Contents: Irish historical memoranda, including: f. 138v: obits of the Butler family, 1285–1515; ff. 139r-140v: Dublin Chronicle, 948–1165; f. 142r: Notes referring to Sligo f. 143: Notes referring to the de Lacy; family. Decoration: Pen-flourished initials in brown (ff. 139r-140v), 142r...
A collection of chronicles and historical material including Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum and Ralph Niger, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chronicles and other historical material copied in the 13th to the 16th centuries, bound together in the early modern period from three formerly separate parts (see Tite: The Early Records (2003), p. 183). ff. 1-3: Flyleaves with lists of contents in an early modern hand; ff. 4-39:...
Annalistic chronicle, a note on Emperor Justinian, a list of the kings of Wessex and England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 40r-44r: Annalistic chronicle, 1114–1158. A note in the upper margin of f. 40r in an early-modern hand states, 'Additiones monachi de Cogishale', but this chronicle is believed to have been compiled by the Augustinian cannons of St Osyth's, Essex as a continuation of the precedin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Contents: Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum, from 1066 to 1224; this is the earliest surviving copy of the text, believed to be a working copy as it is written in various hands, one of which was probably Ralph's; there are numerous additions in the margins and on inserted slips of parc...
