![]() This chapel, so renovated, is now known as the treasury of the dean and chapter. ![]() At his suggestion the then dean and chapter of Durham caused the ruinous chapel of St Helen above the great gateway of the monastery toīe repaired and fitted with suitable presses and drawers for their reception. He resolved to have them properly housed and arranged. He found them in much disorder, piled carelessly away without any method so that they were quite inaccessible for reference, many seals hadīeen irreparably damaged and some of the documents lost. They then came under the direct control of one who well knew their great value. William Greenwell was appointed librarian of theĬathedral in the year 1863. Were found to be perishing from damp and were removed from their ancient resting place and placed in a closet in the old library of the dean and chapter, the former refectory of the convent. Towards the middle of the last century they The monastic charters were originally preserved in the old treasury of the monastery situated under the dormitory at the north end of the crypt, the entrance being at the north end of the west cloister. The documents to which the seals in this catalogue are attached, formed the title deeds and other muniments of the Benedictine monastery at Durham, and the private collection of the Rev. Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections Title: Durham Cathedral Archive: Medieval SealsĮxtent: Seals normally attached to documents, throughout collection ![]()
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