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Christ Church, Canterbury

 Organization

Biography

Christ Church, Canterbury was founded in the sixteenth century by a party of Roman monks under the direction of Augustine, dispatched to Britain by Pope Gregory I. On their arrival in late 596 or early 597 the group was received by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Æthelberht of Kent, who provided them with accommodation in his prinicipal town, Canterbury. Following Æthelberht's conversion to Christianity and his baptism, he granted a property to Augustine. The church contained within this property, which dated from Roman times, was consecrated by Augustine, and as Christ Church became the see of Canterbury.

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Christ Church, Canterbury: Obits

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5341
Scope and Contents

Obits for 1289-1507 from the 'Nomina Monachorum' register of Christ Church, Canterbury, transcribed by W.G. Searle, 129 folios. Attached to fo. 64 is a letter from J.M. Cowper to Searle, 2 May 1901. Fos 1-19 and 64-129 are blank, apart from a few pencilled entries.

Dates: 1901 (Circa)
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