Manuscripts
Draft account of Dom John Benygne, chaplain of Lawrence [Champion], abbot of Battle
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Account of the monastery of St Martin of Battle in the time of Sir Lawrence Champion abbot there at the time of his election ending on the vigil of St Michael 1H8'
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Ink number: 461
BA 141
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Abbot's chaplain's account
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This collection consists of two parts: the records of the Benedictine abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex, dating before 1538, and the papers from 1538 onward, chiefly of the Browne family (1538-1721), Viscounts Montague, who purchased the Battle Abbey properties following the monastery's dissolution, and then the Webster family (1721-1857). The collection is particularly rich in monastic and estate accounts, court records, and deeds for lands possessed by Battle Abbey in Sussex, Berkshire, Essex, Surrey, and Kent. The records prior to 1538 consist of a complete monastic archive, the product of one integrated religious institution. Document types include obedientiary and estate and manorial accounts; court rolls and other court records; deeds and charters; rentals and surveys, with related papers; and miscellaneous papers. The papers created after the dissolution of the monastery consist of two major sub-collections, corresponding to Browne and Webster family papers, as well as of Cheke, Jorden, and Whistler. The bulk of this post-Dissolution material pertain to the Webster family, and deals with legal, financial, and estate matters; there is little correspondence.
BA 278
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Account of Thomas Tyting, keeper of the manor of Marshall
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Ink number: 348
BA 475
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Accounts of the Browne family at Poynings and Battle, and yearly accounts of the Battle Estate
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Phillipps number: 9920 volume 1
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