These folios contain Augustine of Hippo's Enchiridion, copied in the first half of the 12th century. Decoration: Some initials in black with penwork decoration.
Breuiarium regum Anglorum, to the reign of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413) (87r–121v); Bartolus of Sassoferrato, De insigniis et armis (122r–129r); ‘The names of Cheuytayns that come wyth Wylliam Conquerour’ (129v–130v)
Report on Scottish affairs sent to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603) (90r–93v); letter addressed to Mary, queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587) (94r–96r)
Chronicle of Walden Abbey, AM 1–1321 (68r–89v); chronicle of the kings of England, William I–Edward IV (89v–91v); note of the number of parish churches, towns and knights’ fees in England (91v–92v)
Scope & Content:
Languages: Latin (68r–89v); Middle English (89v–92v)
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red, blue or green, some with penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in red and blue. Highlighting in red.
Wace, Roman de Brut (19r–115v: Dean 2); verse-chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings of England (115v–137v: Dean 24); Wace, La conception Notre Dame (123v–127r: Dean 489); verse beginning ‘(R)umor nouus Anglie partes pererrauit’ (138r–v: Walther 16929, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Anglo-Norman French; Latin (138r–v) Dated: last quarter of the 13th century; last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (123v–127r, 138r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Dossier relating to the claims of the English Crown to have sovereignty in Scotland, AD 1291–1293 (178r–233r); notes, documents and excerpts from chronicles concerning Anglo-Scottish relations (234r–255r)
Ordinary of arms for emperors (151r), kings (151v–154v) and the English nobility (160r–338r), primarily in the hand of Robert Glover (d. 1588); Sibylla Hippocratis, beginning ‘Consuluit Phæbum nuper Cecilius Heros’ (339r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 16th century to 1st quarter of the 17th century (150r–338r); 2nd quarter of the 17th century (339r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-2nd quarter of the 17th century
Historical and topographical papers of William Camden (d. 1623), incorporating items concerning Mary, queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587), Elizabeth I, queen of England (1558–1603), and Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex (d. 1601), and including the charges brought against Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530), 1529–30 (36v–41v); the indictment of Sir Walter Raleigh, (d. 1618), 1603 (78v); The Deuise for alteratione of religione (167r–169r); a table of the weights of English and Scottish coins (f. ...
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 16th century to middle of the 17th century
