Scribes and early medieval English scholars will want to visit the Durham Cathedral Muniments website and view a collection of documents comprising the "most important medieval archive in the British Isles outside the Public Record Office."
The collection, designed to "provide a conspectus of the various types of document kept by a large monastery supported by extensive estates and with an array of privileges" includes scanned images of documents such as the following:
- Charter of King Duncan II of Scotland
- Confirmation of cathedral chapter of episcopal grant
- Grant of marriage portion
- Mandate of Pope Innocent III to judges delegate, 1211
- Lease of Dinsdale church, 1255
- Concession of freedom to mine coal and transport it
- Appointment of proctor to collect wool, 1303
- Order for payment to Robert Bruce, 1318
- Writ of King Edward III for delivery of tax revenues, 1337
- Oath of fidelity of William Raket, 1402
- Receipt to monastic subcollector for first instalment of tax, 1403
- Bursar-Granator indentures, 1467-8
