Historical miscellany, including excerpts from the historical writings of Henry of Huntingdon, Ralph Niger and others (5r–23v); Chronicle of Lanercost Priory, 60 BC–AD 1346 (25r–245v), incorporating the couplet ‘Wille Gris, Wylle Gris’ (184v: Boffey 4174)
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Language(s): Latin; Middle English (184v); Anglo-Norman French (240v–241r, 243r–v) Dated: middle of the 14th century; middle of the 15th century (131r, 143r)
Contents:f. 1: early modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 1r a list of contents in the hand of Richard James (d. 1638).f. 2: modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 2v a pasted printed ownership label of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617): 'Henry Savill ... oweth thys booke ...'.ff. 3r–4v: an unidenti...