A description or breife declaration of all the ancient monuments, rites, and customes belonginge or beinge within the monastical church of Durham before the suppression. Written in 1593.

Includes index.Rules of the Surtees society, lists of publications, officers and members, etc.: 12 p. following p. XV.with additions and more accurate text based upon the comparison of more manuscripts, under the editorship of J. T. Fowler, with the title: Rites of Durham. cf. Pref. of this and 1903 ed.publish a second edition of the above book, but the title only was new: The history of the Cathedral Church of Durham as it was before the dissolution on the Monastery. In 1767, Hunter's edition was reprinted by a bookseller in Durham named Patrick Sanderson with still further deviations from the original, under the title: The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham. In 1903, the Surtees society published as v. 107 of its Publications a new edition of this 1842 version,A considerable portion of the record here presented was published in a curtailed and modernized shape by John Davies in 1672 under the title: The ancient rites and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham. In 1733, Dr. Christopher Hunter made it the basis of a little volume which he published under the title: Durham cathedral, as it was before the dissolution of the monastery; containing an account of the rites, customs and ceremonies used therein. In 1743 Dr. Hunter professed to"Four manuscripts have been used, two as forming the text, and two as affording various readings: I. Ms. Cosin, a manuscript upon paper ... marked B. ii. 11, in the Episcopal Library of Durham founded by Bishop Cosin ... II. A manuscript roll ... belonging to Thomas Jefferson Hogg and John Hogg of Norton, in the county of Durham ... III. Ms. Hunter, no. 45, upon paper ... IV. Ms. Hunter, no. 44, tract 10, upon paper."-Preface.Authorship unknown, but Thomas Baker, in a manuscript note in ms. Harl. 7047 writes that "it is not improbable that George Bates, the last register of the house was the author, of which there are some intimations in the collection itself". cf. The publications of the Surtees society, v. 107, p. xiv.Edited by James Raine.Mode of access: Internet