The Customary of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk

The customary edited here from British Library harley 1005 was composed at Bury St Edmunds in the first half of the 13th century (probably after 1234); its main concern is with the duties of the abbot and the obedientiaries but it also throws much light on the daily duties of a 13th-century Bury monk. The edition is provided with an extensive historical introduction and a number of treatises relevant to the customary and printed in appendices.