This manuscript contains Abbreviatio compendiosa chronicorum Anglie (Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England), Matthew Paris's summary of his Historia Anglorum, covering the history of England from 1000 to 1255. The rest of the manuscript is predominantly made up of fragmented historical ...
ff. 101r–118v: William Rishanger, Narratio de duobus bellis apud Lewes et Euesham. ff. 119r–137v: William Rishanger, Opus chronicorum, 1259–1297. ff. 138r–v: William Rishanger, De controuersia habita super electione regni Scotie. ff. 139r–164v: William Rishanger, Annales regni Scotie. ff. 16...
Contents:f. 1: early modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 1r a list of contents in the hand of Richard James (d. 1638).f. 2: modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 2v a pasted printed ownership label of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617): 'Henry Savill ... oweth thys booke ...'.ff. 3r–4v: an unide...
Historical miscellany, including excerpts from the historical writings of Henry of Huntingdon, Ralph Niger and others (5r–23v); Chronicle of Lanercost Priory, 60 BC–AD 1346 (25r–245v), incorporating the couplet ‘Wille Gris, Wylle Gris’ (184v: Boffey 4174)
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Language(s): Latin; Middle English (184v); Anglo-Norman French (240v–241r, 243r–v) Dated: middle of the 14th century; middle of the 15th century (131r, 143r)