Cotton MS Vitellius C IX, ff 3–232, 235–239, 252–331
Title:
Miscellaneous historical papers, including Christopher Watson, The History of Duresme (Durham) (64r-128v); copies of Anglo-Saxon charters (129r-131v); Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan (133r-154v); and Life of King Arthur (155r-157r)
Extracts from English monastic cartularies and registers, including Breedon Priory (79r), Worcester Cathedral Priory (85r–103r), Tewkesbury Abbey (104r–105r), Christchurch Priory (108r–110r), Bermondsey Priory (115r–122v), Ely Cathedral Priory (123r–127v), Eynsham Abbey (131r–139r), Evesham Abbey (140r) and Monk Bretton Priory (140v–141v); letter of the abbot of Bangor to Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604) (82r); note on the bishopric of St Davids (82v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Old English (80r–81v); Welsh and English (82r–v)
Historical and topographical papers of William Camden (d. 1623), including epigrams and epitaphs of William Lily (d. 1522/3) (69r–73v), and a purported charter of Edward the Confessor, king of England (1042–66) (141r: Boffey 1295)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, English and Welsh; Middle English (141r) Dated: 1st half of the 16th century to 1st quarter of the 17th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Breuiarium regum Anglorum, from the foundation of Britain to the reign of King Edward IV of England (1461–1470, 1471–1483) (58r–239v); verse beginning ‘Uos qui estis inspecturi’ (240r–241v); Welsh verse (242r–v); verse beginning ‘Qui plus expendit quam lucri summa (rependit)’ (243v–244r: Walther 15605)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; English (233r–235r); Welsh (242r–v) Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century; 16th century (242r–v)
List of Welsh cantrefi; Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect); genealogical chronicle of the dukes of Normandy and kings of England; memorandum of the children of King Edward II of England; memorandum of the battles fought under King Edward III of England
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 120r-121v: list of Welsh cantrefi in Middle Welsh, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century; f. 122r: Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect), copied in the 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century; ff. 122r-124r: genea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century