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1. Cotton Ch IV 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 18
Title:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England to St John’s, Beverley
Scope & Content:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England (r. 924-939) to St John’s, Beverley, in Middle English verse. Dated 925 (for 927 × 939). Spurious (Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 451). Endorsed in a 16th-century hand, ‘Carta ædelstani facta sancto Iohanni beuerl’ 925 sinceroque[?]’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch IV 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 24
Title:
Petition of William Warbelton to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, asking for a reward for assisting in the capture of Jack Sharp
Scope & Content:
Recto: Petition of William Warbelton, esquire, to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). On the evening of Thursday 17 May, Warbelton heard that William Perkins, also known as Jack Sharp, was hiding in Oxford and so he told the Chancellor of Oxford and his commissary and the bailiff of Oxford...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1431
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton Ch XVI 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVI 72
Title:
Petition of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, to her husband King Henry VI, concerning the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Margaret of Anjou (b. 1430, d. 1482), Queen of England, makes a petition to her husband King Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). The petition is to be addressed to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, directing them to make allowance to the collectors of customs and subsidies of Southampton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307
Title:
Henry Knighton, Chronicon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 169r-307r: Henry Knighton (d. 1396), Chronicon (Chronicle), beginning: 'Hoc opusculum post preclaros retroactorum eventuum in regno Anglie et eius confinibus luculentos cronografos'. [f. 307v is blank]. Decoration: 1 large pen-flourished initial H in blue ornamented with red (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

5. Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII
Title:
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12
Title:
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-4v: Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury. ff. 4v-6r: Petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury. f. 6r: A letter of Pope John XXII (r. 1316–1334). ff. 6v-12v: Sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

7. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106
Title:
Sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 103r-106v: Anonymous, sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12; including a macaronic section on ff. 105v-106r concerning the Raising of Lazarus. Decoration: No decoration
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

8. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/6
Title:
Burnt fragments from Cotton MS Tiberius E VII
Scope & Content:
These 35 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Tiberius E VII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. Now bound in two volumes, the manuscript contains a number of religious texts written in Middle English, inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
35 fragments

9. Cotton MS Julius D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius D IX
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-307r: South English Legendary; with original marginal annotations in Latin; and added chapter numbers by a different 15th-century hand. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. [iii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Tractatus Festialis, in rithomo anglicano’; added in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Julius E IV/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
Title:
The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third volume of Cotton MS Julius E IV. The other volumes are Cotton MS Julius E IV/1 and Cotton MS Julius E IV/2. This volume contains the only surviving copy of a Middle English illustrated biography of Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick during the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume