Anglian collection

Anglian collection

The "Anglian collection" is a collection of Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and regnal lists. These survive in four manuscripts; two of which now reside in the British Library. The remaining two are in the libraries of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Rochester Cathedral.

urviving manuscripts

The surviving manuscripts are listed below, in what is currently thought to be the chronological order of their composition.David N. Dumville, "The Anglian collection of royal genealogies and regnal lists", in Clemoes, ed., "Anglo-Saxon England 5", pp. 23–50.]

Genealogies and regnal lists

All the manuscripts include genealogies for the kingdoms of Deira, Bernicia, Mercia, Lindsey, Kent and East Anglia. Three of them (C, T and R) also contain a West Saxon genealogy, and regnal lists for Northumbria and Mercia.

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