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As with other series shelfmarked MS. Ch. and MS. Rolls, this is an artificial collection created from a range of archival sources, and the provenance of individual items is not always known.

The collection catalogued in 1878 comprised MSS. Ch. Essex 1-257, and MSS. Rolls Essex 1-18. Turner and Coxe identified material from the archives of five religious houses:

  • Tiptree Priory (Ch. 1-27, Rolls 18)
  • Horkesey Priory (Ch. 29-65, Rolls. 16)
  • Stanesgate Priory (Ch. 68-83)
  • Blackmore Priory (Ch. 157-163)
  • Thoby Priory (Ch. 165-8)
These four priories were part of the endowment of Cardinal College and the history of the archives is the same as the other Cardinal College archives described in the collection summary for Oxon. (Oxfordshire).

A further group (Chs. 84-157) is from the archives of Colchester Abbey, comprising charters relating to Wickham Skeith in Suffolk; these are probably the charters listed by Thomas Tanner (Notitia Monastica 122) as being in his possession. Further charters relating to Wickham Skeith are MSS. Ch. Suffolk 1392-1432.

The provenance of Ch. 169-257 and Rolls 1-15 was not recorded and remains to be researched. Ch. 210 belonged to Ralph Thoresby (see the collection overview for Yorkshire)

The main later accession is MSS. Ch. Essex 266b-972, New College leases (see the collection overview for Berkshire)

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17. MS. Ch. Essex 273

Date Range:
1548 - 1548
Preview:

Birchanger. 1548.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 273*
Legend:
CLMNTWNFRD (Clement Wenefred)
Motif:
E, with letters surrounding (chipped)
Person Name:
Clement Wenefred

18. MS. Ch. Essex 274

Date Range:
1548 - 1548
Preview:

Birchanger. 1548.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 274*a
Legend:
CLMNTWNFRD (Clement Wenefred)
Motif:
E, with letters surrounding (chipped)
Person Name:
Clement Wenefred
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 274*b
Motif:
A demi-griffin issuant from crown
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 274*c
Motif:
A stag

21. MS. Ch. Essex 277

Date Range:
1560 - 1561
Preview:

Birchanger. 1560-1561.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 277*a
Motif:
Initials RH (Richard Hubert)
Person Name:
Richard Hubert
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 277*b
Motif:
A bird (broken)

23. MS. Ch. Essex 279

Date Range:
1591 - 1591
Preview:

Birchanger. 1591.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 279*
Motif:
Skull and initials H M (Mathew Houde)
Person Name:
Mathew Houde

25. MS. Ch. Essex 281

Date Range:
1597 - 1597
Preview:

Birchanger. 1597.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 281*
Motif:
Two-headed eagle (broken)