Janus: Administrative records

King's/KC/KCAR/6/1 contains:
O	Abbey of Bec, Normandy
1	Court Rolls
2	Court Minutes
3	Rentals
4	Title Deeds
5	Papers relating to enfranchisement
6	Valuations
7	Surveys
8	Terriers
9	Surveys, Terriers and Valuations
10	Maps and Plans
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Administrative records

Title	Abbey of Bec, Normandy
Reference	KCAR/6/1/O
Covering Dates	1106–1900
Extent and Medium	2 boxes

Content and context

Records relating to manors or estates formerly owned by the Abbey of Bec and its dependants (the 'alien priories' such as Ogbourne, Kersey and Great Bricett), passed to King's College at the foundation by Henry VI.

Please note that the estate collection is continually receiving new material. Catalogues for estates which have had many additions made during the year will be re-published approximately annually, and the Archive Centre staff are always happy to conduct up-to-date computer searches for any estate. Please contact archivist@kings.cam.ac.uk with enquiries.

King's/KC/KCAR/6/1/O contains:

BEC/01

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Tooting, Surrey; Ruislip, Middlesex.
1 file; parchment; Rolled material.

1246

BEC/02

Court rolls. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Weedon Beck, Northamptonshire; Wretham, Norfolk; Lessingham, Norfolk; Blakenham, Suffolk; Tooting, Surrey; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Povington, Dorset; Ruislip, Middlesex.
4 rolls; parchment; Rolled material.

1247–1248

BEC/03

Court rolls. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Wretham, Norfolk; Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Combe, Hampshire; Wantage, Berkshire.
3 rolls; parchment; Rolled material.

1249

BEC/04

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court roll for: [first two manors indistinct]; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Tooting, Surrey; Preston, Sussex; Blakenham, Suffolk; Lessingham, Norfolk; Wretham, Norfolk; Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Combe, Berkshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1269–1270

BEC/05

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct]; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Preston, Sussex; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; [other manors indistinct].
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1275

BEC/06

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first six manors indistinct]; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Tooting, Surrey; Preston, Suffolk; Blakenham, Suffolk; Lessingham, Norfolk; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Quarley, Hampshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1275–1276

BEC/07

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct]; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Lessingham, Norfolk; Dunton Waylett, Essex; Tooting, Surrey; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Povington, Dorset.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1316–1318

BEC/08

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first two manors indistinct]; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; [one manor indistinct]; Preston, Sussex; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Combe, Berkshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Povington, Dorset; Milborne Bec, Dorset; Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1280–1281

BEC/09

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct]; Combe, Berkshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Weedon, Northamptonshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Dunton Waylett, Essex; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Tooting, Surrey; Preston, Sussex; Wantage, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Povington, Dorset; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; [one manor indistinct]; Lessingham, Norfolk.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1288–1290

BEC/10

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct]; Ruislip, Middlesex; Tooting, Surrey; Preston, Suffolk; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; [one manor indistinct]; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Weedon, Northamptonshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Combe, Berkshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Povington, Dorset; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1290–1292

BEC/11

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Povington, Dorset; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; [one manor indistinct]; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Weedon, Northamptonshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Tooting, Surrey; Ruislip, Middlesex; Preston, Suffolk.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1296

BEC/12

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct]; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Tooting, Surrey; Lessingham, Norfolk; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Weedon, Northamptonshire; Preston, Suffolk; Dunton Waylett, Essex; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; [last manor indistinct].
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1307–1308

BEC/13

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Lessingham, Norfolk; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Povington, Dorset; Milborne, Dorset; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Atherstone, Warwickshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Ruislip, Middlesex; Preston, Suffolk; Dunton Waylett, Essex; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Tooting, Surrey; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Wantage, Berkshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1320–1322

BEC/14

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Lessingham, Norfolk; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Cottisford, Oxfordshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Combe, Berkshire; Quarley, Hampshire; Povington, Dorset; Milbourne, Dorset; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1320–1322

BEC/15

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Ruislip, Middlesex; Lessingham, Norfolk; [West] Wretham, Norfolk; Tooting, Surrey; Swincombe, Oxfordshire; Dunton Waylett, Essex; Chisenbury, Wiltshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Povington, Dorset; Milbourne, Dorset; Quarley, Hampshire; Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Ogbourne, Wiltshire; Wantage, Berkshire; Bledlow, Buckinghamshire; Cottisford, Oxfordshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1314–1315

BEC/16

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Combe, Berkshire; Hungerford, Berkshire; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1334

BEC/17

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: Combe, Berkshire and Quarley, Hampshire.
1 roll; parchment; Rolled material.

1349

BEC/18

Court roll fragment. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising a fragment of a court roll for: [one manor indistinct]; Milbourne, Dorset; Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire; Preston, Suffolk.
1 item; parchment.

1273

BEC/19

Copy charter. Copy of a charter (1103) of privileges from King Henry I to the Abbey of Bec.
1 item; parchment.

c. 1125

BEC/20

Royal letters patent of King John. Grant of protection by King John to the men and possessions of the Abbey of Bec. A fragment of King John's Great Seal (green wax) is still attached.
1 item; parchment.

1 November 1199–1 November 1216

BEC/21

Copy inspeximus. Copy of an inspeximus to the Abbey of Bec.
1 item.

1227–1228

BEC/22

Charter of King Henry III. Grant by Henry III to the Abbey of Bec, of free warren in Ogbourne, Combe, Ruislip, Swyncombe and Weedon Bec manors. A large seal is attached.
1 item; parchment.

12 November 1252

BEC/23

Charter of King Henry III. Copy of BEC/22. A fragment of Henry III's Great Seal (green wax) is attached.
1 item; parchment.

12 November 1252

BEC/24

Quo warranto roll. A Quo Warranto roll to discover by what warranty the abbot of Bec claims certain exceptions and privileges, most of which seemed to have been allowed him.
1 item; paper; Rolled material.

c. 1319-c. 1320

BEC/25

Acquittances for Clerical Tenth payments. Acquittance for contributions from the Abbey of Bec's estates to the Clerical Tenth. Includes manors (arranged by diocese): Ogbourne, Combe, Abbots Ann, Quarley, Tooting, Preston, Glynde, East Wretham, Swynecombe, Bledlow, Cottisford, Weedon Bec, Dunton Waylett and Ruislip.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

1270–1280

BEC/26

Consuetudines. Customary dues of various manors of the Abbey of Bec, including Ogbourne, Combe, Abbots Ann, Wantage, Chisenbury, Cornel, Povington and Brixton Deverill.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1275

BEC/27

Confirmation. Confirmation by Faramus, son of William de Boulogne, to the abbot of Bec, of grants by Eustace de Boulogne's sons Geoffrey and William of land in Balham, pertaining to Clapham manor (Surrey).
1 item; parchment.

c. 1160

BEC/28

Charter. Grant by Count of Eu ('de Augo') to the abbot of Bec and prior of St Martin-au-Bosc, of Hooe manor, Sussex.
1 item; parchment.

1106

BEC/29

F L Clarke's notes. Handwritten notes on the Abbey of Bec's estates from published sources.
2 items; paper.

c. 1900

BEC/30

Bond. Bond from Sir Gilbert de Burneval to Richard de Flamavill, procurator of the Abbey of Bec, for £40, with Fennham manor as guarantee.
1 item; parchment.

1271

BEC/31

Appeals. Public instrument of the abbot of Bec concerning claims and appeals to the Pope from Bec and the procurator general in England.
1 item; parchment.

16 June 1306

BEC/32

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court roll for: Quarley, Povington, Melbourne, Brixton Deverill, Chisenbury and Hungerford.
1 item; parchment.

1337

BEC/33

Account roll. Roll of manorial accounts for lands belonging to the Abbey of Bec.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

1268–1269

BEC/34

Notes on history of Abbey of Bec. Handwritten notes from Jean Bourget's history of the abbey of 1779.
2 items; paper.

c. 1850

BEC/35

Acknowledgement. Acknowledgement by Nicholas de Holt of a debt to the abbot of Bec (or procurator general in England) and details of repayment.
1 item; parchment.

20 November 1307

BEC/36

Court roll fragment. Part of a court roll for West Wretham, Lessingham, Blakenham and Swyncombe. Also includes two photographic prints of the document, along with a transcription by Michael Stansfield.
1 item; parchment.

1246

BEC/37

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court roll for East Wretham and Lessingham.
1 item; parchment.

Dec 1348

BEC/38

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court rolls for: [first manor indistinct], Swyncombe, Bledlow, Ruislip, Tooting, Dunton, Weedon, Wretham, Lessingham, Blakenham, Wantage, Ogbourne, Chisenbury, Quarley, Anne, Combe, Farleigh, Hungerford, Brixton [Deverill] and Preston [Sussex].
1 item; parchment.

c. 1300

BEC/39

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court roll for: Brixton Deverill, Povington, Chisenbury, Atherstone and Weedon Bec.
1 item; parchment.

c. 1250

BEC/40

Court roll fragment. Part of a court roll for Combe, Anne Bec, Quarley and Chisenbury.
1 item; parchment.

1338

BEC/41

Custumal/Rental. List of customs and rents of Abbey of Bec manors, including Hungerford, Combe, Anne, Quarley and Brixton Deverill.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1250

BEC/42

Court roll. Pleas of the manors in England of the Abbey of Bec, comprising court roll for Lessingham, West Wretham and Blakenham.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

1350

BEC/43

Copy charters. Copies of a 1227 inspeximus by King Henry III to the abbot of Bec, along with other charters of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Honorius III of 1221.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1350

BEC/44

Issues roll. Roll of the issues of the manors of the Abbey of Bec.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1275

BEC/45

Issues roll. Roll of the issues of the granges of the manors of the Abbey of Bec.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

c. 1275

BEC/46

Sheep roll. Note of total number of sheep grazing on various Bec manors.
1 item; parchment; Rolled material.

29 Sep 1319

BEC/47

Receipt. Receipt from Alexander de Lyth of Whitby to the abbot of Bec, for £10, part of a £30 annuity, in London. A small red seal with a shield motif is attached.
1 item; parchment.

1374