Ramsey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, was founded in 969 and rapidly became
of one the richest and most important Benedictine houses in the
country. It was famous for its school and library, and a thriving
market town grew up around it, despite its isolated position in the
Fens. The cartulary contains a range of legal, financial and
ecclesiastical documents dating from 974 to 1436, although the
greater part was compiled in the fourteenth century. It is
particularly important for the study of manorial and economic
history (and the abbey's twelfth-century chronicle is also reissued
in this series). This three-volume edition was published between
1884 and 1893. Volume 1 contains the first 229 documents, although
they are not arranged chronologically. The editors have also
included material from other sources where relevant. Most items are
in Latin, although there are some in Norman French and Anglo-Saxon.
English side-notes to the text are provided throughout.
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