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
Of the four hundred and thirty-three documents in this volume only ten have been previously printed verbatim. Sixty-six of the documents relate to Lincolnshire, whilst the numbers of those concerned with other counties are:
Bedford 16
Buckingham 27
Derby 115
Gloucester 1
Hampshire 7
Hertford 6
Huntingdon 76
Kent 4
Middlesex 1
Northampton 6
Nottingham 56
Oxford 34
Rutland 11
Somerset 1
Stafford 1
Sussex 1
York 4
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
Of the four hundred and thirty-three documents in this volume only ten have been previously printed verbatim. Sixty-six of the documents relate to Lincolnshire, whilst the numbers of those concerned with other counties are:
Bedford 16
Buckingham 27
Derby 115
Gloucester 1
Hampshire 7
Hertford 6
Huntingdon 76
Kent 4
Middlesex 1
Northampton 6
Nottingham 56
Oxford 34
Rutland 11
Somerset 1
Stafford 1
Sussex 1
York 4
Adapted from the Preface.
Volume 29 The Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln. Volume III
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, 1932
Publication Date 1935
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are in Latin with summaries in English
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Dedication in Latin to Doridi Mariæ Stenton (Doris Mary Stenton), 1 page
Preface, 5 pages
Contents, 8 pages
Illustrations, 1 page. There are facsimiles of 17 documents.
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
List of Charters, 4 pages
List of Additional Charters, 10 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volumes I and II, 2 pages
Registrum Antiquissimum documents 642-1100, 405 pages
Index of persons and Places, 62 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 4 pages
Index of Subjects, 13 pages
Description See the Description for Volume I, LRS Volume 27.
Of the four hundred and thirty-three documents in this volume only ten have been previously printed verbatim. Sixty-six of the documents relate to Lincolnshire, whilst the numbers of those concerned with other counties are:
Bedford 16
Buckingham 27
Derby 115
Gloucester 1
Hampshire 7
Hertford 6
Huntingdon 76
Kent 4
Middlesex 1
Northampton 6
Nottingham 56
Oxford 34
Rutland 11
Somerset 1
Stafford 1
Sussex 1
York 4
Adapted from the Preface.
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, 1932
Publication Date 1935
Size 255 x 155 mm
Language The documents are in Latin with summaries in English
Printer The Hereford Times, Hereford
Content Dedication in Latin to Doridi Mariæ Stenton (Doris Mary Stenton), 1 page
Preface, 5 pages
Contents, 8 pages
Illustrations, 1 page. There are facsimiles of 17 documents.
Abbreviations and Notes, 4 pages
List of Charters, 4 pages
List of Additional Charters, 10 pages
Corrections and Additions for Volumes I and II, 2 pages
Registrum Antiquissimum documents 642-1100, 405 pages
Index of persons and Places, 62 pages
Index of Counties and Countries, 4 pages
Index of Subjects, 13 pages
Description See the Description for Volume I, LRS Volume 27.
Of the four hundred and thirty-three documents in this volume only ten have been previously printed verbatim. Sixty-six of the documents relate to Lincolnshire, whilst the numbers of those concerned with other counties are:
Bedford 16
Buckingham 27
Derby 115
Gloucester 1
Hampshire 7
Hertford 6
Huntingdon 76
Kent 4
Middlesex 1
Northampton 6
Nottingham 56
Oxford 34
Rutland 11
Somerset 1
Stafford 1
Sussex 1
York 4
Adapted from the Preface.