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Chronicles and cartulary of Ely — 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: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Domitian xv
Author/Title: Chronicles and cartulary of Ely
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Notes on evidence:

Provenance inferred from contents.

Date: s. xiii, xv
Notes:

The chronicles occupy fols. 1–94 (s. xiii) and charters and judicial proceedings occupy fols. 95–150 (s. xv). These were distinct. The remaining section (fols. 152–166, s. xv) seems to concern Torksey and may not come from Ely.