Materials relating to St Mary's Abbey held
at York Minster Archive
Records of the Abbey held at the Minster Archives
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Charter of Edward II (1 sheet), 1308. Ref.: MS. Add. 254. On display in the Yorkshire
Museum. Translated edition: Keith Walls and David Stather, The Charter of 2 June
1308 granted by Edward II to St Mary's Abbey, York (privately printed, 2002)
Cartulary (liber B) relating to property in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Cleveland,
and the Diocese of Durham (1 vol.), 14th-15/16th cent. Ref.: MS. XVI.A.1
Cartulary (liber officiorum) relating to property (in Yorks. (incl. York) and Lincs.)
pertaining to the offices of the abbey (keeper of the common spices, sacrist, etc.) (1
vol.), 14th-15/16th cent. Ref.: MS. XVI.A.2
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Cartulary containing copies of docs. (c.1090-1427) relating to the abbot's claims to
various rights, esp. in the wood of Overton in the Forest of Galtres (1 roll), 1427(?).
Ref.: Hailstone Collection BB.15
Abbot's register (22 fos. (incomplete)), 1507-14. Ref.: Dean and Chapter of York
M2(6)a
Account of chamberlain and keeper of the common spices (1 roll), 1528-9. Ref.: MS.
Add. 255. Printed: Charles Wellbeloved in Proc. Yorkshire Philosophical Soc., i
(1855), pp. 122-55.
Other material relating to the abbey in the Minster
Archives includes:
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Documents relating to a dispute with the Dean and Chapter of York over the tithes of
Greendikes (alias Outgang), Heslington (8 items), 1457-64. Probably always part of
the Dean and Chapter's archive. Ref.: Dean and Chapter of York P/1/1/5
Copy bailiff's account, 31 Hen. VIII. Ref.: Hailstone Collection Box 1.4
Prints of the ruins of the abbey (64 sheets), mid/late 17th cent.-1970. Ref.: YK/324387