Memorials of St Edmund's Abbey by Thomas Arnold - 9781108053327

Memorials of St Edmund's AbbeyAuthor(s): Thomas Arnold\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108053327, 978-1108053327\nSynopsis\nBury St Edmunds possessed one of the wealthiest abbeys in England. This three-volume collection of Latin documents relating to the abbey was edited by Thomas Arnold [tel] and published between 1890 and 1896. Volume 3 contains a variety of records. The Cronica Buriensis covers the years [tel] in a manuscript of [url] and the Brevis Cronica, possibly by Thomas Croftis, [url] covers [tel]. There is also a collection of fifteenth-century letters, excerpts from Cambridge manuscripts relating to Bury St Edmunds, an account of the fourteenth-century dispute between the abbey and Bishop Bateman of Norwich, and a description of the fire of 1465 that completely gutted the church. The appendices include by-laws of 1477 concerning the town weavers, a charter of privileges of 1447, a.