|
Date: |
|
Description: | The archive of Canterbury Cathedral dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Many of the records relate to the extensive estates held by the Prior and Convent and then, after the Dissolution, by the Dean and Chapter. The estates remained in the possession of the Dean and Chapter until the 19th century. The estates were mostly situated in the south-east of England, but also in other parts of the country, such as East Anglia, and even in Southern Ireland. Also particularly significant are records relating to the buildings of the cathedral and precincts, to the cathedral priory's 'sede vacante' jurisdiction while the archbishopric was vacant, and to the cathedral's employees and musical foundation.
- | Subjects: | political & world cultures Music Architecture Archives Religious | Temporal: | Medieval 1066-1500 Saxon 400-1066 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Precincts Canterbury Kent United Kingdom,
CT1 2EH | FAX: | 01227-865222 (mark 'Archives') | Telephone: | 01227-865330 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6043 | Go to resource |
|
|