Manuscript Customary of the Shrine of St Thomas Becket

Item author: John Vyel and Edmund Kyngyston
Item date: 1428
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: Not recorded
Item date acquired: 1975
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

A memorandum of the observances at Beckets shrine written by two monks of Christ Church Canterbury, who were guardians of the shrine. Gives an overall picture of the cult of the saint with attendant religious and tourist industries

Item Provenance
Phillipps sale Sothebys November 1975, Lot 826