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1091. Lansdowne MS 699

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 699
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: John Lydgate, 'Life of St Giles', written in Middle English verse, imperfect comprising only the final six stanzas; the text beginning, '…Bi a spiryt oonly of prophecie...' (DIMEV 4129). ff. 3r-18r: John Lydgate, Fabula duorum mercatorum, written in Middle English verse, be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1092. Lansdowne MS 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

1093. Lansdowne Roll 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 1
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi
Scope & Content:
Contents: Peter of Poitiers (b. 1193, d. 1205), Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi, a biblical chronicle in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of Christ from Adam and Eve is depicted in the central line, with series of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 roll

1094. Lansdowne Roll 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 2
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to King Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England from Brutus to Henry VI, consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of the English kings is depicted in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1438-1441
Extent:

1 roll

1095. Lansdowne Roll 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 3
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: Also known as Lansdowne Charter Rot. 3. Order as Lansdowne Roll 3. A genealogical chronicle, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, from the reign of Egbert to Henry III and a continuation to Richard II on the dorse. It is dated to the reign of Edward I (r.1272-1307) Face of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1272-1307
Extent:

1 roll

1096. Lansdowne Roll 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 5
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England consisting of a series of rectangles containing names of monarchs joined by lines of descent. On the left, the genealogy of the Anglo-Saxons begins from Egbertus with the Dukes of Normandy from Rollo to William the Conqueror in the centr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

1 roll

1097. LFC Ch III 1

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch III 1
Title:
Will of Margery de Crek
Scope & Content:
Will of Margery de Crek, widow of Bartholomew de Crek, leaving her body to be buried in the church of Flixton Priory, the nunnery that she founded in 1258, making other bequests to the priory, the bishop of Norwich, her family, and others; dated the morrow of St Luke the Evangelist [19 October],...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1282
Extent:
1 leaf

1098. LFC Ch IV 2

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch IV 2
Title:
Grant by Rowney Priory to William Dolphin and Ralph Tailor of Hertford, of two acres of land
Scope & Content:
Grant by Prioress Rose and the convent of Rowney [Hertfordshire] to William Dolphin and Ralph Tailor [Parimentario] of Hertford, for the repair of the priory and for their homage and service, two acres of arable land. For this grant, Dolphin and Tailor give the priory a mark of silver. The chart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

1099. LFC Ch V 4

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch V 4
Title:
Confirmation by Margaret de Lacy, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, widow, to John the chaplain
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Margaret de Lacy, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, widow, to John the chaplain, for his homage and service, of all the land which he purchased from Roger son of Simon in the fee of Bradeham; dated to between 1245, when Margaret’s second husband Walter Marshal, earl of Pembroke, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1245-1247
Extent:
1 leaf

1100. LFC Ch V 15

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch V 15
Title:
Quitclaim by Muriel, daughter of William Lolle of Murlingham, to Beatrice, prioress of Flixton, of land in Flixton
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Muriel, daughter of William Lolle of Murlingham, to Beatrice [of Ratlesden], prioress of Flixton, of 2 acres of land in Flixton, giving details of the location in the vill. Endorsed: in a 16th-century hand, ‘Mention of a [illegible] hat / [illegible] to the [illegible]-mill. and al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1263
Extent:
1 leaf

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