The cartulary of Chatteris Abbey

The cartulary of Chatteris Abbey and the history of English nunneries; the foundation and patronage of Chatteris Abbey; the endowment - the development and extent of the abbey's endowment, temporalities, spiritualities, the value of the abbey's temporalities and spiritualities, the chronology, type and size of donations made to the abbey, the abbey's benefactors, donations to the abbey for purposes specified by the benefactors, dowry-grants, bequests to Chatteris abbey; the management of the estate - purchases, sales and exchanges made by the abbey, the abbey's methods of exploiting its estates, the sale and consumption of agricultural produce, mills, manorial courts, the abbey's officials; the abbey - the site, plan and seal of the abbey, the nuns, chaplains, servants and lay-sisters; the production and arrangement of the cartulary; editorial method; the cartulary of Chatteris Abbey and an original charter - appendix 1 the known abbesses, prioresses, nuns and lay-sisters of Chatteris, chronological list of the known abbesses, chronological list of the known prioresses, alphabetical list of the known abbesses, prioresses, nuns and lay-sisters; appendix 2 the inventory of Chatteris Abbey, 1538.