Contents: ff. 1r-15v: A table of contents. ff. 16r-281v: Acts of Parliament, from Edward I to Henry VI, in Latin and French. Decoration: 4 large historiated initials in blue and red and with gold frames; partial (three-sided) borders in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 64r, 93r, 154r). The subject...
Contents: ff. 1r-80v: Hugh of Beckele, Survey of the Honour of Denbigh (1334), entitled: 'Extenta Castri et Honoris de Denbiegh facta per Hugonem de Beckele et per recognitionem tenencium Singularum Villatarum Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tercij post Conquestum Octavo'.
Contents: ff. 1r-46r: History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618, inscribed to 'Lord George, Marques of Buckingham, Lord high Admirall of England' [George Villiers (b. 1592, d. 1628), Marquess of Buckingham from 1618 until elevated to (1st) Duke of Buckingham in 1623, and Lord High Admiral b...
The second part of a dialogic treatise on heraldry
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Contents: pp. 1-101: A dialogic treatise on heraldry, entitled: ‘The Probationers seconde dayes Discourse, of the dignitie of the shielde, & of Creastes; Collected, repeated, and conferred upon by thre wandering knights: Sir Bezaro, Sir Challamor & Sir Persides’ [the second part to the ...
Contents. f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Doctor Taylors sermon’. ff. 2r-9v: John Taylor, Sermon on the Gospel of St Luke 2, dated to 1508, beginning ‘Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis secundum legem moysi’.
Account-book of Richard de Bremesgrave, keeper of stores at Berwick
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Contents: ff. 1r-19v: The account-book of Richard de Bremesgrave, keeper of stores at Berwick, with a title page (f. 1r): 'Compotus Ricardi de Bremsegrave de Anno Vicesimo Octavo - Berewyk - intratur et examinatur totum per [manton]'. Beginning (f. 2r): ‘Compotus Ricardi de Bremesgrave tam de ...
Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit; compilation of historical texts
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Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Rauf de Boun, Le Petit Bruit. ff. 12r-12v: 'Le serment de Feaulte qe les prelatz doibvent faire au Roy'. ff. 12v-13r: 'Des pairs de France'. f. 13v: Notes relative to Peter Abelard. ff. 13v-46r: Of the posterity of Mrs Rawson. ff. 46r-212v: a compilation of various ch...