The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford, Vol. 2: The Chantry and Country Parish Charters (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford, Vol. 2: The Chantry and Country Parish Charters

Volume II having been edited on exactly the same lines as its predecessor, nothing need be said as to the general plan of the work. It contains (1) the charters relating to the Chantry or Chantries founded in 1346 by Elizabeth Lady Montacute, (2) those concerning property held by the Monastery in Country Parishes, and in an Appendix, a few documents which came to hand too late for insertion in their proper place in the body of the work, together with copies or summaries Of such others as seemed necessary in order to carry the history on to the Dissolution.

It will be Observed that the possessions of the Monastery were very widely scattered, Mr. Hurst's admirable map em bracing ah area of about 40 x 35 miles, while outside this large tract of country the Prior and Canons held property in three other places. In all, their possessions were Spread over some forty parishes, of which twenty-five are in Oxford shire, five in Bucks, six in Berks, one in Wilts, two in Northamptonshire, and one in London. It is of course not to be expected that these documents will have the same interest for students of the history of the city of Oxford as those contained in vol. I. But they have a value of their own, not only as showing the property held by Oxford's chief Religious House, but also as being a contribution to the history of the various counties in which it was situated.

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