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Revenues of St Albans Abbey

Reference code
MSS/0316
Title
Revenues of St Albans Abbey
Date
1537-1538
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Vellum; ff. i + 8.
Small quarto.
Reversed calf binding, cream (original vellum covers, fols. 1, 8).
Scope and content
'The booke of Receipts'. Yearly revenues of the abbey from Michaelmas 29 Henry VIII to Michaelmas 30 Henry VIII (1537-8) 'ffrom the Time of Richard Stephenadge late Abbott' (heading, fol. 2). Richard Stevenage, last abbot of St Albans, surrendered the abbey to the king on 5 Dec. 1539. Possibly a stray record from the Augmentations Office.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/316
MS 316
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