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Accounting at Durham Cathedral PrioryThe Corpus of Accounting Material

Accounting at Durham Cathedral Priory: The Corpus of Accounting Material [The medieval accounting materials which survive from Durham Cathedral Priory constitute one of the largest collections from any medieval institution outside royal government. The total number of extant items within the medieval archive, including accounting and non-accounting material, has been estimated to be approximately 40,00c).1 Following the surrender of the house in December 1539 its last prior, Hugh Whitehead, was left in a position as a ‘caretaker manager’, and in 1541 he became the dean of the newly constituted chapter of Durham Cathedral which was largely endowed with the estates pertaining to the former priory.2 Thus there was both a continuity in administration and a reason to preserve ancient records, potentially useful in upholding claims to land or revenue at a much later date. For similar reasons, large collections of medieval accounting material also survive from other Benedictine foundations such as those of Canterbury Norwich, Westminster, Winchester and Worcester.3] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
ISBN
978-1-349-55282-5
Pages
76 –116
DOI
10.1057/9781137479785_4
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Abstract

[The medieval accounting materials which survive from Durham Cathedral Priory constitute one of the largest collections from any medieval institution outside royal government. The total number of extant items within the medieval archive, including accounting and non-accounting material, has been estimated to be approximately 40,00c).1 Following the surrender of the house in December 1539 its last prior, Hugh Whitehead, was left in a position as a ‘caretaker manager’, and in 1541 he became the dean of the newly constituted chapter of Durham Cathedral which was largely endowed with the estates pertaining to the former priory.2 Thus there was both a continuity in administration and a reason to preserve ancient records, potentially useful in upholding claims to land or revenue at a much later date. For similar reasons, large collections of medieval accounting material also survive from other Benedictine foundations such as those of Canterbury Norwich, Westminster, Winchester and Worcester.3]

Published: Jan 18, 2016

Keywords: Manorial Account; Thirteenth Century; Fifteenth Century; Fourteenth Century; Early Record

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