The Lanercost Cartulary

Item date: 1252 - 1370
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 7,000
Item date acquired: 1983
Item institution: Cumbria Archive Service
Town/City: Kendal
County: Cumbria

Produced at the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Magdalen at Lanercost, Cumberland, giving a detailed record of all the endowments from the foundation in 1165 -9. Includes a large drawing of the Priory and other church buildings, animals, human figures an arched bridge, two ploughs and coats of arms

Item Provenance
William Howard (16th century) believed lost in a fire at Naworth Castle 1844