Chapter of Lincoln (12th and 13th centuries)
Dedication in English to Frank Merry Stenton, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Contents, 15 pages
List of Illustrations, 2 pages. There are facsimiles of 31 documents.
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
Manuscripts additional to those described in the Introduction to Volume I, 1 page
List of Charters, 2 pages
List of additional charters, 9 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volume I, 3 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volume II, 1 page
Registrum Antquissimum documents 309- 641, 334 pages
Appendix I Facsimiles of the charters of Henry II of which facsimiles were not supplied in volume I, 1 page plus 8 pages of facsimiles
Appendix II Seals, 5 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 49 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 5 pages
Index of Subjects, 5 pages
Description See the Description for Volume I, LRS Volume 27.
This volume, unlike the first volume which contained many charters that had been previously printed, consists of texts very few of which had been published before. The documents comprise charters of bishops and lay magnates, indulgences, the Choristers’ charters and cartularies relating to Episcopal lands and administration, and to some of the prebendal estates in Lincolnshire.
Adapted from the Preface.
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 9-978-90150-328-2
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid free paper
Content Changes All facsimiles are in black only
Editor C.W. Foster M.A., Hon.D.Litt., F.S.A. Canon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Leicester Saint Margaret
Date For the year ending 30th September, 1931
Publication Date 1933
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are in Latin with summaries in English
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Frontispiece: Seal of Bishop Hugh Wells (1209-1235) and Seal of the Chapter of Lincoln (12th and 13th centuries)
Dedication in English to Frank Merry Stenton, 1 page
Preface, 3 pages
Contents, 15 pages
List of Illustrations, 2 pages. There are facsimiles of 31 documents.
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
Manuscripts additional to those described in the Introduction to Volume I, 1 page
List of Charters, 2 pages
List of additional charters, 9 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volume I, 3 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volume II, 1 page
Registrum Antquissimum documents 309- 641, 334 pages
Appendix I Facsimiles of the charters of Henry II of which facsimiles were not supplied in volume I, 1 page plus 8 pages of facsimiles
Appendix II Seals, 5 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 49 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 5 pages
Index of Subjects, 5 pages
Description See the Description for Volume I, LRS Volume 27.
This volume, unlike the first volume which contained many charters that had been previously printed, consists of texts very few of which had been published before. The documents comprise charters of bishops and lay magnates, indulgences, the Choristers’ charters and cartularies relating to Episcopal lands and administration, and to some of the prebendal estates in Lincolnshire.
Adapted from the Preface.
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 9-978-90150-328-2
Printer 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex
On acid free paper
Content Changes All facsimiles are in black only