On the Origin and Provenance of Victoria, McPherson Library, Doc.Brown.4: Sir Thomas Mowbray’s Care of Newnham Priory*

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2016

Authors

Lahey, Stephanie J.

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Florilegium

Abstract

Although Sir Thomas Mowbray’s 1391 confirmation and continuation of earlier grants and donations to the Augustinian Priory of Newnham, Bedfordshire, was attested via Sir William Dugdale’s transcription and an incomplete cartulary copy, the original charter’s location remained unknown. This article identifies University of Victoria, Doc.Brown.4 as the lost original, provides a new description with full diplomatic transcription, and traces the document’s likely transmission route down to the nineteenth century.

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Sir Thomas Mowbray (1366-1399), Sir William de Beauchamp (c.1185-1260), Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686), Ferrar-Boteler family, Bedfordshire, Newnham Priory, Inner Temple, Inns of Court, dissolution of the monasteries, charters, inspeximus, vidimus, manuscript provenance, manuscript transmission, University of Victoria Doc.Brown.4

Citation

Lahey, S.J. (2016). On the Origin and Provenance of Victoria, McPherson Library, Doc.Brown.4: Sir Thomas Mowbray’s Care of Newnham Priory*. Florilegium, 33, 63- 91. https://doi.org/10.3138/flor.33.004