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SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
The Surrey Endowments of Lewes Priory before 1200
JOHN BLAIR
The original 12th-century charters of the great Cluniac priory of St Pancras, Lewes, probably form one of the largest such collections surviving in England. Although most of the texts are available in calendar form, they have hitherto lacked the systematic critical study which their importance merits. The aim here is to provide accurate texts of all previously unprinted 12th century charters relating to the Lewes properties in Surrey, to date the acquisitions, and to set them in their historical context. No attempt has been made to identify scriptoria, which would require diplomatic and palaeographical analysis of all the Lewes deeds together with the Winchester episcopal acta. A terminal date of 1200 has been chosen because the 13th century deeds are straightforward and in general accurately dated: a fresh discussion would add little to the calendars already in print.
