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Collection Info

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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4. 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

5. 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

7. 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)

9. 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

10. MS. Ch. Essex 281

Date Range:
1597 - 1597
Preview:

Birchanger. 1597.

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

11. MS. Ch. Essex 282

Date Range:
1597 - 1598
Preview:

Birchanger. 1597-1598.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 282*
Motif:
Skull and initials M H (Matthew Hood)

12. MS. Ch. Essex 367

Date Range:
1565 - 1565
Preview:

Debden. 1565.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 367*
Organisation Name:
New College, Oxford

13. MS. Ch. Essex 368

Date Range:
1587 - 1587
Preview:

Debden. 1587.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 368*
Motif:
Fore-quarter of stag (?)

14. MS. Ch. Essex 398

Date Range:
1521 - 1522
Preview:

East Hall. 1521-1522.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 398*
Motif:
Leaf and fruit

15. MS. Ch. Essex 399

Date Range:
1537 - 1538
Preview:

East Hall. 1537-1538.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 399*
Motif:
Indistinct

16. MS. Ch. Essex 404

Date Range:
1576 - 1576
Preview:

East Hall. 1576.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 404*
Motif:
Initials IP (John Pynchyn)
Person Name:
John Pynchyn

17. MS. Ch. Essex 406

Date Range:
1585 - 1585
Preview:

East Hall. 1585.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 406*a
Motif:
Leaf and fruit
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 406*b
Motif:
Paschal lamb

19. MS. Ch. Essex 462

Date Range:
1537 - 1538
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1537-1538.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 462*
Motif:
Human figures - broken

20. MS. Ch. Essex 463

Date Range:
1538 - 1538
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1538.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 463*a
Motif:
Initials FM
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 463*b
Motif:
Initials HO AB

21. MS. Ch. Essex 464

Date Range:
1538 - 1538
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1538.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 464*a
Motif:
Initials Tl and device
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 464*b
Motif:
Initials FM
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 464*c
Motif:
Initials IG
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 464*d
Motif:
Initials HO AB
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 464*e
Motif:
Initial A

22. MS. Ch. Essex 467

Date Range:
1544 - 1545
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1544-1545.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 467*
Motif:
Orpheus and Eurydice (chipped)

23. MS. Ch. Essex 469

Date Range:
1554 - 1555
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1554-1555.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 469*
Motif:
Warrior spearing victim

24. MS. Ch. Essex 470

Date Range:
1555 - 1555
Preview:

Hornchurch. 1555.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Essex 470*
Motif:
Warrior spearing victim