| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 389/REL/2/1 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 389/3366 |
| Date | 1905-1935 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Title | Bundle marked 'Correspondence related to the Syon "Reliquary"' |
| Description | Relics and treasures mentioned within this correspondence include: manuscripts; seals; the Syon Cope; relics and treasures (previously sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury in exchange for financial support) auctioned at the Alton Towers sale in 1857; pre-Reformation Syon reliquary in possession of the Catholic Church at Galashiels; the 'Chrystal Cross' of Mary Tudor; the 'Chrystal Cross' of the Bishop of Vizel; the ivory statue of 'Our Lady and the Divine Child'; relics of St Thomas of Canterbury; and the carved ivory reliquary.
Correspondents include:
- Abbess Mary Teresa Jocelyn (of Syon Abbey)
- George Charlton
- Lord Viscount Fitzalan-Howard
- Canon John Rory Fletcher
- Margaret Longhurst (Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Architecture and Sculpture)
- Andrew Joseph McDonald O.S.B.
- Major General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott
- Alex H. O'Donoghue (Catholic Presbytery, Galashiels)
- Mr R. Cecil Wilton (Librarian of Arundel Castle)
Also includes photographs of the carved ivory reliquary. |
| Language | English |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |
| Creator_Name | Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine |