Manuscript Studies

Medieval manuscripts

Property deeds relating to England, Wales and Jersey (MS 814)

This is a collection of eighty documents, mainly property deeds, dating from before 1162 to 1659, and relating to land in England, Wales and Jersey. The manuscripts were collated by Professor Francis Wormald as examples of types of handwriting for teaching palaeography. They are written in Latin and English and are arranged roughly cronologically.

Handlists, transcriptions and editions

For a full listing of the documents in this collection check: A Catalogue of MS. 814 : [a collection of 80 documents, mostly property deeds, dating from before 1162 to 1659]. London, 1975.

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