| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 389/HIST/1/1 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 389/639; EUL MS 389/651; EUL MS 389/3352; EUL MS 389/2771; EUL MS 389/1932; EUL MS 389/3584; EUL MS 389/1932; EUL MS 389/1502; EUL MS 389/3769; EUL MS 389/164; EUL MS 389/165; EUL MS 389/1633; EUL MS 389/116; EUL MS 389/3948; EUL MS 389/188; EUL MS 389/3842 |
| Date | c 17th-20th century |
| Level | Series |
| Extent | 1 box (7 folders, 12 envelopes) and 2 outsize folders |
| Title | Histories of the community |
| Description | This series comprises accounts of Syon Abbey's history that were compiled by the community, which include chronicles and annals. |
| Language | English |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |
| Related Material | The Syon Abbey medieval and modern manuscript collection (EUL MS 262) includes the following histories of the community:
EUL MS 262/add1/26 - Large manuscript volume entitled 'An Account of the Travels, Dangers, & wonderful Deliverances of the English Nuns of the famous Monastery of Sion From their first leaving England to their Settlement at Lisbon in the Kingdom of Portugal';
EUL MS 262/add1/100 - Manuscript volume labelled 'A Memorandum of all particular Events concerning Syon House 1415-1777 - Also a list of the Brothers & Sisters of our Monastery; etc.' and entitled 'A Memorandum or a Short Register of all particular events Concerning Sion House From its first Foundation in England by King Henry the 5th in the year 1415 Down to this present year 1777';
EUL MS 262/add1/135 - Large unbound manuscript paper transcript in a folder entitled 'An Account of The Travels, Dangers and wonderful Deliverances of the English Nuns of the famous Monastery of Sion' in a folder marked 'The Wanderings Of Syon. Handwritten Late Copy';
EUL MS 262/add2/26 - Manuscript volume marked 'History of the Travels or Peregrination of the Nuns of Sion House England Now resident in Sion House Lisbon';
EUL MS 262/add2/27 - Manuscript volume beginning 'A shorte accounte of the transactions of the Conventt of Sion from the first coming of the Cumunity to Lisbon'. |
| Creator_Name | Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine |