G. Monemutensis; Annals of St Benet's Hulme & Hickling; John de Oxenedes, Chronicle, etc. — Hickling, Norfolk. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin, St Augustine and All Saints.
| Provenance: | Hickling, Norfolk. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin, St Augustine and All Saints. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Egerton 3142 |
| Author/Title: | G. Monemutensis; Annals of St Benet's Hulme & Hickling; John de Oxenedes, Chronicle, etc. |
| Type of evidence: | c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc. |
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| Notes on evidence: | Written at and for St Benet's Hulme, the book contains annals which point to Hickling in the 15th century. The last Hickling entry related to the death of the 20th prior in 1503. Cf. Brit. Mus. Quarterly 12 (1938), pp. 80–81, and Chronica I. de Oxenedes (R.S.), p. xxxvi. |
| Date: | s. xiii/xiv (c. 1300)–xv |
| Ownership: | Wm Herbert of Cheshunt. P. C. Webb sale 1771, lot 2831. Townley. Bought at Townley sale by Triphook, bookseller, and sold to Sir G. Page Turner. Bought at his sale (1828) by Duke of Newcastle, Clumber. Sold Sotheby's 1937. |