The proceedings of a royal commission in the sale of royal estates
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Contents: ff. 1r-151v: The proceedings of a royal commission in the sale of royal estates, followed by an incomplete index of the estates (ff. 152v-153r).
Certificates from the Court of Augmentations and the Augmentation Office concerning the value of lands sold by Mary and Philip during the 4th and 5th years of their reign
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Contents: f. 1*r: An alphabetical table of counties included in this manuscript. ff. 2*recto-3*verso, An introduction with ‘Instruccions gyven by the kinge and Quenes Majesties unto their trustie and right welbelovyd counsaillours’. ff. 1r-97v: Certificates from the Court of Augmentations a...
Jewels and other treasures delivered to Mary Tudor
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Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A letter to William Paulet, Lord High Treasurer, 1st Marques of Winchester, concerning jewels, gold, silver and books delivered by him to Lady Jane Grey, dated 1 September 1553; with an autograph signature of Queen Mary I [Mary Tudor]: ‘Mary the quene’. f. 2r: A declarat...
Genealogies of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire
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Contents: ff. 3r-6r: An index of names. ff. 7r-243r: Genealogies of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire, copied by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Heralds, at his Visitation of 1569; made at the order of Alexander Evesham. The manuscript contains a few later addi...
This part of Harley MS 624 has been written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1639-1643. Contents: f. 2r: A title-page. f. 2v: A table of contents. ff. 4r-20v: Anonymous, Chronica de veteribus Brittanis et Anglo-Saxonibus (Chronicle on the Old Britons and Anglo-Sa...
This part of Harley MS 624 has been written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1639-1643. Contents: ff. 144r-144v: A Latin inscription followed by a fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century. f. 145r: A drawing of king W...
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 ...
This 12th-century manuscripts contains a Psalter with Glossa Ordinaria. Its style of decoration (Channel style) indicates that it was produced in England or France. Contents: ff. 1v-227r: The Book of Psalms with Glossa Ordinaria. ff. 227r-238r: Canticles of Isaiah, Hezekiah, Anna, Moses (E...
John of Wales, Ordinarium sive Alphabetum vite religiose, Communiloquium, Summa Justiciae, and other works
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This manuscript contains some of the most popular works of John of Wales [John Wallensis] (d. 1285), a Franciscan theologian who taught theology at the universities of Oxford and Paris. Among them is the Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum, a moral work with many exe...