Author: Bond, Edward A [editor] & Burton, Thomas De
Title: Chronica Monasterii De Melsa, A Fundatione Usque Ad Annum 1396, Auctore Thoma De Burton, Abbate. Accedit Continuation Ad Annum 1406 A Monacho Quodam Ipsius Domus [ Chronicles And Memorials Of Great Britain And Ireland During The Middle Ages Volume 43 ( Rolls Series ) ] [ 3 volumes complete ]
Description: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1882, 1st edition. Quarter cloth, VG+. 3 volumes, lxxxiv+443pp+16pp publishers catalogue, xliv+394pp, cii+433pp, 3 folding frontis, index to the whole in vol III, Ex- Monastic Library [ St Augustine's Ramsgate ] with their bookplate, cardholder, small paper label to the base of the spine, endpapers yellowed, light foxing to the preliminary pages, pages all un-opened, an almost fine set. Fine copies of the Rolls series are uncommon. Latin text. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A detailed & faithfull account of the founding and progress of the Cistercian Meaux Abbey in Yorkshire. Founded in 1151, the Abbey was finally dissolved in 1539. Thomas of Burton was abbot 1396 - 1399. His Chronicle, not a Cartulary, also contains a useful & important account of affairs between England & Scotland during the reign of Edward I.

Keywords: medieval history, history, chronicles, ecclesiastical history, meaux abbey, melsa abbey, cartulary