Excerpt from The Library, Vol. 2: January, 1911
The muniments spoken of above, consisting of volumes of manuscripts, historical or financial; Charters and indentures; rolls and accounts of officers of the convent, or bailiffs; correspondence; and manor or court rolls. These last are the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as they refer to property transferred to them in 1859. The muniments were removed to the library from the Edgar Tower, and for the first time were arranged and catalogued.
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