Magdalen College
University of Oxford, Oxford
Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Magdalen College has over 12,000 title deeds relating to its various properties in England, which have been kept in the medieval muniment room especially built for them in the late fifteenth century. 2013 saw the end of a major decade-long project to clean, conserve and sort the deeds, and rehouse them in a way which would preserve the original method of storage, but take account of more modern approaches to their preservation. This was one of the largest conservation projects undertaken in any Oxford College archive, organised by the Oxford Conservation Consortium.
Dr. Robin Darwall-Smith (Archivist of Magdalen College), Jane Eagan (Head of the Oxford Conservation Consortium) and Sean Rippington (formerly Archives Assistant at Magdalen, and now Archivist of St. Peter’s College) will give a joint presentation about the history and contents of the collection and its significance, the origins of the deeds project, and its execution.
Followed by refreshments and a chance to view several original title deeds & the ‘Medieval Manuscript Production’ exhibition in the Old Library.