| Description | CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/1-48B
The charters in this section relate to Westwell, which is on the North Downs, just north of Ashford, in Kent. DCc/Register/D, ff299v-318r, contains 58 charters for Westwell, and there are 30 charters relating to Westwell in DCc/Register/E, ff291r-295r. DCc-ChAnt/W/48C concerns the celebration of Henry VII's anniversary by the cathedral priory.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/49-56
This section of charters relates to the manor of Wootton, which lies in East Chiltington parish, just over 4 miles north west of Lewes, in Sussex. DCc/Register/B, ff333v-334r, contains 3 Wootton charters and DCc/Register/B, ff330r-332r, contains 6 charters relating to Patching and Wootton. There is one charter for Wootton in the archbishops' charters sections of DCc/Register/A, f164r, and DCc/Register/E, f60v.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/57-67B
These charters relates to Wickhambreaux in East Kent, about 5 miles east of Canterbury on the Little Stour. DCc-ChAnt/W/60 and DCc-ChAnt/W/66 relate to Ickham and several Wickhambreaux charters are registered in the Ickham sections of DCc/Register/C and DCc/Register/E.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/68-158
This section of charters relates to Walworth, formerly in Surrey but now part of London on the south bank of the Thames. DCc/Register/B, ff32v-40v, contains 46 charters for Walworth, and there are 36 charters relating to Walworth in DCc/Register/E, ff358r-363v.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/159-168
The charters in this section relate to Westerham, which lies about 6 miles west of Sevenoaks in north-west Kent. There are 23 charters for Westerham in DCc/Register/B, ff322r-329r.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/169-174C
The charters relate to Worcester. Some of these documents have no obvious connection with Canterbury and may only have come here in the 1660s, when the cathedral's archives were returned after the Restoration. There is one item relating to Worcester in the compositions sections of DCc/Register/A and DCc/Register/E.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/175-180
These documents relate to Windsor. They have no obvious connection with Canterbury and presumably came here in the 1660s, when the cathedral's archives were returned after the Restoration.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/161-208
The charters in this section relate to miscellaneous places beginning with W, including Wingham College and Wells Cathedral. There are 2 items relating to Wingham College in DCc/Register/C, ff106v-109v. The Wells documents have no obvious connection with Canterbury and may only have come here in the 1660s, when the cathedral's archives were returned after the Restoration.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/209-223 and CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/233-247
The majority of charters in these sections are either probate records or documents relating to probate jurisdiction. Some were generated by the cathedral priory's exercise of probate jurisdiction sede vacante, but others have no obvious connection with either the priory or the post-Reformation cathedral.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/224-232
These charters relate to the cathedral priory's water supply. For the medieval water supply, see R Willis, The Architectural History of the conventual buildings of the monastery of Christ Church, Archaeologia Cantiana vol VIII (1868), pp158-183, and J Hayes, Prior Wibert's Waterworks, Canterbury Cathedral Chronicle No 71 (1977), pp17-26. The water supply after the Dissolution is discussed in T Tatton-Brown, The Precincts Water Supply, Canterbury Cathedral Chronicle No 77 (1983), pp45-52, and P Bennett, The Conduit House: The Cathedral Water Supply, in S S Frere, P Bennett, J Rady and S Stow, The Archaeology of Canterbury vol VIII: Canterbury Excavations: Intra- and Extra-Mural Sites, 1949-55 and 1980-84 (Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1987), pp25-31.
There are two charters relating to the waterworks registered in the Northgate sections of DCc/Register/A and DCc/Register/E, and one in the Barton sections of DCc/Register/C and DCc/Register/E.
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/248-253
These documents have not previously been catalogued. DCc-ChAnt/W/248-250 and DCc-ChAnt/W/253 relate to Westwell, Whitstable, Wrotham and Wootton. DCc-ChAnt/W/251-252 relate to probate. |