`Dr Ransford provides 638 documents drawn from all the Waltham cartularies in a most successful attempt to get as complete as possible a picture of the history before 1230 of the abbey set up by Henry II in 1177 as part of his public regret for Becket's martyrdom...the critical apparatus is admirable and the indices in particular are very full indeed.' History 245, 10/90

• Part 1 The history of Waltham: the secular college; the Augustinian abbey of canons regular; the religion of the laity. Part 2 The Canons' Possessions: the Abbey's churches - churches of the original collegiate foundation - churches granted by Henry II - churches granted by other donors before 1230 - chapels built by the canons regular - churches and chapels granted after 1230; the Temporalities. Part 3 The documents: papal documents; archiepiscopal documents; episcopal documents ; other ecclesiastical documents; Waltham Abbey documents; Royal documents; private deeds; final concords; miscellaneous documents. Part 4 The benefactors: the family of - Dunton and Bray - de Scalers - Bret and Lanvallay - Shudy Camps - Cornhill and Nevill - Sparling and Galien. Part 5 The manuscripts; BL MS - Harley 391 - Cotton liberius C. ix - Harley 4809 - Harley 3739 and Add.MS 37665; accuracy and completeness. Part 6 The charters: secular canons; regular canons; Royal; papal; Bedfordshire; Berkshire; Cambridgeshire; Essex; Hertfordshire; Lincolnshire; The City of London; Norfolk; Suffolk; Surrey.

`Dr Ransford provides 638 documents drawn from all the Waltham cartularies in a most successful attempt to get as complete as possible a picture of the history before 1230 of the abbey set up by Henry II in 1177 as part of his public regret for Becket's martyrdom...the critical apparatus is admirable and the indices in particular are very full indeed.' History 245, 10/90

• Part 1 The history of Waltham: the secular college; the Augustinian abbey of canons regular; the religion of the laity. Part 2 The Canons' Possessions: the Abbey's churches - churches of the original collegiate foundation - churches granted by Henry II - churches granted by other donors before 1230 - chapels built by the canons regular - churches and chapels granted after 1230; the Temporalities. Part 3 The documents: papal documents; archiepiscopal documents; episcopal documents ; other ecclesiastical documents; Waltham Abbey documents; Royal documents; private deeds; final concords; miscellaneous documents. Part 4 The benefactors: the family of - Dunton and Bray - de Scalers - Bret and Lanvallay - Shudy Camps - Cornhill and Nevill - Sparling and Galien. Part 5 The manuscripts; BL MS - Harley 391 - Cotton liberius C. ix - Harley 4809 - Harley 3739 and Add.MS 37665; accuracy and completeness. Part 6 The charters: secular canons; regular canons; Royal; papal; Bedfordshire; Berkshire; Cambridgeshire; Essex; Hertfordshire; Lincolnshire; The City of London; Norfolk; Suffolk; Surrey.

`Dr Ransford provides 638 documents drawn from all the Waltham cartularies in a most successful attempt to get as complete as possible a picture of the history before 1230 of the abbey set up by Henry II in 1177 as part of his public regret for Becket's martyrdom...the critical apparatus is admirable and the indices in particular are very full indeed.' History 245, 10/90

• Part 1 The history of Waltham: the secular college; the Augustinian abbey of canons regular; the religion of the laity. Part 2 The Canons' Possessions: the Abbey's churches - churches of the original collegiate foundation - churches granted by Henry II - churches granted by other donors before 1230 - chapels built by the canons regular - churches and chapels granted after 1230; the Temporalities. Part 3 The documents: papal documents; archiepiscopal documents; episcopal documents ; other ecclesiastical documents; Waltham Abbey documents; Royal documents; private deeds; final concords; miscellaneous documents. Part 4 The benefactors: the family of - Dunton and Bray - de Scalers - Bret and Lanvallay - Shudy Camps - Cornhill and Nevill - Sparling and Galien. Part 5 The manuscripts; BL MS - Harley 391 - Cotton liberius C. ix - Harley 4809 - Harley 3739 and Add.MS 37665; accuracy and completeness. Part 6 The charters: secular canons; regular canons; Royal; papal; Bedfordshire; Berkshire; Cambridgeshire; Essex; Hertfordshire; Lincolnshire; The City of London; Norfolk; Suffolk; Surrey.