Byland manuscripts, [ca. 1177]-1390.

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Byland manuscripts, [ca. 1177]-1390.

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This volume of 112 leaves bears copies, in what appears to be a 19th or early 20th century hand, of charters, deeds, and other documents relating to the Cistercian Abbey of Byland in Yorkshire. The documents pertain to landed properties which were bestowed upon the Abbey.

0.5 linear ft. ( 1 volume)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Hughes, David G.

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Byland Abbey (Yorkshire, England)

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