ff. 1r–5v: Kalendar, the first leaf wanting, with additions relating to the births of the sons of Robert Cheddar (printed in Merriman, ‘Genealogical Notes’, 1836). ff. 6r–86v: Cartulary of the Cheddar family of Bristol, arranged topographically, relating to lands in Somerset, including Cheddar,...
Bartholomeus Anglicus, Tractatus de naturis et proprietatibus
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Contents: ff. 3r-88v: Bartholomeus Anglicus, Tractatus de naturis et proprietatibus. The manuscript contains a number of 15th-century additions in Middle French: f. 1r: François Villon, Ballade joyeuse des Taverniers. f. 1r: A saying of Aristotle. ff. 1v-2r: Sayings of Aristotle. ff. 2...
ff. 4r–7v: Alphabetical index. ff. 8r–10v: Charters, mostly relating to the Hospital of St Nicholas. ff. 11r–12r: Partial alphabetical indexes. ff. 12v–13r: Rents relating to St Nicholas’ Hospital; a letter of Abbot Richard (1324). ff. 14r–14v: Various rents. ‘Registrum Kempe’ heading (f. 14...
Manuscript volume written in a number of different hands. Contents: ff. 1-31: Collections out of Plutarch’s Lives. ff. 31-32: Extracts from a letter to Sir Edward Coke in the time of his trouble. Header ‘Witty Speeches collected out of a Letter sente to Sir Edward Cooke after he was Lord ...
Folio manuscript volume containing journals of the House of Lords for different parliaments of the 17th century. Contents: ff. 1-151: Journal of the House of Lords for the first Parliament of James I, known as the Blessed Parliament, 19 March 1604-16 October 1610. ff. 152-166v: Journal of the H...
A collection of statutes, including a calendar, dating from after 1311 (see f. 231r). Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A calendar. ff. 7r-8r: A table of contents. ff. 8r-14v: A table of the Magna Carta clauses. ff. 15r-25v: Edward I's 1297 Magna Carta. ff. 25v-30v: Edward I's Charter of the Fore...