Biblical and Genealogical roll chronicle from Creation to King Edward IV of England
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Contents: A genealogical chronicle from Creation to Edward IV and his descendants, of the type known as the 'Considerans' chronicle. This is one of a group of chronicles, named from the opening words of the prologue, ‘Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem’. The genealogy is mostly in three c...
Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Richard II
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Contents: A genealogical chronicle with commentary in Latin, preceded by the title, 'Thopographie insule anglicane lic[et] comis eius fit oblong[us]. Oriens. Regnum orientalis anglorum'. Membrane 1: A diagram of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy with an introduction on either side, based on a Brut ch...
Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413)
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Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413), 1400. Includes a writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), declaring that his priests in St Paul’s minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of ...