Archives of Battle Abbey, 1077-1780.

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Archives of Battle Abbey, 1077-1780.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383124

The portion of the collection covering the time before 1538 consists of a complete monastic archive and includes original deeds, court rolls, account rolls, rentals, etc. The remainder of consists of two major sub-collections, corresponding to Browne and Webster family papers, as well as of Cheke, Jorden, and Whistler. The bulk of this post-Dissolution material pertain to the Webster family, and deals with legal, financial, and estate matters.

Approx. 3,000 pieces.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697376

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Browne family

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Webster family

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Battle Abbey

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The Benedictine abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex; founded by William the Conqueror to commemorate his victory over Harold at Hastings. The abbey possessed lands in Sussex, Berkshire, Essex, Surrey, and Kent. After the Dissolution, the abbey and its immediately adjacent lands, together with the lands in Sussex and Kent, were sold to Sir Anthony Browne, Henry VIII's Master of the Horse, whose son Anthony was created 1st Viscount Montague in 1554. In 1721 the lands were sold to Sir Thomas Webs...