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. Oxon. 1-230, MSS. Ch. Oxon. Oseney 1-566, MSS. Rolls Oxon. 1-62, and MSS. Rolls Oxon. Oseney 1-114. (MS. Rolls Oxon. Oseney 115 was added to the collection slightly later.) The principal sources were the archives of Osney Abbey, St Frideswide's Priory, Thame Abbey and Littlemore Priory. As described in the collection overview for D. D. Ch. Ch., these had formed part of the endowment of Cardinal College and later Christ Church Oxford. Part of the archive was acquired by Anthony Wood, bequeathed by him to the Ashmolean Museum and transferred to the Bodleian in 1860. The remainder of the archive (now D. D. Ch. Ch.) remained at Christ Church until 1927 when it was placed on deposit in the Bodleian.
The principal later accessions include:
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. 703-1014: Gore family deeds (South Leigh and Stanton Harcourt), presented in 1910 by Mr H. Martin Gibbs (Summary Catalogue VI p. 448).
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. 1068-2406: New College leases (see the collection overview for Berkshire)
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. 3822-3874, 4158-4183: Bertie family deeds
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. 4594-4978: Loveday family deeds relating mostly to Cropredy, bought, 1970 (see also MSS. Ch. Beds. 45-6, Berks. 1234-9, Derb. 62-4, Glouc. 194-7, London and Middlesex 524, Northants. 52, Rutland 3, Sury 95, Warwick. 69-73, Worcs. 211; Summary Catalogue 54572-4 and appendix II)
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. 4980-5096: Wykeham family deeds (Kingsey and Thame) (see also MSS. Ch. Bucks. 1473-1509, Durham 46, Glouc. 198-201 and Summary Catalogue 54576-7)
- MSS. Ch. Oxon. d. 1-5: charters mostly relating to Goring Priory, arranged chronologically (1221-97, 1301-30, 1330-5, 1351-97, 1400-92); printed The Goring Charters, ed. T. R. Gambier-Parry (2 vols., Oxfordshire Record Society 13-14, 1931-2). Loveday family of Elvendon; purchased privately April 1893 (Summary Catalogue VI.31641-5 and addenda)
- MSS. Rolls Oxon. 31-55: Ipsden court rolls, 1559-1744 (Summary Catalogue 52153-85)
- MSS. Rolls Oxon. 120-40: Headington court rolls 1388-1716, bought from P. G. Langdon, 1933 (Summary Catalogue 52251-71)