Lot 241
SCOTLAND - ARBROATH
RENTAL BOOK FOR THE ABBEY OF ST. THOMAS AT ABROATH,
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
£1,500
Description
bearing the ownership inscription of Arthur Grainger, Chamberlain of Arbroath, 44 pages plus blanks, on vellum, original vellum wallet-style wrappers with leather tie, 125 x 90mm., [probably mid 16th century]
Footnote
Note: The Royal Abbey of St Thomas at Arbroath, Forfarshire, a house of Tironensian canons, was established by William I (the Lion) in 1178; he himself being buried there in 1214.