Author: Camden Society

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781331883494

Excerpt from Accounts of the Obedientairs of Abingdon Abbey The original rolls of accounts of the Benedictine monastery of Saint Mary of Abingdon, printed in this volume, are preserved in the collection of Sir Harry Verney, Bart., who kindly permitted them to be deposited in the Record Office for the purpose of being edited for this Society. His possession of them is accounted for by the fact that the site of the Abbey came to the Verneys. The task of editing these accounts was at first entrusted to Mr. G. H. Overend, F.S.A., of the Public Record Office, who made transcripts of two of them, but was unable to find the time necessary for the work, which was handed over to me, on his recommendation, with many suggestions and references; and he has continued to take the utmost interest in the subject up to the very last. The rolls have been divided into two classes: the first, consisting of twenty-six accounts of the officers of the abbey, are printed in full; the second, consisting of eleven accounts of its manorial officers, with two rentals and a court roll, have been abstracted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.