Further Development

The BA-RHS Anglo-Saxon Charters project has acquired digital images (face and dorse) of single-sheet documents (charters, writs, wills, etc.) held in the following repositories:

  • London, British Library (206 charters)
  • Canterbury Cathedral Archives (32)
  • Westminster Abbey (21)
  • Oxford, Bodleian Library (17)
  • Exeter Cathedral (16)
  • Stafford, William Salt Library (6)
  • Winchester, College & Cathedral (6)
  • Dorchester, Dorset Record Office (5)
  • Taunton, Castle Museum & Somerset Record Office (3)
  • Longleat House (2)

Images of charters held in the following repositories have yet to be collected:

  • Cambridge University Library (1)
  • Burton-upon-Trent Museum (4)
  • Chelmsford, Essex Record Office (1)
  • Chichester, West Sussex Record Office (2)
  • Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland (1)
  • Hereford Cathedral (2)
  • Hertford, Hertfordshire Record Office (1)
  • King's Lynn, Norfolk Record Office (1)
  • London and Oslo, Collection of Martin Schøyen (1)
  • London, College of Arms (1)
  • Kew, The National Archives (1)
  • Maidstone, Kent Record Office (1)
  • Paris, Archives nationales (2)
  • Princeton, Scheide Library (1)
  • Stafford, Staffordshire Record Office (1)
  • Wells Cathedral (1)
  • Winchester Cathedral (1)
  • Worcester Cathedral (1)

When the collection of digital images has been completed, and the necessary permissions obtained, the list will give access to colour images of both sides (face and dorse) of the whole corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters on single sheets, arranged in a manner which is intended to make it possible to browse through the material in an instructive way, for a variety of different purposes.

As indicated above, the notes on charters remain in a state of development, and will be revised and updated as the need and opportunities arise.