Accounts of the estates of the Honour of Clare in Essex
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Contents: ff. 1r-66r: Accounts of the estates of the Honour of Clare in Essex (Villae, Maneria, Terrae, Tenta in Comitatum Essex, tenta de honore de Clare), up to the time of the 45th year of the reign of Elizabeth I (1603). The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1*recto, 3*recto-3*v...
Contents: f. 1v: a parchment slip containing a fragment from a theological text. ff. 2r-130v: Sermones de Sanctis. ff. 131r-144v: a theological treatise, beginning: 'Adam prope pomum'. ff. 145r-236v: a theological treatise, beginning: 'capitalibus cum umbra'. ff. 237r-239v: several notes an...
Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Formulae Brevium (forms of legal action). ff. 189v-190r: various notes and scribbles. f. [iii] is blank. Decoration: Paragraph marks in red.
Jacobus de Theramo, Consolatio peccatorum (also known as Processus Belial)
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Contents: ff. 1r-102v: Jacobus de Theramo, Consolatio peccatorum (also known as Processus Belial),in fragmentary form. f. [ii]recto: a slip of parchment inscribed with the word 'Belial', previously used as a flyleaf. Decoration: Numerous initials in red and green.
John Ashendon, Summa judicialis de accidentibus mundi; patent letters and fines, 1422/3-1426/7
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Contents: ff. 1r-98v, 100r-135v: John Ashendon, Summa judicialis de accidentibus mundi. ff. 99r-99v: a fragment from a 15th-century ?French manuscript on Roman history (?) formerly used as a flyleaf to the text starting on f. 100r. ff. 136r-383r: patent letters and fines from 1422/3 to 1426/7...
Haryngton’s case about lands granted by Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
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Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Copies of letters patent and other documents regarding Haryngton’s case about lands granted by Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, going up to the 6th year of her reign (1563-1564); ff. 22r-23r are later additions going up to the 12th year of the reign of Queen Elizabe...