Medieval Documents of Widecombe Church

Home / Medieval Documents of Widecombe Church

This page provides some more details on the paper first published in the November 2023 edition of the Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association and also available as a booklet to purchase (the booklet is sold in aid of Widecombe Church)..


Transcriptions and Translations of the Dean and Chapter Documents

The full transcription and translation of the Dean and Chapter documents referenced in the paper can be accessed below:


Glossary of Terms Used in the Paper

A full glossary of terms used in the paper can be found here:


Paper Addendum: ‘Wodehaye’ – A Geographical Conundrum


Some Web Resources

Links to some of the Internet resources mentioned in the text are provided below..

The Exeter Cathedral Archive Catalogue can be accessed via 

https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/history-heritage/library-archives

A number of the nineteenth-century volumes mentioned in the paper (such as Hingeston-Randolph, 1889 and Worthy, 1875) are accessible via Roger’s favourites list on the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/fav-torwalker

Oliverโ€™s Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis is accessible for free viewing through Google Classic Books:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Monasticon_Dioecesis_Exoniensis_Being_a/m8pMAAAAcAAJ?hl=en

Widecombe Church in the snow