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Petition written by Barbara Wiseman, the Abbess of Syon Abbey, concerning three charges made against the community.

The allegations are:
1) the brothers of Syon Abbey ‘dyd governe the systers’
2) ‘the brothers are manteyned at the great…

Sepia toned photograph showing Bunny holding Ronald Duncan's arab horse Dil Fareb. Dil Fareb's pedigree is noted on the reverse.

Photograph of students in the refectory, Devonshire House. Named after Mary, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire - the first Chancellor of the University, the building provided space for student social activities.

Photograph showing interior view of a communal area with groups of students seated.

General exterior view.

Students working at computers

Framed copy of map of Exeter, engraved by Frans Hogenberg and printed in Vol. 6 of Georg Braun's 'Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium'. It was based upon the 1587 map by John Hooker, originally engraved by Remigius Hogenberg.

Folded town planning map of Exeter, produced by Cook, Hammond and Kell for the Planning Officer at Exeter City Council in 1951. The city underwent a period of post-war rebuilding in the late 1940s and early 1950s, for which the City Council may have…

General exterior view. Handwritten note on reverse of photograph: 'Both buildings designed by Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins. Cost: Chemistry Building £800,000, Newman Building £146,000'.
The Newman Lecture Theatre was created as a lecture…

Handwritten note on photograph reverse: 'Teaching laboratory in new chemistry building opened 1965. Architect: Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins'

Photograph of the Chapel of St Luke, Exeter

Cartoons by a sister, reflecting on her novitiate at Syon Abbey.

A document recording the admittance of Right Reverend John Keily, the Lord Bishop of Plymouth as Brother of the Syon Abbey Chapter. The document is decorated with illustrations of St Bridget of Sweden, St John the Baptist, St George, a bishop,…

Devonshire House and the adjoining refectory were opened in December 1960.

Black and white photograph showing, left to right, Bunny, Rose Marie Duncan, and Margery outside Mead Farm. Labelled on reverse in two hands 'Mead Farm July 1948' and 'Margery Harman 0081'.