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LIBER B.

Catalogue reference: Ep/VI/1/2

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the LIBER B. dating from 14th - 17th cent.

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Reference

Ep/VI/1/2

Title

LIBER B.

Date

14th - 17th cent

Description

This is described on f.12v. as "Liber Will[ielm]i Reed Cicestr[ensis] Ep[iscop]i". This volume also has contemporary arabic and later roman foliation, neither of which shows any gaps or misplaced folios.

ff.2 and 4, memoranda, including note of production in a Chancery suit, Butler, Peckham and Peckham v. Bishop Carleton, 1681; ff.5-10, early 16th cent. list of contents; ff.11-15, memoranda and contemporary lists of contents; ff.16-68, charters; ff.69-71, terriers and memoranda relating to Arundel; ff.73v.-86, charters relating to Chichester; ff.96v.-97, letter and deed of the Earl of Arundel; ff.98-100, charters relating to Amberley; ff.101-111, charters relating to Drungewick (Wisborough Green); ff.113-120, homages received by Bishop Robert Rede, 1396-1415; ff.120-125, memoranda; ff.126-136, list of tenants holding by military service; ff.137-140, memoranda.

Related material

<p>A number of documents has been translated in Sussex Record Society, vol. 46, pp.229-257, and Sussex Notes and Queries, vol. 1, p. 233, and vol. 2, p. 45. An account of this volume appears in H.M.C., Var. Coll., I, p. 179.</p>

Held by
West Sussex Record Office
Language

English

Physical description

142 parchment folios

Physical condition

Repaired and rebound at the P.R.O. in May 1936.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/db41aa8d-c105-42af-b5d6-14bea2b86579/

Series information

Ep/VI/1

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Catalogue hierarchy

202,965 records

This record is held at West Sussex Record Office

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Within the fonds: Ep

DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER: EPISCOPAL RECORDS

376 records

Within the sub-fonds: Ep/VI

EPISCOPAL ESTATES

8 records

Within the series: Ep/VI/1

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LIBER B.