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Name: Wellow (or Grimsby) Abbey, common seal. Places: Concerning Wellow (or Grimsby)...

Catalogue reference: DL 25/323/267

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This record is about the Name: Wellow (or Grimsby) Abbey, common seal. Places: Concerning Wellow (or Grimsby)... dating from 1234 - 1252 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Deeds, Series L. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
DL 25/323/267
Date
1234 - 1252
Description
Name
Places
Concerning Wellow (or Grimsby) Abbey
Document Note
The date is from internal evidence: R., named as abbot of Wellow, was probably Reginald, abbot from 1234 until not later than 1252.
Seal Design
Design: figure (?St Augustine) standing blessing and holding a crozier, Size: c 55 x 39 mm, Shape: pointed oval, Colour: uncoloured, varnished, Legend: [.]SIGILLV·ECCL[.]SAN[.]VGVSTINI·D'GRIMESB, Monastic
Material
Wax
Attachment
On tag
Seal Note
In the legend the first and second N are reversed and the ME is conjoined. Entered in Catalogue of seals, M902. Impression: fair. Condition: damage to legend
Note
These seals are reproduced by kind permission of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16099275/

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Duchy of Lancaster: Deeds, Series L

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