Letter enclosing paper [not present] on the entertainment on Henry VI at Bury St Edmunds
Reference code
SAL/01/02/03/03
Title
Letter enclosing paper [not present] on the entertainment on Henry VI at Bury St Edmunds
Date
c March 1803
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp
Scope and content
Letter from Craven Ord presenting an account of the entertainment of King Henry VI at the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds, entitled the ‘Registrum Curteys’ - named for William Curteys, the Bishop who commissioned the registrar.
Mentioned in the minutes for 17th March 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.048
A full copy of the account was published, in Latin, in Archaeologia Vol. 15, 1806, pp.65-71 (available online): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B02810B9CF9DEEFBDE5A9449B1DF0E94/S0261340900018233a.pdf/vi-account-of-the-entertainment-of-king-henry-the-sixth-at-the-abbey-of-bury-st-edmunds-communicated-by-craven-ord-esq-frs-and-fas-from-an-original-ms-of-the-register-curteys-of-that-monastery-in-his-.pdf
The copy shared with the Society is now in the collection of the National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/858a4c15-ea09-4b8e-82ff-8ea43a923603
Mentioned in the minutes for 17th March 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.048
A full copy of the account was published, in Latin, in Archaeologia Vol. 15, 1806, pp.65-71 (available online): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B02810B9CF9DEEFBDE5A9449B1DF0E94/S0261340900018233a.pdf/vi-account-of-the-entertainment-of-king-henry-the-sixth-at-the-abbey-of-bury-st-edmunds-communicated-by-craven-ord-esq-frs-and-fas-from-an-original-ms-of-the-register-curteys-of-that-monastery-in-his-.pdf
The copy shared with the Society is now in the collection of the National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/858a4c15-ea09-4b8e-82ff-8ea43a923603
Creator
Ord, Craven (1756-1832), antiquarian