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Richard Rolle — Ely, Cambridgeshire. Benedictine abbey and (1109) cathedral priory of St Peter and St Etheldreda.


Provenance: Ely, Cambridgeshire. Benedictine abbey and (1109) cathedral priory of St Peter and St Etheldreda.
Location: St John's College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: 23
Author/Title: Richard Rolle
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
Notes on evidence:

Has the "arma d. Robarti Stewarde prioris nostri Eliensis" (Robert Steward was the last prior and first dean of Ely).

 
Date: s. xv
Ownership:

(fol. iv recto) "Liber dompni Petri de Norwico."

Given to St John's by Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.

Notes:

H.E. Allen, Writings of R. Rolle, p. 96.