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Language Latin Place Ely, England

1. Add MS 30158

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Add MS 30158
Title:
REGISTER of the municipal general court of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, containing admissions of burgesses, ordinances for trading, etc. ; 1415-1484. Latin. At the end are copies of charters, etc., relating to Ipswich, including:-Lease of Stokemill, near Ipswich, by the Cathedral Priory of Ely to the burgesses, etc., of Ipswich; 20 June, 149 1. Lat. f. 42 b;-" Carta domus de Semplingham," a confirmation by Henry [V1.?] of the lands and privileges of the canons of Sempringham; 11 July, 16 Hen. [VI.,...
Scope & Content:
Ipswich, Suffolk: Register of the municipal court, with copies of charters, etc.: 1415-1484.: Lat. includes: f. 42 b Stokemill, Ipswich, Suffolk: Lease of, by Ely Priory, to the burgesses of Ipswich: 1491. f. 42 b Ely, Cambridgeshire: Lease of Stokemill by the Cathedral Priory to the burgesses...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1415-1484
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 39828

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Add MS 39828
Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 1
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). ff. 1r-7v Calendar of the Tresham Papers at Rushton Hall. 19th century. ff. 8r-8v Account of the discovery of the Tresham papers in 1828 at Ru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1597
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 41612

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Add MS 41612
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Scope & Content:
REGISTER of the Cathedral Priory of Ely, co. Camb., in Latin and (occasionally) French: apparently the 'registrum capituli Eliensis' to which reference is made on f. 69. The arrangement (presuming a transposition of the two sections of the last gathering) is roughly chronological, covering the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Arundel MS 377

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Arundel MS 377
Title:
Miscellaneous Astrological texts; Calendar of Saints; Hermann of Reichenau, De Mensura Astrolabii et Ejus Utilitate, cum Tabulis; Ahmad Ibn Muhammed al-Farghānī, Rudamenta Astronomica; Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra, De Tabulis Planetarum; Adelard of Bath, Liber Astrolabi; Roger of Hereford, Astrological Tables; Daniel of Morley, De Naturis Superiorum et Inferiorum; William of Conches, Dragmaticon Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of astrological treatises, accompanied by tables and diagrams. ff. 3r-5v: A Calendar of Saints of Ely Cathedral Priory. f. 6r: An anonymous computus text. ff. 6v-15v: Astrological tracts and tables concerning the movement of the sun and the moon, beginn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 12th century-1st quarter 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 86–259

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Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 86–259
Title:
A survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely; Account documents related to Ely cathedral.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 86r-233v: A survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely, beginning: 'Incipit liber de inquisitionibus maneriorum; episcopatus Elyensis factis tempore Joannis episcopi anno consecrationis sue secundo'. ff. 234v-259v: Account documents related to Ely cathedral. Decoration: One la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B II

6. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70
Title:
Ely Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle (from the birth of John the Baptist to 1218), beginning: ‘Nativitas sancti Iohannis baptiste’. Decoration: Headings in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150-1218
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

7. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82
Title:
An Easter-table Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle, beginning: '‘Ciclus vius decemnovenalis incipit’. Decoration: Red headings, tables and highlights.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

8. Egerton MS 3047

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Egerton MS 3047
Title:
CHARTULARY of Ely Benedictine Cathedral Priory; late 15th cent. (temp. Edw. IV?). Latin and, occasionally, French. Contains copies of royal, episcopal and private charters, etc., mainly of the 13th and 14th centt., and a few papal bulls (listed, save that on f. 241b, by W. Holtzmann, Papsturkunden in England, iii, 1952, pp. 97-98). The manuscript constitutes the first and major part of a compilation of which the remainder now forms Bodleian MS. Ashmole 801, ff. 74-143. The latest dated entry...
Scope & Content:
Press-marks: Press-marks of charters of Ely Cathedral Priory. Ely, Cambridgeshire: Chartulary of the Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Mainly Lat. Chartularies: Ely Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Lat. and Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Reversed leather, stamped: 17th cent. includes: f.i Exchequer: Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Harley MS 547

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Harley MS 547
Title:
The Four Gospels; Psalter; Calendar
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-7r: Calendar. ff. 8r-76v: The Four Gospels. ff. 77r-93v: Psalter. ff. 93v-95v: Biblical Canticles. Decoration: Large and small initials in red and blue with arabesque in-set and half border in red or blue. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Stowe Ch 31

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Stowe Ch 31
Title:
Confirmation of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) for Ely Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms privileges and land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambridgeshire, and at Northwold, Norfolk, for Ely Abbey, in exchange for 60 hides (cassati) at Harting, Sussex; dated 970, with Latin and English versions (Sawyer, no. 779). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Hęc est carta regi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf