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     • In the medieval period substantial landowners made use of dedicated chambers known as "muniments rooms" for the secure storage of muniments of title.
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   What is a muniment room?

   • a storage or display room in a castle, church, university, or the like, where pertinent historical documents and records are kept. The upper part above the porch proper contains, as mentioned above, a lofty chamber, probably originally the muniment-room. The instance is taken from a map of the manor of Edgeware now in the All Souls muniment room.

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   What is the muniment collection?

   • Our archive, or muniment collection, is one of the oldest and richest in England. The documents we hold there include the records of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present day. At the centre of the collection, we have records of the land the Abbey held until the late 19th century.

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   Why was a muniments room important?

   • Rapid portability of muniments was also a consideration, in case of fire or armed attack of the building. [citation needed] The intact muniments room of an ancient mansion house or castle was frequently found by modern historians and genealogists to provide a rich source of materials for research purposes.

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   What is a muniment?

   • In the United States the definition of "muniment" may differ in statutes state by state. For example, states often have their own version of a Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA) which will extinguish various interests, restrictions, or claims to a property within a certain time period unless renewed during that time period by muniments.

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   What were muniments rooms used for in medieval times?

   • In the medieval period substantial landowners made use of dedicated chambers known as "muniments rooms" for the secure storage of muniments of title. Before the advent of capitalism and the stock-market investment, the ownership of land and operational manors was the principal asset used by the English gentry for the long-term storage of wealth.

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   How safe was the muniment room?

   • As a location, the Muniment Room was above flood level. All four walls were made of stone or brick, and thus relatively resistant to fire spreading from adjacent rooms. In terms of the building risks known at that time, the Muniment Room was the safest location in college.

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   View into muniments room of Dunster Castle, Somerset, England, in which the Luttrell family kept secure the title deeds of its many estates. A muniment or muniment of title is a legal term for a document, title deed or other evidence, that indicates ownership of an asset.

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   Muniment room definition: a storage or display room in a castle, church, university, or the like, where pertinent historical documents and records are kept.. See examples of MUNIMENT ROOM used in a sentence.

5. www.youraudiotour.com › tours › national-trust15: The muniments room - Your Audio Tour

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   15: The muniments room. One of the most important functions of the muniments room, situated above the warming room, was to be a dry space for the safe keeping of the abbey’s vestments, records, deeds and such like. Important lay people could deposit their valuables for safe-keeping, too.

6. www.queens.cam.ac.uk › the-buildings › muniment-roomMuniment Room | Queens' College

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   The Muniment Room, or Treasury, was the room in which the college kept its valuables, charters, and legal records, from its foundation onwards, for over 500 years.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › muniment-roomDefinition of 'muniment room' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   MUNIMENT ROOM definition: a storage or display room in a castle , church, university, or the like, where pertinent... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

8. www.westminster-abbey.org › about-the-abbeyMuniment collection - Westminster Abbey

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   Muniment collection. Our archive, or muniment collection, is one of the oldest and richest in England. The documents we hold there include the records of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present day. At the centre of the collection, we have records of the land the Abbey held until the late 19th century.

9. www.stalbanshistory.org › category › librarySt Albans Cathedral Muniment Room

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   The Muniment Room in St Albans Cathedral houses an extensive collection of primary and secondary source material concerning the Abbey both in its guise as a parish church and as the seat of the bishop.