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Society of Saint Edmund Archives
Historical Manuscript Collection, pre-1843
1333-1839

Arrangment
 Chronological

Description
.5 cu.

 Scope
This collection is made up of manuscript material dating from before the foundation of the Society of Saint Edmund.  It is believed that the Society acquired many of these documents when they took over the Abbey of Pontigny.  It is also possible that a member or members of the Society collected these documents from outside the Abbey.  The collection was extracted from materials found in the SSE Historical Collection, which is made up of archival material created before 1930, the date at which the Society transferred its administrative seat to Vermont. Unlike most of the materials in the SSE Historical Collection, these items are not directly related to the Society of Saint Edmund.  Most are related to Abbey of Pontigny, where the Society was founded in 1843.  Most concern the land and property of the Abbey, including the sale of the Abbey, disposition of property, and relics, including that of Saint Edmund.  Most items are in French. 
Arranged chronologically.

 Related Terms
Abbaye de Pontigny

 Created By:  Elizabeth Scott           March 31, 2005

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Container List 

Oversize Drawings/Plans
      Plan of Beugnon Lands
      Map of Yonne
      Pontigny Water System
      Mills of Pontigny
      1792 Dispute (Pontigny)
      1811 Garden Plan
1333               "Parliamentary decree prepared.... Pontigny Abbey by Robert de Bourgogne...
1573               “Procedure pour le recouvrement des reliques et des joyaux de l’Abbaye de Pontigny qui avaient ete deposes a St. Florentin lors du Pillage de l’Abbaye par les Huguenots”
1617                Parchment dating from 1617; Archivist’s notation on last page says it deals with the "farm at Beugnon" 
1658                Lease on property [Beugnon] prepared for "messieurs de Pontigny"
1690                Letter M. Velor(?)
1692                Lease of Beugnon property. 
1692-93           Series of handwritten letters by Cardinal Lepree(?) to Abbe Belot (?),of Paris
1693 Nov. 28    Detailed lease (“En personne Damoiselle Marie Cornu…”)
1700s              Document concerning a Benedictine women’s Abbey and the abbesses attached to it. 
1740                “Les Huit Tons”  Book of Gregorian Chant
1749 Nov.16     Original signed parchment.  Translation of body of St. Edme to a new tomb and altar behind the  main altar of the Abbey at Pontigny. (1 leaf)
1766 Oct. 23     Legal document--Title to Pontigny lands back to 11 Nov. 1754
1766 Oct. 24     Parchment relating to Pontigny
1770                 First communion card of a child
1792 Mar. 3      "Copy of the verbal decree...concerning the sale of all furnishings from Pontigny..."
1792                 Legal document--division of Pontigny property to Jean‑Baptiste Meunier; Pierre Loizel, and Etienne Guillerat.
1792-1793         Sale of Pontigny to citizen Gauthiere who is acting as intermediary for a widow Gerard.
1792 May 15     Final judgement concerning the disposition of the properties attached to Pontigny Abbey..."
1792 Oct.20 1810 Jan. 8  Sale of Pontigny properties, one from the sale in 1792 to Mme. Gerard and another from the sale to M. Pierre Bernard l'Hery in 1810. 
1792 25 Dec.       Last will and testament of Louis XVI (Contemporary reproduction)
1804, 1808, 1809  Sale of pieces of the Pontigny property.
1805 21 May,6 June  Ceding of Pontigny lands, e.g., the "prior's house," a cellar, etc.
1818                 Baptismal Certificate
1820 March 4       Replacement of M. Tibierge with Rev. Nicholas Thomas. 
1829-1832           Correspondence re: Pontigny property. 
1833 June 18        Drawings of Pontigny
1839                    Correspondence  to a Marquis de Bonneval [?].
n..d.                    Document in Arabic--printed copy.
n.d                      Canonisation of St. Edmund.  Listing of miracles in Latinwww.mapquest.com

 
n.d.                     Jacques Caillot etching
n.d.                     List of objects from pilgrimage to the Holy Land
n.d.                     Listing of relics.
n.d.                     Listing of Saints' relics to be found in the "tresor' at Pontigny. Alphabetical by Saint.
n.d.                    “Reponse de Saint Thomas de Cantobery a la lettre que ses suffragants lui avaient envoyee pendant son exile a Sens,” dated 1167.  Handwritten copy. 
n.d.                     Textile depicting Virgin Mary
 

Created By Elizabeth B. Scott    Mar 30, 2005

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Maintained by Elizabeth Scott, last update - Friday May 11, 2007