Normandy Papers

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Ch. Foreign 156-540
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1357-1536
  • Language of Material
    • Latin, and English.
  • Physical Description
    • 385 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers including 357 documents relating to the financial administration of Normandy, including receipts for payment of wages and for other services, and orders for the collection of taxes, 1357-1511; 27 assessments for the payment of fouage (hearth tax) and other levies in various parishes in Normandy, 1369-1536; and a scheme of building work to be carried out in the church of Capelle-les-Grands, Normandy, 1444.

Administrative / Biographical History

Unknown

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The papers were bought in 1938, 1973 and 1976.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library.

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