Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral; List of bishops; Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
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This composite manuscript contains two parts that were produced at separate locations in England and at separate moments during the 12th century. The first part (ff. 1r-17v) contains the Annals of Chichester and was produced at the Cathedral church of Holy Trinity, Chichester. The second part (f...
A liturgical calendar with computus tables; a Sacramentary
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Contents: f. 1r: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r: A prayer beginning: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Dominus', followed by an added prayer written by a contemporary hand, beginning: 'Deus qui salutis eterne Beate Marie'. f. 2v: A lunar calendar for calculating the moveable feasts. ff. 3r-8v...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1509–1515
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Records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1509 and 1515. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2v: Fragment of a letter to King Henry VIII, from an unnamed cardinal. Sending intelligence from Italy, and reporting that Bologna has been taken by Imperial forces. Latin. f. 3r-3v: Letter fr...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1516–1518
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Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 262. [See Rymer xiii. 572. 573. 583. 589. 590. 593. 596. 600. 601. 603. 604. 607.] 1. Card. S. Chrysogoni, to Card. Wolsey; professing his devotedness; and about the Turks, and the affairs of Lombardy. (Orig. Lat.) Florence, Jan. 18, 1516. 1. 2. The ...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1519–1522
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Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 228, quoram 3 ultimi membran. [See Rymer XIII. 373.] 1. ........ to Card. Wolsey; congratulating and commending him on the league he had been the means of concluding. (Lat.) Saragossa, Jan. 1519. 1. 2. Fred. Gonzaga, Marq. of Mantua, to Henry VIII; n...
Bull of Pope Leo X conferring on King Henry VIII of England the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith)
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This parchment leaf originally formed Article 105 of Cotton MS Vitellius B IV, a volume of records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1519 and 1522. It was damaged by fire in 1731 and the remaining fragments were removed and bound separately. Bull of Pope Leo X (1513–1521) ...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1527
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Codex chartac. in folio. constans foliis 223. [See Burnet, vol. i. Coll. f. 12 12. vol. iii. Coll. f. 14.] 1. Sir Greg. Casalis, perhaps to Gambara, nuncio in England; representing the hard terms offered to the Pope by the viceroy of Naples, and M. de Bourbon; the outrages committed by the Ger...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1522–1523
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Codex chartac. in folio, constans foliis 249. 1. John Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; much intelligence about the conclave, the war in Italy, &c. Rome, Jan. 4. 1522. 1. 2. Card. Wolsey, to Henry VIII; transmitting to him, as legate, the Pope's bull for the title Defender of the Faith. (Lat.) Jan. 1...