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Annales — Bruton, Somerset. Augustinian priory (later abbey) of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Bruton, Somerset. Augustinian priory (later abbey) of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Otho A. iv fols. 1–66
Author/Title: Annales
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Notes on evidence:

'Per quedam monachum de Bruiton'' according to Smith. Most of the book is badly burnt. Fol. 66 contains fragments of Smith's art. 7 (list of bishops of Bath and Wells to 1329). The Bruton Chronicon in the Cotton library belonged to 'Mr Allen of Oxford', i.e. Thomas Allen (1540?–1632), according to a note in Bodl. MS Carte 108, fol. 438v.

Date: s. xv