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Record Id:
032-002029035
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032-002029035
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Add MS 5666
Title:

COMMONPLACE BOOK OF JOHN WHITE: containing music, accounts and a grammatical treatise; late 14th-early 15th cent. Latin, English and some French. Origin: England. Partly in the autograph of John White al. Whyte al. Whgt, who owned the volume in 1410-1411 (f. 15v). White may have been a student at one of the Inns of Court, London, and was possibly the pupil of a John Watirden al. Watyrden, see art. 3 below and f. 14. White's name, which appears on ff. 7v-8, is also associated in memoranda with those of Robert 'Brouuham' (ff. 6v-7), 'Thomas Krim' (f. 6v) and John 'Pepir' (f. 7), possibly fellow students. For descriptions of the MS. see:

J. Ritson, Ancient Songs . . . (1792), pp. xxxvii-xl; R. L. Greene, The Early English Carols (1935), pp. 331-332. The statement in the hand of Francis Blomefield (f. 1v) ascribing the MS. to John Brakley is erroneous, as is the subsequent memorandum by Ritson ascribing Blomefield's note to Thomas Martin of Palgrave. See N. Davis and G. S. Ivy, 'MS Walter Rye 38 and its French Grammar', Medium Aevum, xxxi (1962), pp. 110-124. Pen sketch of device of a tree and pierced heart, with mottoes 'pur vere amour je su mort' and 'Fuit homo',

f. 18, repeated in pencil without mottoes, f. 20v. Owned by: Francis Blomefield, antiquary (d.1752). f. 1v;- John Ives, Suffolk Herald. Ive's sale-cat., Baker & Leigh, 5 March 1777, lot 397, purchased by Thane;- Joseph Ritson. f. 1v. Presented by Joseph Ritson with Add. 5665, 7 Aug. 1795.

Vellum (f. 1) and paper; ff. 22+8*. 18th cent. foliation 1-21 from f. 2. 135 x 100mm. Single sheets mounted on guards, except ff. 2-3, 5-6 (bifolia). Vellum fly-leaf, f. 1. Various cursive hands, late 14th-early 15th cent. Watermark, fleur de lis, f. 13. Extensively repaired at the British Museum.

Contents:

1. ff. 2-8v. Carols, etc., with music: (a) 'Lullay my child ande wepe no more'. Greene, no. 151 B. Ritson, p. xl. ff. 2-3;- (b) 'Now has Mary born aflour'. Imperfect. f. 3;- (c) 'I haue loued so many aday'. Greene, App. VIII. Ritson, p. xxxviii. f. 3v;- (d) 'Lullay, lullow, lully'. 'I saw a swete semly syght'. Greene, no. 144. Ritson, pp. xxxviii-xl. ff. 4v-5;- (e) 'Puer natus in belehem'. f. 8v.

2. ff. 9-13v. Grammatical treatise, 'Versus grammaticales (De prosodia)'. Latin. Beg. 'apud latinos xx sunt litere quarum v sunt vocales'. G. L. Bursill-Hall, A census of medieval Latin grammatical manuscripts (1981), 149.1.

3. ff. 14-21v. Accounts for expenses of students, possibly at one of the Inns of Court, London; 1388-1389, 1410-1411, n.d. Included are: (a) Expenses for Michaelmas and Christmas terms 12 Ric. II [1388-1389]. f. 15;- (b) Expenses of John Whgt for Michaelmas and Christmas terms 12 Henry IV [1410-1411]. f. 15v;- (c) Accounts of John Whyte for money paid to John Watirden for a period of 17 weeks. ff. 16-17v;- (d) Account of expenses for eight weeks. ff. 19v-20;- (e) Accounts of receipts, and of payments, chiefly to John Watyrden. Imperfect. f. 21v.

4. f. 22v. Fragment of verse. French.

Scope & Content:

Commonplace Books: J. White, etc.,: 1388-1411, n.d.

includes:

  • f. 1v Joseph Ritson, antiquary: Memoranda: late 18th cent.
  • f. 1v Francis Blomefield, Norfolk historian: Memoranda, bef. 1752: bef. 1752.
  • ff. 2-5 Poetry ENGLISH: Carols: late 14th-early 15th cent.
  • ff. 2-5, 8v Music: Carols: late 14th-early 15th cent.
  • f. 6v Thomas Krim: Name written: circa 1410.
  • ff. 6v-7 Richard Brouuham: Name written: circa 1410.
  • f. 7 John Pepir: Name written: circa 1410.
  • f. 8v Poetry LATIN: Carol: late 14th-early 15th cent.
  • ff. 9-13v Grammar: Versus grammaticalas (De prosodia): late 14th-early 15th cent: Lat.
  • f. 13 Watermarks: Fleur de lis: bef. 1410.
  • ff. 14-21v Accounts: Expenses of law(?) students: 1388-1389, 1410-1411, n.d.
  • ff. 14-21v passim John White, alias Whyte alias Whgt; student at(?) an Inn of Court: Commonplace book, with accounts of: circa 1410-1411.
  • ff. 15v, 21v John Watirden, alias Watyrden: Accounts of payments to, by a student: circa 1410.
  • ff. 18, 20v Heraldry: Device of tree and pierced heart, with mottoes: circa 1410: Pen and pencil.
  • f. 22v Poetry FRENCH: Verse fragment: late 14th-early 15th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1360
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Late 18th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

John Ives, Suffolk Herald Extraordinary: Owned, 1776.

Francis Blomefield, Norfolk historian: Owned, early 18th cent.

Joseph Ritson, antiquary: Owned, and presented, 1795.

Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Blomefield, Francis, Norfolk historian, d. 1752
Brouuham, Richard
Ives, John, Suffolk Herald Extraordinary
Krim, Thomas
Pepir, John
Ritson, Joseph, antiquary, 1752-1803
Watirden, John, alias Watyrden
White, John, ? student at an Inn of Court al Whyte al Whgt