| AdminHistory | This collection mainly comprises records of the priory, many being records of its sede vacante administration of the archbishop's spiritualities. There are also a number of deeds of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries for places in Kent. These formerly belonged to and were perhaps collected by Mr Hayward of Canterbury in the eighteenth century. Certainly they bear no numberings or endorsements of Norris or Bunce, and so they would probably have left the custody of the dean and chapter before their time., 1150-1670
By the early nineteenth century, this collection had become part of a larger group of deeds for Devon and Middlesex in the possession of John Springett Harvey, barrister, of the Middle Temple. From him they ultimately passed to Dr Charles Lancelot Shadwell, sometime Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. These records were presented to the Dean and Chapter Library in 1924 by Lionel Lancelot Shadwell and Walter Harvey Lancelot Shadwell, being then listed, transcribed, and indexed by the latter (MS Cat 81).
Hayward, Mr, of Canterbury & Harvey, John Springett, barrister, of Middle Temple & Shadwell, Charles Lancelot, Dr, Provost of Oriel College & Shadwell, Lionel Lancelot & Shadwell, Walter Harvey Lancelot. Oxford, Oriel College, Provost & Oriel College, Oxford, Provost & Londodn, Middle Temple & Devon & Middlesex. Priory, Sede Vacante |
| Related Material | .[SHADWELL, Walter H.L.], 'Documents relating to the Priory of Christ Church, Canterbury and lands in the County of Kent' (ms. calendar with transcripts(incomplete) and index). [Collection of 52 documents, ranging in date from the 13th century to 1666, and mostly relating to Christ Church, Canterbury; presented to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury in February 1924 by Lionel Lancelot Shadwell and Walter Harvey Lancelot Shadwell of Fowey (Cornwall),who had inherited them from their brother, Dr [Charles] Lancelot Shadwell,0840-1919), Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, who had inherited them from Springett Harvey of the Middle Temple. 'They formerly belonged [to] and were perhaps collected by Mr. Hayward of Canterbury in the eighteenth century' in Calendar of Institutions by the Chapter of Canterbury, Sede Vacante, ed. C.E. Woodruff and I.J. Churchill (Kent Archaeological Society, Records Branch, vol. 8, 1923 (1924)), pp.155-6.]MSS. Cat. 81j 2B |