Add MS 5845

Volume XLIV of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. 470, the contents of which are miscellaneous, viz.

*1. I. Cunningham’s elegy on a pile of ruins, applied by Cole to Croyland Abbey. p. 1 (a).

1. True and exact copies of seven original letters in the possession of the Earl of Ossory, written by King Edward VI to his favorite Mr. Barnaby Fitz-Patrick, one of the gentlemen of his Privy Chamber, and by the said Earl communicated to the Hon. Horace Walpole (1771). Prefixed are emblazoned the arms of Edward VI, Fitz-Patrick, Walpole, and Cole, and notes are added to each. pp. 1, 5-12. These letters were printed from Cole’s transcripts by Mr. Walpole, at Strawberry Hill. Quarto, 1772.

2. Letter from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Sending him the above letters of Edward VI for transcription. Arlington Street, 29 May 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 63, ed. quarto, 1818). p. 3.

3. Letter from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, with remarks on the King’s letters, etc. Milton, 18 June 1771. pp. 3-5, 12.

4. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 24 June 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 67). p. 13.

5. From the same to the same, respecting the cross to be erected in memory of Queen Catherine of Arragon by Lord Ossory at Ampthill, in Bedfordshire. Arlington Street, 22 June 1771. (Printed ib., p. 66). Ib.

6. From Mr. James Essex, the architect, to the same enclosing the sketch of a design for the above cross. Cambridge, 3 July 1771. p. 14.

7. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 12 Oct 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 71). Ib.

8. Drawing of the cross referred to in the above correspondence, copied from Mr. Essex’s design. p. 15.

9. Verses by Dr. Sneyd Davies, on Lord Chancellor Camden, written on the occasion of an original portrait of William Camden, Clarenceux, having been presented to the chancellor by Mr. West. (Printed in Nichols’s ‘Illustrations of Literature’, vol. I, p. 708). p. 17.

10. Verses by the same, on Bishop Caducan of Bangor, and Dr. Jeremiah Milles. See vol. XXVI, p. 155. (Printed ib., p. 707). p. 18.

11. Case of Everard Digby, Fellow of St. John’s College touching his deprivation for not paying his commons, ao. 1587, transcribed from a manuscript in the Bishop of Ely’s office, in Cambridge, marked Lib. B viz.

a) Letter from John, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Burghley to Dr. Legge, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Dr. Pearne, and Dr. Bell. Westminster, 14 Feb 1587. p. 19.

b) Interrogatories in the examination of the case. pp. 19-21.

c) ‘Statutes of a House Divided for the Payment of Comons in convenient Tyme.’ p. 21.

d) The case, stated by Mr. Digby. pp. 22-26.

e) A copy of Mr. Taylor’s Lŕe, ad. 1 and 4, partes 1, articuli Mŕi Digbye. p. 26.

f) A copy of Mr. Alvey’s protestation. Ib.

g) Memoranda by Cole, relative to Mr. Digby, and to a parallel case between Mr. Heaton, prebendary of Ely, and Mr. Masters, rector of Landbeche, both formerly of Benet College. p. 27.

12. Latin epitaph on Evan Rice, huntsman to Sir Thomas Mansel, said to have been written by Bishop Atterbury. (Printed, but incorrectly in ‘Antiquarian Repertory,’ vol. I, p. 214). p. 28.

13. Two coats of arms emblazoned: 1. Digby (?); 2. Lort and Jenkins, quarterly impaled with the Professorship of Greek in the University of Cambridge, being the coat of the Rev. Michael Lort. (See vol. XLV, p. 161). pp. 27, 28.

14. Character of a gentleman, extracted from the London Chronicle, 31 Dec 1771. p. 29.

15. Abstract of, and copious extracts from, a register of Croyland Abbey in Lincolnshire, made in 1772, from the original manuscript then belonging to Mrs. Wingfield of Stamford, in that country, and lent to Mr. Cole by Mr. Commissary Greaves, alias Beaupré Bell, esquire, of Fulborne. pp. 31-211. Mr. Cole has prefixed an account of the manuscript and various memoranda relating to Croyland and to John Oldfield of Spalding (formerly possessor of the manuscript), and has added throughout illustrative notes and remarks. He has also inverted many coats of arms emblazoned, partly having reference to the register, and partly not, viz. 1. Arms of Croyland Abbey, from a Parliament roll, temp. Henry VIII. pp. 30, 158, 195, 200, 214; 2. Greaves of Fulburne, impaling Bell, and Beaupré, quarterly. p. 30; 3. Clare Hall. Ib; 4. Cole, pp. 30, 120, 195; 5. John Dalderby, Bishop of Lincoln. p. 48; 6. Supposed arms of Robert de Waynflete, abbot of Bardney. Ib; 7. Arms of Croyland Abbey, as given by Bishop Tanner. p. 120; 8. 9. Queen’s College, Cambridge. Ib; 10. Dr. James, Master of Queen’s College. Ib; 11. James impaling Newcome of Hackney. Ib; 12. Abbey of Ely. p. 158; 13. Peterborough Abbey. Ib. and p. 200; 14. Thorney Abbey. Ib; 15. Ramsey Abbey. Ib; 16. William Alnewyk, Bishop of Lincoln. p. 195; 17. Thomas Lord Dacre. Ib; 18. Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York. p. 200; 19. Supposed arms of Spalding Priory. p. 214; 20. Cole, quartering Tuer. Ib; 21. Western of Rivenhall, quartering Shirley. Ib; 22. Henry Lord Montfort, impaling Windham. Ib; and 23. Thomas Watson Ward of Wilbraham Temple, esquire, quartering. Ib. See Gough’s History of Croyland Abbey, quarto, 1783, no. XI of the ‘Bibl. Topogr. Britain.’

16. Memorandum relative to the tithe cause between Thomas Bateman, vicar of Whaplode, county Lincolnshire, and the inhabitants. From the Cambridge Chronicle, 7 May 1774. p. 210.

17. Monkish verses in Latin, on the weather, copied by Sir John Oldfield from a register of Spalding Priory. p. 212.

18. Breve Dñi Regis pro Abbate Croylandie contra Dñm Thomas Wake et alios. Wodestok, 12 Maii ao. 6 Edward III. Extracted from the register of Spalding Priory. (See vol. XLIII). pp. 213, 214.

19. ‘Observations in a Tour to Portugal and Spain, 1760. By John Earl of Strathmore, and Thomas Pett Esq,’ transcribed in 1772. From a copy by Mr. Gough. Prefixed are some memoranda relating to the Earl of Strathmore, and some few notes added by Cole. pp. 216-287.

20. ‘The Life of Edward Throckmorton, who dyed at Rome in the Inglish Colledge, the 10 of November A.D. 1592 and 21 Year of his age,’ transcribed from a manuscript once belonging to the Fortescue family, and, in 1772, to Mr. Hudleston of Sanston, county Cambridgeshire. Prefixed is some account of the manuscript by Cole, and several coats of arms emblazoned, viz. 1. Fortescue impaling ? , in a lozenge; 2. ? impaling ?; 3. Fortescue and ? quarterly, in a lozenge. pp. 288-314. +++ The above life is translated from the original Spanish inserted in lib. VI cap. 9 of the ‘Historia Particular de la Persecucion de Inglaterra. Por el Padre Diego de Yepes, despo de Taraçora.’ Quarto, Madrid, 1599.

21. Memoranda concerning George Throckmorton, esquire, and Father Charles Bonaventura Bedingfield, Recollet of Doway. Prefixed are three coats of arms. 1. Throckmorton and Yates, quarterly, impaling Paston and Courteney, quarterly (see vol. XL, p. 228); 2. Cole and Tuer, quarterly; 3. Bedingfield, impaled with the insignia of the order of Jesuits. pp. 314, 315.

22. Letter from Father Bedingfield to Mr. Cole. Concerning the suppression of the Jesuits. Worlaby Hall, 26 Oct 1773. Ib.

23. Extrait d’une Lettre du Pere Neuville à un autre Jesuite (enclosed in the last). p. 316.

24. Memorandum concerning Father Champion, Jesuit, confessor to the Hudleston family. Ib.

25. Extracts from the parish register of Chevry Hinton, with a note respecting the erroneous calculation of the time Thomas Moigne was minister. pp. 317-325.

26. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Ealing in Middlesex, taken by Mr. Cole in 1773. pp. 326-331.

27. Abstract of letters from Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, to the dean and chapter of his diocese, respecting the choice of a convocation man to represent them. 11 Mart. 1689, with a sketch of the seal. pp. 330, 331.

28. Note of letters patent from James I, constituting Sir Robert Cotton Custos for Cambridgeshire. 5 Sept ao. r. 3. p. 331.

29. Copy of a patent from Queen Elizabeth, for Mr. Sergeant Anderson to be one of the Queen’s sergeants at law. Westminster, 3 Feb ao. r. 20. (Latin). Ib.

30. Copy of a paper relating to Sir Henry Spelman’s foundation of a Saxon lecture at Cambridge, supposed to have been sent by Dr. Mason for the use of Dr. Gibson’s new edition of Spelman’s Life. Also a list of Sir Henry Spelman’s letters to Whelock. pp. 332, 333.

31. Copy of a grant from Thomas Waryn, provincial of the order of Dominicans in England, to – Pereson (?), conceding his right of fraternity. Ebor, 1422. (Latin). p. 334.

32. Note of patent from Bishop Crew to John Brookbank A. M. Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to be his Vicar General. Dunelm, 1 Sept 1691. Ib.

33. Note of patent from Dr. Richard Bentley, Master of Trinity College and Archdeacon of Ely, to the same, appointing him his official in that diocese. Cambridge, 25 May 1708, and of the confirmations by the bishop, and dean and chapter. Ib.

34. Memorandum relating to the genealogy of the lords of Brunne and Deping, county Lincolnshire, and family of Wake. p. 335.

35. ‘The manner of the Sicknes and death of Walter (Devereux) L. Ferers, Earle of Essex and Enwe, and Earl Marshall of Ireland, 1575.’ Copied from a contemporary manuscript. pp. 337-345. Prefixed are the arms emblazoned of the Earl, and of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, p. 336, and the account is collated throughout with the text printed by Hearne in his preface, p. LXXXIX, to Camden’s Annales. Cole is of opinion that this narrative is erroneously ascribed to Sir Edward Waterhouse.

36. ‘The Song which his Ho. Sung the night before he departed this life.’ (Omitted by Hearne). p. 345.

37. ‘An Epitaph upon the death of the foresaid Earle, made by Thomas Churchyard gent.’ (Omitted by Hearne). pp. 346-348.

38. Memorandum concerning the education of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, at Trinity College, Cambridge. p. 349. (Cf. p. 337).

39. List of the Persons in Commons and of the fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1578. pp. 349, 350.

40. Memoranda relating to James Archer, A.M., and Edward Archer, A.M., members of Trinity College, Cambridge. p. 350.

41. Mr. Henry Cuffe’s speech at his execution, in 1601. p. 351.

42. Copy of a manuscript book compiled by Matthew Stokys, esquire, bedel of the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of King’s College, ao. 1574, temp. Elizabeth, consulting of matters relating to the University. Prefixed are the arms emblazoned of 1. University of Cambridge; 2. Matthew Stokys; 3. D. R. Farmer, Master of Emanuel College; 4. King’s College; and 5. Emmanuel College, and notes added by Cole throughout. pp. 352-358. (See also vol. XXI, p. 128; vol. XLII, p. 151).

Among the contents of this manuscript are as follows:

i. Obits of the family of Beauchamp. p. 353.

ii. Notes of processions. p. 354.

iii. De Jermone ad Clerum. Ib.

iv. Vepers (Vespera) and commencement in divinity, law, and art. pp. 354, 355, 357-362.

v. De Disputatione in Theologia. pp. 356-362.

vi. Insjurandum Medicorum. p. 362.

vii. Statuta Universitatis. pp. 363-365.

viii. Two writs of King Henry VI, confirming the statutes, ao. r. 3. pp. 365-367.

ix. Writ of Henry III concerning the removal of the students, ao. r. 49. (In Fuller’s History of Cambridge, p. 13). p. 367.

x. Order of the questionists. pp. 361, 368-370.

xi. Soluciones faciende officiariis Universitatis. pp. 370-376.

xii. De Bedellis, et ad corum numera spectantibus. pp. 372, 373, 375.

xiii. ‘Quene Elizabeth’s Visit to Cambridge, in 1564.’ Prefixed are the arms of the Queen, of the University, and of Mr. Stokys, in trick. pp. 377-392. This account is printed in Peck’s Desiderata Curiosa, vol. II. lib. 7, from a transcript among Baker’s manuscripts, vol. X, and also in Nichols’s Progresses, vol. I. p. 152 ed. 1823, collated with Manuscript Harleian 7037. Both copies seem inferior to the one transcribed by Cole, who has collated it with Pegge’s edition and marked the variations.

xiv. Verses by John Lidgate relating to the University of Cambridge. Includes ‘By trew Records of the Doctor Bede.’ pp. 393-395.

xv. Refoundation of Cambridge by the monks of Croyland. (Latin). p. 395.

xvi. Bull of Pope Sergius, A.D. 600. (Latin). Ib.

xvii. Great riot at Cambridge by the townsmen, ao. 1380. (Latin). p. 396. (To this Cole has added a note, concerning John Wesenham, bedel, with a drawing of his seal, ao. 1390).

xviii. Grant of some of the town privileges to the University, by Richard II. (Latin). pp. 397, 398.

xix. Copia Charta Regis Henry VIII pro Feriis Sturbridge que nondum signatur, neque conceditur Ville Cantebr. pp. 398-402.

xx. Visit of Lord Burleigh and other noblemen to the University, 30 Aug 1571, when the Queen was at Audley End (not in Nichols). p. 402.

xxi. Extract from Dr. Cains ‘De Autig. Cantebr.’ p. 404.

xxii. Catalogues Cancellariorum Universitatis Cantebr. (with additions from Parker, Fuller, and other sources, by Cole). pp. 404-413.

xxiii. List of vice-chancellors, proctors and graduates, from 1454 to 1589 (more exact than in Parker or Fuller). pp. 413-429.

xxiv. Act of Parliament for incorporating of the two universities, and confirming their privileges. Westminster, 7 June 13 Elizabeth. pp. 430-432.

xxv. Decretum pro Registrario. p. 432.

xxvi. A note of the Divinity School and Library in Oxford. p. 433.

xxvii. Rescriptum Dúi Regis (Edward VI) Cancellario. 10 Mart ao. r. 1. p. 434.

xxviii. Rescriptum aliud (regis Henry VIII) Majori et Ballivis. 13 Maii, ao. r. 37. Ib.

xxix. ‘The Gyfte of th’Universitie Streat,’ from Archbishop Parker. 6 Aug 16 Elizabeth. (See vol. XLII, p. 393). Prefixed are the arms in trick of the University, Archbishop Parker, and Corpus College. p. 435.

xxx. Letters from Queen Elizabeth to the corporation of Cambridge, concerning the licensing of Victuallers and Tiplers (ao. 1564). p. 436.

xxxi. Account of the Mayor’s taking the oath before the Vice-Chancellor, ao. 1577. p. 437.

xxxii. ‘Visit of the University of Cambridge to Queene Elizabeth at Audley End, in 1578.’ Prefixed is a note by Cole, concerning the manufacture of Cambridge gloves, and the arms emblazoned of 1. The Queen; 2. Of Lord Burghley, impaling Cooke of Giddy Hall, county Essex; and 3. Christ’s College (?) impaling – . Mr. Cole has also added in trick the arms of the several individuals enticed, viz. Lord Burghley; Earl of Leicester; Earl of Sussex; Earl of Oxford; Lord Hunsden; Sir Francis Knolles; Sir Thomas Heneage; Mr. Thomas Wilson; Sir James Croft; Lord Charles Howard; Lord Henry Howard; Earl of Ormond; Earl of Surrey; Lord Keeper Bacon; Earl of Warwick; and Lord North. pp. 439-447. This narrative (with the omission of the Latin verses) is printed in Nichols’s Progresses. Vol. I, p. 111, ed. 1823.

xxxiii. ‘Causa Mota inter Whitnel et John Thredan, ao. 1580,’ including copies of letters from Robert Shute, recorder of Cambridge to Dr. Hatche, Vice-Chancellor (with the arms of Shute drawn). 31 May 1580. Reply from the Vice-Chancellor, same date. Lord North, High Steward of Cambridge, to Lord Burghley, 8 June; the townsmen to Lord North, 7 June; Lord Burghley to the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Bynge, master of Clare Hall, 10 June; Reply from the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Bynge to Lord Burghley, 14 June; and Lord Burghley to the Mayor, etc., of Cambridge. 25 June. pp. 448-453.

xxxiv. Case relative to the privileges of the corporation in the fairs at Barnewell and Sturbridge, ao. 30 Henry VIII. (Latin). p. 454.

xxxv. ‘The manor that the Universitie of Oxford used in Creating the right honourable Sir Cristofer Hatton K.G. etc. Masiter of Arte and Chauncelor of the said Universitie, 1588,’ with the arms of Hatton and Oxford University in trick. pp. 455-457. (Printed by Hearne?)

xxxvi. Statutes published by the appointment of Dr. Harsnett, Vice-Chancellor, and sent by the chancellor, ao. 1606. p. 458.

43. Extract from the ‘Voyages Liturgiques de France, Par le Sieur de Manleon,’ relative to slaves or villains. p. 459.

44. Memoranda concerning the word cervisia, as used by St. Augustine, and whether the same with beer. p. 470.

A brief general index of contents is added. pp. 466-468.