12 A. I-IV EXERCISES in Latin translation, written as new-year's gifts to her father by Lady Mary Fitzalan, younger daughter of Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. The first two were written after, the last two before, her marriage (circ. 1554) with Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; she died (aged 17) in I557. The last is a joint work with john Radcliffe (cf. 7 D. IX). Holograph, in handwriting of Italian type. Four volumes. Paper; ff. 14 (6in. x 4in.), 18 (53/4 in x 4in.), 15 (53/4 in. x 4in.)...
12 A. XXXVI, XXXVII TWO COMPLIMENTARY POEMS, in Latin, to James I by Thomas Bastard [fellow of New College, Oxford, 1588, see Dict. Nat. Biogr.]. Afterwards combined and printed (with alterations) under the title Serenissimo polentissimoque Monarchae Iacobo, &c. (London, 1605, reprinted by Utterson, 1842, and in Bastard's Poems, ed. A. B. Grosart, 1880). Paper; ff. 21, 5. Quarto. 81/4 in. x 6 in. A.D. 1603. Bound together. Perhaps cat. of 1661 (Roy. App. 86), f. 35, 'In laudes pot. Iac...
13 D. VI, VII WORKS of Flavius Josephus, in the Latin version ascribed to Rufinus; in two volumes. Vellum; ff. 218 and i + 211. 1 ft. 41/4 in. x 111/4 in. XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (vol. i, viii9), numbered at the end. Double columns of 41 lines in vol. i, 42 in vol. ii. Sec. fol. 'Cius digne' and (vol. ii) lad Frahatim'. Ornamental initials in colours, well executed, at the beginning of each book (see pl. 81). Belonged to (and probably executed at) St. Albans Abbey. 'Hic est liber ...
14 B. IV A and B ACCOMPTS of payments to builders, gardeners, &c., for works at various palaces of Henry VIII [circ. 1532- 1533]. Paper. 12 ft. 1 in. x 81/4 in. and 1 ft. 81/2 in. x 1 ft. 33/4 in. Not in the old catalogues.
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Accounts: Building accounts of Henry VIII: circa 1532-1533.
14 B. XXXV ACCOMPTS and papers, chiefly relating to Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, beheaded 17 May, 1521 (cf. 7 F. XIV, art. 1, 14 B. XL). Fifteen paper rolls and forty-one charters or fragments, thirty-five of which are bound together.
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Accounts: Accounts of the Duke of Buckingham: 1517-1522.
14 D. II-VI JEHAN FROISSART, Chroniques de France et d'Angleterre: the complete text in four books, in five volumes, made up as follows, according to the classification of Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Œuvres de Froissart, Brussels, 1873, introduction pt. iii, viz. livre i (vols. i, ii), seconde rédaction, seconde série; livre ii (vol. iii), première réd., troisième série; livre iv (vol. v), première série. Begins, after table of rubrics, 'Affin que honnourables et nobles aduentures'. Vellum...
15 A. X and 15 A. X* GAUTIER DE CHÂTILLON, Alexandreis, with Cicero's De amicitia and other tracts. Scribbling on f. 90 b includes the name 'Slypton in Peykyrk paryshe' [Peakirk, co. Northt.]. Vellum; ff. 143. 71/2 in. x 43/4 in. Also vellum-roll (15 A. X*) 1 ft. 7 in. x 71/2 in. XII and XIII centt. Gatherings, i6, ii-xi8, xii7, xiii, xiv8, xv7, xvi10, xvii, xviii8, xix4. Sec. fol. 'ossibus in uultu'. Initials in colours. Belonged (f. 2) to Thomey Abbey, co. Cambr., 'Liber precentorie Tho...