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1. Egerton MS 3142

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Egerton MS 3142
Title:
CHRONICLES, ETC., OF ENGLAND, compiled mainly at the Benedictine Abbey of St Benet at Hulme, co. Norf.; late 13th cent. (after 1294). Latin. The MS. is described, and artt. 2-4 printed, in Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes, ed. Sir Henry Ellis, Rolls ser., 1859, pp. xxxvi-xxxviii, 403-439. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xii, 1937-1938, pp. 80-81. Contents:- (1) Historia Regum Britanniae, by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Headed 'Incipit liber de gestis bruti editus a magistro Waltero Oxi[ne]f[ordensi] arc...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Pelham-Clinton (Henry Pelham), 4th Duke of Newcastle, K.G.; d. 1851. Bindings ENGLISH: Brown morocco, blind-tooled, by F. Bedford: 19th cent. Francis Bedford, bookbinder, of London: Bound. Hulme Abbey; Norfolk: Chronicles, Annals, etc.: late 13th cent.: Lat. inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 3143

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Egerton MS 3143
Title:
ST ROBERT OF KNARESBOROUGH: prose and verse material in Latin and English mostly relating to the life and cult of the hermit, Robert Flower (d. 24 Sept. 1218), compiled late 15th cent. For a complete list of contents see The Metrical Life of St Robert of Knaresborough, ed. J. Bazire (Early English Text Society, orig. ser. no. 228, 1953), in which all the English, and much of the Latin, material is printed with introduction, and which includes (in Appendix B) the Latin prose life preserved in...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, by C. Lewis: early 19th cent. Saint Robert, of Knaresborough: Collections rel. to his life and cult: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: Metrical life of St Robert of Knaresborough: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. Charles Lewis, d 1836 bookbinder:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 3144

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Egerton MS 3144
Title:
COMPOTUSES of lands, etc., of Thomas, Lord Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford, in the lordship and honour of Skipton in Craven, N.R., co. York.; 1436-1437, etc. Cf. Brit. Mus. Quart., xii, 1937-1938, p. 82. Vellum roll of five membranes, 280 mm. in width and with an average length of 580 mm. xv cent. Membranes 1-4 are fastened together at one end with a vellum slip and membrane 5 is a continuation of membrane 4. From the library of the Dukes of Newcastle at Clumber (Sotheby's sale-cat., 14-16 Feb....
Scope & Content:
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford: Compotuses of his lands in the lordship and honour of Skipton: 1436-1437. Accompts: Lands of Lord Clifford in the lordship and honour of Skipton: circ. 1436-1437. Skipton-in-Craven, North Riding of Yorkshire: Compotuses of lands in the lordship and honour:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1436-1437
Extent:
1 item