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2461. Kings MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 24
Title:
P. Vergilius Maro, Opera (‘the King’s Virgil’)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-16v: P. Vergilius Maro, Bucolica; ff. 17r-58: P. Vergilius Maro, Georgica, by P. Ovidius Naso [pseudo-], verse, 'In primaum librum Georgicon Virgilii' (f. 16v); ff. 58v-244v: P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneis, preceded by P. Ovidius Naso [pseudo-], verses, 'quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1483-1485
Extent:

1 volume

2462. Lansdowne MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 204
Title:
John Hardyng, Chronicle (first version)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the first version of the Chronicle of John Hardyng (b. 1378, d. 1465), a former soldier and spy for King Henry V (r. 1413-1422). It was produced in Lincolnshire or the East Midlands in the middle of the 15th century and was probably commissione...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1450
Extent:

1 volume

2463. Lansdowne MS 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 420
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illuminated Psalter that was most likely produced in the diocese of London in the 1220s. The manuscript’s style of decoration appears to be influenced by contemporary French Psalters (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1982), pp. 86-87). Of special interest are the man...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1220s
Extent:

1 volume

2464. Lansdowne MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 441
Title:
Indenture between Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an original indenture between Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), Countess of Richmond and mother of King Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), and John Islip (b. 1464, d. 1532), Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry, made on 2 March 150...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2 Mar 1506
Extent:

1 volume

2465. Lansdowne MS 453

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 453
Title:
Bible
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century English manuscript contains the Bible (from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Psalms) with prologues attributed to St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420) and Pelagius (b. 360, d. 418). Contents: f. 1r-2r: St Jerome, Epistula 53 ad Paulinum (Letter 53: To Paulinus). ff. 2r-4r: St Jero...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century -3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2466. Lansdowne Roll 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 9
Title:
Genealogical roll of Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton
Scope & Content:
This roll contains an illustrated genealogy of Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg (b. 1548/9, d. 1635), commonly known as Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton. Helena was a Swedish-born noblewoman who travelled to England in 1564 as part of the retinue of Princess Cecilia of Sweden (b. 1540, d....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 roll

2467. LFC Ch I 26

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch I 26
Title:
Quitclaim by Agnes, widow of Robert of Sandcroft, knight, to her son Robert of Sandcroft
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Agnes, widow of Robert of Sandcroft, knight, to her son Robert of Sandcroft, of all her right to the service of Robert Cholle of le Grisewe, villein of Robert of Sandcroft, and other properties held by him; given at Flixton, the day of the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr [7 July...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1301
Extent:
1 leaf

2468. LFC Ch III 8

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch III 8
Title:
Lease by Margaret, abbess of the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré outside Northampton, to William Landwath of Walda
Scope & Content:
Chirograph lease for life by Margaret [de Grey (r. 1327/8-1333/4)], abbess of the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré outside Northampton, to William Landwath of Walda, of a messuage and half a virgate of arable land; given in the abbey’s chapter, Wednesday next after the feast of St Dunstan the Bishop [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1329
Extent:
1 leaf

2469. LFC Ch III 15

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch III 15
Title:
Quitclaim by Matilda, daughter of John son of Robert of Rainburgh, to Thomas Clarel, Peter of Ousedale and Robert Clarel
Scope & Content:
Quitclaim by Matilda, daughter of John son of Robert of Rainburgh, to Thomas Clarel, Peter of Ousedale and Robert Clarel, of all her right in a messuage and a bovate of land in Adwick [either Adwick le Street or Adwick upon Dearne, Yorkshire], which John Walgrym had by the gift of her mother Mat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1338
Extent:
1 leaf

2470. LFC Ch IV 2

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch IV 2
Title:
Grant by Rowney Priory to William Dolphin and Ralph Tailor of Hertford, of two acres of land
Scope & Content:
Grant by Prioress Rose and the convent of Rowney [Hertfordshire] to William Dolphin and Ralph Tailor [Parimentario] of Hertford, for the repair of the priory and for their homage and service, two acres of arable land. For this grant, Dolphin and Tailor give the priory a mark of silver. The chart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

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