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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

2171. Royal MS 18 B XVII

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Royal MS 18 B XVII
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VISION of Piers the Ploughman, with Piers the Ploughman's Creed prefixed, viz.:- 1. Piers the Ploughman's Creed : the alliterative satirical poem, based on the Vision, describing the writer's search for some one to teach him his creed, his ill-success with the friars and final success with the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

2172. Royal MS 18 B XVIII

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Royal MS 18 B XVIII
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'A PROIECT for raysinge of a stocke out of the iniquitye, the daingerous proceedinges, and the vnlawfull dealinges of theeuinge Brokers, to supply the vrgent ocasion that the comons daylie haue for loane of mony vpon their pawnes', &c., addressed to James I by Thomas Huniman, of London, merc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1603-1625]
Extent:
1 item

2173. Royal MS 18 B XX

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Royal MS 18 B XX
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SERMON on S. Luke xii. 15, 'Take heed and beware of covetousness, by Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, preached before Edward VI at Westminster, 10 March, 1550, the latter part of it (from f. 15) being preached as a separate sermon in the afternoon. Printed as A moste faithfull Sermon, &c.,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 item

2174. Royal MS 18 B XXI

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Royal MS 18 B XXI
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TRANSLATION of, and commentary on, Ps. i-vii and viii. 1-4, in English: the longer text of the work attributed to Richard Rolle of Hampole, but perhaps of Wycliffite origin (see below, 18 D. I). The prologue is not given and the language is modernized. Some of the verses have also in the margin ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 16th century
Extent:
1 item

2175. Royal MS 18 B XXII

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Royal MS 18 B XXII
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William Worcester, The Boke of Noblesse
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The Boke of Noblesse, a tract encouraging Edward IV to go to war with France, citing historical precedents and quoting from several authors, particularly Christine de Pizan's Faits d'armes et de chevalerie, wrongly referred to here as the Tree of Battles (ff. 13r-v, 14v-16v, 28r-v). Written by W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2176. Royal MS 18 B XXIII

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Royal MS 18 B XXIII
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HOMILIES and Sermons, in Latin and English, viz.:- 1. Seventeen Latin homilies, chiefly exegetical, on the Sunday gospels, Advent-First Sund. after the Octave of Epiphany. Beg. '[I]n illo tempore cum appropinquasset Ihesus (&c.) : Dominus ac redemptor noster, fratres karissimi, qui semper ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2177. Royal MS 18 B XXIV

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Royal MS 18 B XXIV
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FOUR TREATISES in English bound together casually, but artt. 2, 3 are on similar paper and in the same hand. Contents:- 1. 'Of ye right preparation of ye soule by ye ghosple to receaue our eternall saluation and blessednes in Christe, ye second booke', by 'Leonellus Sharpe', i.e. Lionel Sharp o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1563-[1625]
Extent:
1 item

2178. Royal MS 18 B XXIX

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Royal MS 18 B XXIX
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TREATISE entitled 'A true Description of the life o Claudius of Guyse, Abbot of Cluny in Fraunce, conteineinge his diuelish deedes even almost from his birth to the death of the Cardinall of Lorraine, &c. Translated out of frenshe into English by W. Shute, 1599'. The original French work wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1599
Extent:
1 item

2179. Royal MS 18 B XXV

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Royal MS 18 B XXV
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HOMILIES for Festivals, in English. The collection, which differs but slightly from another in Harley MS. 2247, consists of eighty-nine (originally ninety?) sermons in two series, de tempore and (f. 82) de sanctis. About 55 are more or less closely parallel in contents to the corresponding sermo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2180. Royal MS 18 B XXVI

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Royal MS 18 B XXVI
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HISTORY of the Crusades, in English, in five books. Books i-iv deal respectively with the expeditions of Robert, Duke of Normandy, Godfrey of Bouillon, Richard Coeur- de-Lion, and Edward I; and book v is a translation from the French of the Flos Historiarum of Frere Haiton [Hethoum, Prince of Go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1518-1520
Extent:
1 item

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