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1. Stowe MS 84

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 84
Title:
Proceedings of the rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of only three official copies made of the Processus justificationis Johanne D'Arc, or proceedings of the rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1412, d. 1431). Joan had been put on trial before a Church court headed by Bishop Pierre Cauchon (b. 1371, d. 1442), an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455-1456
Extent:
1 volume

2. Stowe MS 776

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 776
Title:
Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe MS 956

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 956
Title:
John Croke, Psalms in English verse
Scope & Content:
A girdle-book containing a collection of thirteen Psalms, translated into English verse and apparently written by the legal official John Croke (b. 1489, d. 1554) in his own hand. Another copy of the text, without the hymn ‘Veni Creator’ but including Psalm 31, is now Add MS 30981, which is al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1540
Extent:
1 volume