Add MS 48031 A

PRECEDENT BOOK, etc.; 15th cent. Some Latin. Contains copies of royal letters, extracts from chronicles and state papers, etc., 1326 - temp. Edward IV, the latest dated item being art. 26, 1482. Also included are some later historical notes (artt. 1, 2, 41) partly by Beale. Contents list, ff. 1-1b. References to Sir Thomas Cook, draper and mayor of London (d.1478), ff. 19, 22b, 23, 63, 136b, 179*b, 186b, 187b, suggest a connection with his circle. There are also references to 'J. V' (ff. 94, 119b-121, 175b, 187b; see also C. L. Kingsford, English Historical Literature in the Fifteenth Century, 1913, p. 370), possibly either (a) Cook's servant John a Vale, a draper (see art. 27 below and P. E. Jones, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls . . . at Guildhall . . . 1458-1482, 1961, p. 172) or (b) John Vavasour, judge, executor of Cook's will. The MS. was used by John Stow (marginal note, f. 63) for The annales of England . . . , and for his transcripts in Harley MSS. 542, 543 and 545.

1. ff. 4-6. Collections relating to the accession of Henry I, 1100, partly by Beale; late 16th cent. Latin.

2. ff. 10-12. Treaty between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy, Nov.-Dec. 1153. Latin. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, iii, 1968, no. 272. Copy, by Beale.

3. ff. 16-70b. Copies of royal and ecclesiastical letters and documents, including signet and privy seal letters; 1422-1481 (mostly temp. Edward IV), n.d. Latin and English. Principal contents (a calendar of the complete contents is Add. 48031 B): (a) Notification by John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, constable of Wallingford castle, of the rights of the men of King's Langley, co. Hertf., as inhabitants of the honour of Wallingford; 30 Oct. 1466. Latin. f. 18b; (b) Writ to the prior of Coventry for the admission of William Coke, son of Sir Thomas Coke al. Cook to a corrody; 28 Feb. 1477. Latin. f. 22b; (c) Privy seal letter to Thomas Cook, alderman of London, with a copy of instructions enclosed in the letter; Stamford, 13 March 1462. Transcript in Harley MS. 543, ff. 145-146, from which the letter alone was printed in Original Letters, 2nd ser., i, 1827, pp. 126-131, and J. O. Halliwell, Letters of the Kings of England . . . , i, 1846, pp. 126-130. See also C. L. Scofield, The life and reign of Edward the Fourth, 1923, i, p. 242. ff. 23-25; (d) Letters from John, Duke of Bedford, to the City of London; 26 Oct. 1422. Printed in R. R. Sharpe, London and the Kingdom, iii, 1895, pp. 367-368, from Corporation of London Letter Book K. f. 28; (e) 'Thambassiate sent bi ye frenshe King to philip duc of burgundy', being an English version of demands sent by Charles VII to Duke Philip, followed by the Duke's reply; summer? 1451. See G. Du Fresne de Beaucourt, Histoire de Charles VII, v, 1890, pp. 55-56; J. Ferguson, English Diplomacy 1422-1461, 1972, p. 32. f. 28b; (f) The answer of Henry VI to ambassadors of Philip, Duke of Burgundy; Canterbury, summer 1451. Henry VI rejects the Duke's suggestion that he should make peace with France and support a Crusade. See Du Fresne de Beaucourt, v, pp. 195-196, and Ferguson, pp. 32-33. A similar document in Latin is printed from Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 789, in J. Stevenson, Letters and papers illustrative of the wars of the English in France during the reign of Henry the Sixth, RS, 1861-1864, ii, pp. 471-473, and dated 17 Aug. 1449 in that edition. ff. 29-30; (g) Royal letters, partly transcribed in Harley 543, ff. 147-150. See Kingsford, p. 369. ff. 30b-37b. As follows: (i) Queen Margaret to the City of London; [17-27 Feb?] 1461. See Scofield, i, pp. 148-149. f. 30b; (ii) Edward, Prince of Wales, to the City of London; [17-27 Feb?] 1461. Ibid., pp. 148-149. ff. 31-31b; (iii) Edward IV to James III of Scotland urging conclusion of peace negotiations; July-Aug. 1462. Ibid., p. 248. The extract in Harley 543, f. 148 is printed in Halliwell, i, pp. 125-126. ff. 32-33; (iv) Signet letter of Edward IV to a sheriff, appealing for support in the French war; [early 1475?]. Extract in Harley 543, f. 148. ff. 33b-34b; (v) Privy seal letter of Edward IV to the mayor and aldermen of London requesting contributions for the French war; 17 June 1475. Printed in Halliwell, i, pp. 144-147, from Harley 543, ff. 148-149. ff. 35-35b; (vi) Signet letter from Edward IV to the City of London relating to Queen Margaret's alliance with Scotland; April 1461. See Scofield, i, pp. 174, 177. Printed in Halliwell, i, pp. 123-125, from Harley 543, ff. 149-150. ff. 34-36b; (vii) Signet letter from Edward IV to George Neville, the Chancellor, in London, relating to the surrender of Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh castles; Durham, 28 Dec. 1462. See Scofield, i, pp. 264-265. The extract in Harley 543, f. 150, is printed in Halliwell, i, pp. 130-131. ff. 37-37b; (h) Transcripts on two inserted bifolia; late 16th cent. ff. 64-67b. As follows: (i) Complaints made by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, against Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester; Jan.-Feb. 1440. Printed in The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's Chronicle, ed. J. Douce, 1811, pp. 279-286. Another version is printed from Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 856 in Stevenson, ii, pp. 440-451.

ff. 64-67; (ii) List of peers swearing allegiance at the parliament at Leicester; 4 March 1426. See Douce, p. 295. f. 67b.

4. ff. 71-119b. Material relating to the history of the 14th and 15th centuries, chiefly from the London Chronicles. Mostly printed in The Great Chronicle of London, ed. A. H. Thomas and I. D. Thornley, 1938. As follows: (a) Proclamation of Queen Isabel and Edward, Prince of Wales; Baldock, 6 Oct. 1326. Great Chronicle, p. 30. f. 71; (b) The alliance between John, Duke of Bedford, Philip, Duke of Burgundy, and John, Duke of Brittany; April 1423. Ibid., pp. 126-128. ff. 71b-72b; (c) Speech to the throne by the Speaker of the House of Commons; 17 Nov. 1423. Ibid., pp. 128-129. ff. 72b-73b; (d) Commons petition; Jan. 1424. Ibid., pp. 129-130. f. 73b; (e) Grants of subsidy in parliament; 1425, 1427. Ibid., pp. 132-133, 151. ff. 74-74b; (f) Letter from Philip, Duke of Burgundy, to Henry VI; 23 May 1430. Ibid., p. 155. f. 74b; (g) Letter from Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, to John, Duke of Bedford; 31 Oct. 1425. Ibid., p. 137. f. 75; (h) Account of the dispute between Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, at the Leicester parliament; March 1426. Ibid., pp. 138-149. Memoranda relating to the dubbing of knights on Whitsunday, 1426, and the coronations of Henry VI at Westminster, 1429, and Paris, 1431, occur on ff. 79 and 81 (ibid., pp. 149, 152, 156). ff. 75-81; (i) Account of the deposition of Richard II and the accession of Henry IV; Sept.-Oct. 1399. Ibid., pp. 51-72. ff. 81b-94; (j) Account of the dubbing of new knights at the Tower by Henry IV and of the procession from the City to Westminster for the coronation; 12, 13 Oct. 1399. In margin 'Notified by J. V.', see ff. 119b-121, 175b, 187b. The account differs from that in the Great Chronicle, pp. 72-73. f. 94; (k) The challenge of Sir Thomas Dymmok, King's champion, at Henry IV's coronation feast; 13 Oct. 1399. Ibid., p. 74. f. 94; (l) Chronicle of events in the parliament begun on 14 Oct. 1399. Ibid., pp. 74-83. Material on ff. 96-96b, omitted from the Great Chronicle through lack of a folio in the MS. used in that edition (see pp. 77, 408), is printed from Cotton MS. Julius B.II in C. L. Kingsford, Chronicles of London, 1905, pp. 53-55. ff. 94b-100; (m) Account of the death and funeral rites of Richard II and his reinterment at Westminster; 1400, 1413. Great Chronicle, pp. 83, 91. f. 100; (n) Account of the yielding of Falaise, with the articles and treaty of surrender; Dec. 1417-Feb. 1418. Ibid., pp. 97-103. ff. 100b-104; (o) Account of the yielding of Le Mans, with the articles of surrender of 2 Aug. 1425. Ibid., pp. 133-135. ff. 104b-105b; (p) Articles for the surrender of Pont Meulan; 1 March 1423. Ibid., pp. 124-126. The date given in the MS. (f. 107), 1 March 1420-1421, is wrong. ff. 106-107; (q) Articles for the surrender of Meaux; 2 May 1422. Ibid., pp. 120-122. ff. 107b-108b;

(r) Ordinances made by Henry V for the army in France, probably at Mantes; July 1419. Articles 1-19 and 20 (part). Printed in 43 articles from Lansdowne MS. 285 in The Black Book of the Admiralty, ed. T. Twiss, i, 1871, pp. 459-472. For another version see ibid., pp. 282-294. The history of the ordinances is discussed in Gesta Henrici Quinti, ed. F. Taylor and J. S. Roskell, 1975, p. 26, n.1., and J. H. Wylie, The reign of Henry the Fifth, ii, 1919, pp. 20-24. Copies of Nicholas Upton's Latin paraphrase are Add. MSS. 48005, art. 4, 48023, art. 4 and 48079, art. 6. ff. 109-110b; (s) Articles for the surrender of Rouen; bef. 19 Jan. 1419. Great Chronicle, pp. 104-108. ff. 111-113; (t) The Treaty of Troyes; May 1420. Ibid., pp. 108-115. ff. 114-117b; (u) Account of the coming of Henry V and Queen Catherine to England, and the Queen's coronation; Feb. 1421. Ibid., pp. 115-119. ff. 117b-118b; (v) Memoranda of the death of Queen Catherine, 3 Jan. 1437, the birth of Henry VI, 1421, and the deaths of Henry V and Charles VII of France, 1422. See Great Chronicle, pp. 173, 119, 122-123, where the text is not identical. ff. 118-119; (w) Account of coronation of Henry VI; 6 Nov. 1428. Ibid., pp. 152-154. ff. 119-119b.

5. ff. 119b-121. Summary of history, 1431-1471, from a Yorkist viewpoint, by 'J. V.' (f. 121). See also ff. 94, 175b. Stow's transcript in Harley MS. 545, ff. 133b-134, is discussed in Kingsford, op. cit., p. 370.

6. ff. 122-123b. Articles of Richard, Duke of York, refuting accusations made against him by Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, with the Bishop's reply; 1446. Copied in Harley MS. 543, ff. 161-163. See R. A. Griffiths, The Reign of King Henry VI, 1980, p. 506 and n.135.

7. ff. 124-124b. Answer of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, to the Council, relating to his reply to the King of Scot's enquiries about his imprisonment, followed by a memorandum, probably by the Council, concerning the Duke's conduct; 1454. Printed from Stow's transcripts in Harley MS. 543, ff. 163-163b, in Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, 1834-1837, vi, pp. lxiii-lxv.

8. ff. 125-125b. Bill of Richard, Duke of York, to Henry VI concerning attempts to prevent him landing in Wales on his return from Ireland, with the King's reply; c. Sept-Oct. 1450. Printed: Stow, Annales, pp. 394-395 (1631 edn.), where it is wrongly dated 1452; J. Gairdner, The Paston Letters, i, 1904, pp. 80-82; from the Beverley borough cartulary in Corporation of Beverley MSS., HMC, 1900, pp. 32-34.

9. ff. 126-126b. 'Tharticles of [th]e duc of yorke to [th]e king and lordis of his counsels in stering theim to refourme the threasons extorcions and opressions used amonge the grete astatis.'; aft. 1450. A petition beg. 'Hit is to be remembred and aduertised to your highe and noble discrecion, and [th]e trewe lordes of [th]e kinges counsels . . . ', ends ' . . . god from whom comyth all grace and he is punisher of all wronges.' It ascribes the loss of Anjou, Maine and Normandy, and rebellion at home to bad counsel and asks for the arrest and trial of persons about the King who are suspected of treason and subversion of justice.

10. ff. 126b-127. Bill of Richard, Duke of York, to Henry VI, asking for the arrest of traitors, with the King's reply; Sept.-Oct. 1450. Printed in Stow, op. cit., p. 395, where it is wrongly dated 1452 and in Corporation of Beverley MSS., pp. 33-35. The bill alone is printed from Add. 43488, f. 17, in N. Davis, Paston letters and papers of the fifteenth century, ii, 1976, pp. 49-50.

11. ff. 127b-129. Account of the first battle of St Albans, including the text of the letter of Richard, Duke of York, to Henry VI, the King's reply and the Duke's address to his troops; 22 May 1455. See Scofield, op. cit., i, pp. 21-23. Copied in Harley MS. 545, ff. 134b-136. Printed, with minor variations, in: Stow, op. cit., pp. 398-400; Gairdner, Paston Letters, iii, pp. 25-29, from the text in Archaeologia, xx, 1822, pp. 519-523, taken from the Stonor papers (PRO); see The Stonor letters and papers, ed. C. L. Kingsford, i, Camden 3rd series, xxix, 1919, p. 52.

12. ff. 129-129b. Oath of allegiance to Henry VI, by Richard, Duke of York, in St Paul's Cathedral; early March 1452. A marginal note states that the oath was also sworn at other places, including Westminster and Coventry (see Scofield, op. cit., i, 38). Followed (f. 129b) by the following memorandum 'According to [th]is othe pointe by pointe with streighter addicons [th]e seid duc ij tymz more sworne to king henry and to his heires under [th]e seals of [th]e seid duc.' See ibid., i, pp. 16-17, which refers to originals in the PRO and at the Museum of London. Printed in Rot. Parl., v, pp. 346-347, from attainder proceedings against the Duke, 1459.

13. f. 130. Manifesto of Richard, Duke of York; Ludlow Castle, 9 Jan. 1452. Printed in Gairdner, Paston Letters, i, 1904, p. 96, from Stow, op. cit., p. 393.

14. ff. 130b-134. Items from the rolls of parliament concerning Richard, Duke of York's claim to the throne; Oct. 1460. Rot. Parl., v, pp. 377-379. Marginal notes in the same hand as the text refer to the battle of Tewkesbury, 4 May 1471 (f. 131).

15. ff. 134-134b. 'The replicacon ageinste [th]e clayme and title of the duc of yorke for [th]e crownes of england and fraunce', by Sir John Fortescue; c. 1461-1463. Printed from this MS. in The Governance of England . . . by Sir John Fortescue, ed. C. Plummer, 1885, App. C., pp. 353-354; see also pp. 74-78, 88-89. Copied in Harley MSS. 543, ff. 163b-164 and 545, ff. 136-136b.

16. ff. 135-137. Documents relating to Jack Cade's rebellion; May-July 1450. Transcribed in Harley MS. 545, ff. 136b-138b and printed in Stow, op. cit. As follows: (a) Complaints of the commons of Kent, in 15 articles; June 1450. Stow, pp. 388-389. See S. B. Chrimes and A. L. Brown, Select documents of English constitutional history 1307-1485, 1961, pp. 290-291. ff. 135-135b; (b) Complaints of the Kentish captains, in five articles; June 1450. Stow, pp. 389-390. For other versions see Kingsford, op. cit., pp. 358-359, 360-362 (from Cotton Roll ii. 23) and Three fifteenth-century chronicles, ed. J. Gairdner, 1880, Camden Soc., n.s., xxviii, pp. 97-98 (from memoranda by Stow in Lambeth MS. 306). f. 136; (c) Safe conduct and instructions from Jack Cade to Thomas Cook, draper, of London; June 1450. Stow, p. 388. f. 136b; (d) Writ of Henry VI, with proclamation offering a reward of 1000 marks for Cade's arrest; 10 July 1450. Latin and English. Stow, pp. 391-392. ff. 136b-137.

17. ff. 137b-138. Articles issued before the battle of Ludlow by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick; late Sept.-early Oct. 1459. See Scofield, op. cit., i, pp. 33-34. A précis is printed from Stow's transcript in Harley MS. 543, ff. 164-165, in The chronicles of the white rose of York . . . , ed. J. A. Giles, 1845, pp. lxviii-lxix.

18. ff. 138-139b. Articles of the commons of Kent issued at the time of the arrival of Edward, Earl of March, and the Earl of Warwick in England, before the battle of Northampton; late June-early July 1460. A précis of part of the document is printed from Harley MS. 543, ff. 165-166b in Chronicles of the white rose, pp. lxxiv-lxxvi.

19. ff. 140-141b. Articles and petition of Robin of Redesdale and the commons; July 1469. Transcribed in Harley MS. 543, ff. 166b-168. Printed from Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1160 in A chronicle of the

first thirteen years of the reign of King Edward the fourth by John Warkworth . . . , ed. J. O. Halliwell, Camden Soc., x, 1839, pp. 47-51.

20. ff. 142-144b. 'The manner and guyding of the Earl of Warwick . . . ': an account of negotiations at Angers between Warwick and Margaret of Anjou; 15 July-9 Aug. 1470. ff. 142-143b. Followed by: (a) a letter from George, Duke of Clarence, and Warwick in France to the commons of England, with a memorandum concerning the posting of the letter in London; early Aug. 1470. Scofield, op. cit., i, pp. 534-535. ff. 143b-

144; (b) the reply of Edward IV to Clarence and Warwick; Aug. 1470. f. 144b. These items are all printed in Original Letters, 2nd ser., i, 1827, pp. 132-138, from Stow's transcript in Harley MS. 543, ff. 168-170b.

21. ff. 145-145b. Proclamation of Clarence and Warwick on landing in England; 13 Sept. 1470. See Scofield, op. cit., i, pp. 536-537. Transcribed in Harley MS. 543, ff. 171-171b. The first three (of the seven) articles are printed from Cotton Ch. XVII. 11, in Chronicles of the white rose, pp. 239-240.

22. ff. 146-148. Articles concerning the government of England, sent by Edward, Prince of Wales, to the Earl of Warwick, to be shown to Henry VI and the Council; [Oct. 1470-March 1471?]. Attributed to Sir John Fortescue; see Plummer, op. cit., pp. 70, 89, and App. B., pp. 348-353, where the articles are printed from the present MS. Transcribed in Harley MS. 543, ff. 172-173b.

23. ff. 148b-164. Sir John Fortescue 'The Governance of England'; 1471-1476. Printed from the present MS. and other sources in Plummer, op. cit.; the chapter preceding the 'Governance', headed 'Example what good counseill helpith . . . ', f. 148b, is printed, ibid., App. A, pp. 347-348 (see also p. 89). Copied in Harley MS. 542, ff. 125-139b. Another late 15th cent. copy is Cotton MS. Claudius A.VIII, ff. 175-197b.

24. ff. 164b-165. Tract entitled 'The xxij right wisnesses belonging to a kyng.' Beg. 'This bene the xxij right wisnesses that euery king must haue . . . '; 15th cent. Printed from Stow's transcript in Harley MS. 542, ff. 139b-140, in The works of Sir John Fortescue, ed. Lord Clermont, 1869, i, pp. 477-478. Plummer, op. cit., p. 81, does not attribute this item to Fortescue.

25. ff. 165b-175b. John Lydgate, 'The Serpent of Division'; 1422. Beg. 'Whilome as olde bookis make mencion when tholde noble famous citee of Rome . . . '. Heading by Beale. The date 1400 given in the colophon

(f. 175b) is apparently a copyist's error, the date given at the end of the text being 1 Dec. 1 Henry VI (1422). Immediately above the colophon is the entry 'A (lenvoye) (lidgate) J. V.'; see ff. 94, 121. Edited from sources including the present MS. by H. N. MacCracken, The Serpent of Division by John Lydgate the monk of Bury, 1911. See also F. Schirmer, John Lydgate. A study in the culture of the XVth century, transl. A. E. Keep, 1961, pp. 82-88.

26. ff. 176-179. 'The promesse of matrimony by loyes king of fraunce for the dolphen his sone unto Edward king of England': English translations of extracts from the treaties of Picquigny, 29 Aug. 1475, and Arras, 23 Dec. 1482, and related documents; [Jan.-April 1483?]. Partly copied by Stow in Harley MS. 543, ff. 174b-174(rev.). Printed, 1483, as The promisse of matrimonie; the unique copy, formerly bound in Royal MS. 17 D.XV, is BL I.B. 55451, STC 9176. Also printed in Archaeologia, xxxii, 1847, pp. 325-331. See also Scofield, op. cit., ii, pp. 141-144, 356.

27. f. 179*b. Petition to Edward IV from Jane Kydde, alleging that Thomas Tyrell and John Forster, esqs. and royal servants, and John a Vale, draper, of London, have attempted to prevent her marriage to Philip Cook, gent.; aft. April 1478. Forster was the husband of Philip Cook's sister and Vale was employed by Sir Thomas Cook (see Sir Thomas Cook's will, 15 April 1478, PRO/PROB/11/6, f. 280).

28. f. 180. Petition from the hermit of the chapel of St Katherine, Houghton St Giles, nr. Walsingham, Norfolk, to? Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury; c. 1480.

29. f. 180b. Signet letter from Edward IV to all mayors and sheriffs, and particularly to the master and wardens of the Armourers Company of London, in favour of John Fernandus, brigandine maker, of Southwark; Greenwich, 16 Edward IV (1476-1477).

30. f. 180b. Grant of arms from John More, Norroy King of Arms, to A.B.; 20 Edward IV (1480-1481).

31. ff. 181b-183. Memoranda in English of transactions in various parliaments of Edward III; 1369-1373. As follows: (a) Speech by the Lord Chancellor; 10 June 1369. Rot. Parl., ii, pp. 301-302, item 25. f. 181b; (b) Memorandum of confirmation of the great charter and the charter of the forest; Feb.-March 1371. Ibid., p. 304, item 14. f. 182; (c) Account of grant of war subsidy with list of shires and amount due from each. This version is printed in Stow, op. cit., pp. 268-269. Rot. Parl., ii, pp. 303-304, item 6. ff. 182-182b; (d) Memoranda of statutes relating to obstructions in navigable rivers, the prohibition of tithe on wood used for making warships, and subsidy on wool and leather; Feb.-March 1371. Rot. Parl., ii, p. 305, items 18, 23; p. 308, item 42. f. 183; (e) Memoranda of statutes relating to cloth measurements and Scots coinage; Nov.-Dec. 1373. Ibid., p. 318, items 15, 18. f. 183.

32. f. 183b. Letters from? Henry Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, constable of the Tower, to a judge of King's Bench, relating to the jurisdiction of the King's court at the Tower; [1447-1461?].

33. ff. 183b-184b. Letters of Cardinal John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury; 1452-1454. As follows: (a) To a cleric, enquiring about the homage due from Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, as Earl of Gloucester, at the enthronement of the archbishop of Canterbury; Aug.-early Dec. 1452. f. 183b; (b) To a layman, thanking him for his advice and support and giving permission for his son, who is in the archbishop's service, to join his father; Charing, 25 April-early July 1453 or 14 Feb.-22 March 1454 (reference to parliament currently sitting). f. 184; (c) To a prior, concerning his exercise of archidiaconal jurisdiction; 1452-1454. ff. 184-184b; (d) To a cleric, relating to his case against the master and canons of W., who have appealed to the archbishop; 1452-1454. f. 184b.

34. ff. 185-185b. Challenge of William, Baron Bonvile, to Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon, to personal combat, written at 'Bishoppis Cliffe', i.e. Bishops Clyst in Clyst St Mary, co. Devon, followed by the Earl's reply, written at Exeter; [Nov.-Dec. 1455?]. See R. L. Storey, The end of the House of Lancaster, 1966, pp. 169-172.

35. ff. 185b-186. Correspondence of Richard, Duke of York, and John Danyel, prior of Lewes, concerning the appointment of the prior of Prittlewell; 1451-1459.

36. f. 186b. Letter from Sir Thomas Cook to Sir Thomas Montgomery, concerning the King's conflicting requests that Cook should let a house both to Naples merchants and to Gerald Caniziani; [1461-1468?].

37. ff. 186b-187. Letter concerning bonds undertaken by a citizen of Southampton; n.d.

38. f. 187. Letter of Edward IV to Louis XI of France; [Nov.-Dec. 1474?]. Sent, according to a marginal annotation, 'before his going into france

anno . . . ', i.e. before the expedition of 1475. Edward thanks Louis for his gifts and likens himself to a huntsman, and his followers to beasts who 'must folow the chase'; allies are referred to as 'the sowe' and 'the bore', and his own followers as the 'white lyon of Ireland', 'the black bulle with the gilte hornes' (George, Duke of Clarence), 'the bore' (Richard, Duke of Gloucester), 'the wolfe', 'the dragon', 'the white beere' and 'the white grehound'. See Scofield, op. cit., ii, p. 107.

39. f. 187b. Two letters of 'J. V.' (see ff. 94, 119b-121, 175b), the first written from London, requesting repayment of a loan; n.d.

40. f. 187b. Letter of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, appointing George Hawton her attorney to treat with Sir Thomas Cook concerning property of hers which formerly belonged to Sir Thomas; 26 May 1472.

41. f. 188b. 'The names of the tenentes in portersfee in Essex'; early 16th cent. Sir Henry Wyatt (d.1537) is named as the tenant of 'Wychendens'; see Essex Feet of Fines, ed. R. E. G. Kirk, 1899 etc., iv, pp. 100, 117.

Paper; ff. iv + 204 + (22*, 25*, 63*, 179*). 17th-cent. foliation. A late 15th-cent. foliation (1-160, lacking 9) on ff. 18-63, 68-179, is continued in a 16th-cent. hand (161-184) on ff. 180-204. 290 x 210mm. Late XV cent. Gatherings of twenty (ff. 16-188), i18 (ff. 22*, 25 inserted), iii (ff. 63*-67 inserted), ix22 (lacks 12-18, 20-22). Some leaves were formerly pasted together or masked in an attempt to hide early 16th-cent. pen trials, see ff. 22b, 25b-25*, 63b, 179b: o.f. 9 (lacking between ff. 25-25*) probably also bore these trials and was removed for this reason. Written in one late 15th-cent. hand throughout, except for the 16th-cent. material. Watermark, arms of France on a crowned shield, near Briquet 1685 (photograph, f. x). ff. ii-iii, v-vi are fragments of a 14th-cent. theological treatise with red and blue decorated initials. 'K', f. iv. Vellum binding with leather ties. 'K' written on the front cover, formerly concealed by a label, a fragment of which remains. Titled and numbered '35' on the spine.

England General: Precedent book 1326-temp. Edw. IV: late 15th cent: Lat. and Engl.

Formularies: Precedent book, etc.,: 1326-1482: Lat. and Engl.

includes:

• ff. vii-ix Henry Noble MacCracken, President of Vassar College: Letters to Lord Calthorpe: 1908.
• ff. 4-6 Henry I of England: Collections rel. to his accession: 1100: Lat: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 4-6, 10-12, 189-191b Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Historical memoranda of: late 16th cent: Partly: Autogr.
• ff. 10-12 Henry II of England: Treaty, while Duke of Normandy, with King Stephen: 1153: Lat: Copy, late 16th cent.
• f. 16 Cologne, Germany: Privy seal letter to Exchequer exempting Cologne merchants from wool subsidy: 1467-1468: Copy.
• f. 16b England; Royal Household: Signet warrant to Exchequer rel. to expenses of an esquire of the body: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• ff. 16-17 Exchequer: Privy seal and signet warrants, etc., to: 1467-1470, temp. Edw. IV: Copies.
• ff. 16-70b passim, 180b, 187 Edward IV of England: Signet and privy seal letters, etc.,: 1461-1481, n.d.: Copies, late 15th cent.
• ff. x (photograph), 16-63b, 68-188b Watermarks: Arms of France on a crowned shield: late 15th cent.
• ff. 16b-17 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire: Privy seal warrant to Exchequer for payment to: 1470: Copy.
• f. 17 John Davyson, Master in Chancery: Petition to Edward IV for the living of Old Romney: 1470(?): Copy.
• f. 17 Old Romney, Kent: Petition of J. Davyson to Edward IV for the living of: 1470(?): Copy.
• f. 17b Agnes Willoughby, wife of John Willoughby: Petition to Edward IV: 1470(?): Copy.
• f. 17b John Willoughby: Petition to Edward IV: 1470(?): Copy.
• f. 18b John De la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk; Constable of Wallingford Castle: Notification by, of the rights of the men of King's Langley, as inhabitants of the honour of Wallingford: 1466: Lat: Copy.
• f. 18b King's Langley, Hertfordshire: Notification of the rights of the men of, as inhabitants of the honour of Wallingford: 1466: Lat: Copy.
• f. 18b Wallingford, Berkshire: Notification of the rights of the men of Kings Langley as inhabitants of the Honour: 1446: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 18-18b Laurence [Helle?], of Lübeck(?): Bill for letters patent of denison for,: 15th cent: Lat and Engl: Copy.
• f. 19b William Holt, draper; of London: Bill for letters patent on behalf of: temp. Edw. IV: Lat. and Engl: Copy.
• ff. 19-19b Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Bill for his pardon (?): 1468: Lat. and Engl: Copy.
• ff. 20-21 Calais, France: Pardon to the knights of: 1471: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 21b-22 Cypriano de Furnarius, of Genoa: Letters patent to: 1475: Lat: Copy.
• f. 22b Coventry; Warwickshire Cathedral Priory: Writ to the prior of Coventry Cathedral Priory (?): 1477: Lat: Copy.
• f. 22b William Cook, son of Sir T Cook: Writ requesting his admission to a corody in Coventry Priory: 1477: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 23-25 Edward IV of England: Letter to T. Cook: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 23-25 Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Privy seal letter to: 1462: Copy.
• f. 26 Houghton St Giles, Norfolk: Signet letter on behalf of John, hermit of: 1481: Copy.
• f. 27 University of Cambridge: Privy seal letter to(?): 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 27 Church History: England, Ecclesiastical History: Privy seal letter to the university of Cambridge(?) rel. to a heretic: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 28 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letter to, from John, Duke of Bedford: 1422: Copy.
• f. 28 John, Duke of Bedford: Letter to the City of London: 1422: Copy.
• f. 28b Charles VII of France: Demands sent to Philip, Duke of Burgundy: 1451(?): Copy.
• f. 28b Henry VI of England: Demands of Charles VII of France to Philip, Duke of Burgundy, rel. to the latter's truce with,: 1451(?): Copy.
• f. 28b Calais, France: Proposal of Charles VII that Philip, Duke of Burgundy should besiege Calais: 1451(?): Copy.
• f. 28b Philip III; Duke of Burgundy; the Good: Demands to, by Charles VII of France, rel. to the marriage of the Count of Charolais: 1451(?): Copy.
• f. 28b Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Demands rel. to his marriage (as Count of Charolais) by Charles VII: 1451(?): Copy.
• ff. 29-30 Philip III; Duke of Burgundy; the Good: Answer of Henry VI to ambassadors of,: 1451: Copy.
• ff. 29-30 Henry VI of England: Answer to ambassadors of Philip, Duke of Burgundy: 1451: Copy.
• f. 30b Henry VI of England: Letter of Qu. Margaret to the City of London(?): 1461: Copy.
• ff. 30b-31b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letters to(?) from Qu. Margaret and the Prince of Wales: 1461: Copies.
• ff. 31-31b Edward, Princes of Wales: Letter to the City of London(?): 1461: Copy.
• ff. 32-33 James III of Scotland: Letter to, from Edward IV: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 32-33 Edward IV of England: Letter to James III of Scotland: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 35-36b, 38, 38b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letters to, from Edward IV: 1461-1462, 1475: Copies.
• ff. 37-37b George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor: Letter to, from Edward IV: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 37-37b Bamburgh, Northumberland: Letter from Edward IV to the Chancellor, Bp. Neville, rel. to the surrender of the castle: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 37-37b Dunstanburgh, Northumberland: Letter from Edward IV to the Chancellor, Bp. Neville, rel. to the surrender of the castle: 1462: Copy.
• ff. 37-37b Edward IV of England: Letter to the Chancellor, Bp. Neville: 1462: Copy.
• f. 39 Republic of Genoa: Signet letter of denison for a merchant of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 40 John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford: Signet letter of Edward IV assuming responsibility for the debts of: circa 1462-1463: Copy.
• ff. 40b-41 Lucca, Italy: Privy seal letter in favour of merchant of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 41 Republic of Genoa: Privy seal letter reducing wool subsidy on merchants of: 1466-1467: Copy.
• f. 41 London; Secular Institutions. Port: Privy seal letter to collectors of wool customs at: 1466-1467: Copy.
• f. 41b Exchequer: Privy seal letter to: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 42 Edward IV of England: Proclamation for ransom of a crusader: 1461-1464: Copy.
• f. 42b Court of King's Bench: Signet letter to a Chief Justice of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 42b Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers: Letter from(?), on the King's behalf, forbidding attachment of goods: 1466-1469: Copy.
• f. 42b England; Royal Household: Letter from Edward IV to purveyors of: 1461-1683: Copy.
• f. 43 Louis XI of France: Safeconduct from Edward IV for a pursuivant of: 1467(?): Copy.
• f. 43 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Letter of safe conduct issued by: aft. 1462: Copy.
• f. 43b Anne Bourchier, wife of William, styled Viscount Bourchier: Letter to the farmer of her lordship of `Dounham': 1481: Copy.
• f. 43b 'Dounham': Letter of Lady A. Bourchier to the farmer of her lordship of: 1481: Copy.
• f. 43b John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1486; Cardinal 1493: Letter to J. Pickering, consul of the English merchants in the Netherlands: 1478-1483: Copy.
• f. 43b John Pickering, mercer; consul of the English merchants in the Netherlands: Letter to, from the Bp. of Ely: 1478-1483: Copy.
• f. 44 County of Yorkshire: Signet warrant to receiver of wardships and castles in: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 44 England; Royal Household: Warrants authorising payments to the keeper of the Great Wardrobe: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 44 England; Royal Household: Signet warrant for payment to a yeoman usher of the King's hall: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 44b Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex: Signet warrant in favour of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 44b Havering atte Bower, Essex: Signet warrant to farmer of the lordship of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 44b England; Royal Household: Warrants authorising payments to yeomen of the chamber: temp. Edw. IV.
• f. 44b John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester: Signet warrant authorising payment to: 1463(?): Copy.
• f. 45b Hertford, Hertfordshire: Signet letter in favour of a prisoner in the gaol: 15th cent.: Copy.
• f. 45b Lynsted, Kent: Signet letter conc. the vicar of: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 45b County of Kent: Signet letter ordering punishment of breaches of peace in: 1471(?): Copy.
• ff. 45-45b Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Letters of Edward IV in favour of (?): 1468, n.d.: Copies.
• ff. 45-45b London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Signet letter to the eschaetor of: 1468(?): Copy.
• f. 46 John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester: Signet letter rel. to an execution ordered by: 1461-1467: Copy.
• ff. 46-46b Staincliff in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire: Signet letters rel. to the bailiffship: 1461-1464: Copies.
• f. 47 Bamburgh, Northumberland: Signet letter rel. bailiffship of: 1461(?): Copy.
• f. 47 City of Cheater: [Signet?] letter rel. to the clerkship of Dee mills: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 47 Richard Crowcestre, bailiff of Bamburgh Castle: Signet letter rel. to: 1461(?): Copy.
• f. 47b York; Abbey of St Mary: Signet letter to the abbot: 1461: Copy.
• f. 47b Skirbeck, Lincolnshire: Signet(?) letter to the patron of the living: 15th cent.: Copy.
• ff. 47b,48 Boston, Lincolnshire: Signet letters rel. to appointments to the living: 1461-1462: Copies.
• f. 48 Roger Chesshire, chaplain: Signet letter rel. to his appointment to the living of Boston: 1461-1462: Copies.
• f. 48 Salisbury; Wiltshire Cathedral: Signet letter to the Bp. of Salisbury, rel. to a prebendal appointment: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 48b Lincolnshire, county: Signet letter rel. to an appointment to a living in: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 48b London; Churches and Chapels. St Katherine by the Tower: Signet letter to the master of the Hospital of St. Katharine [by the Tower?]: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 48b Bristol, Gloucestershire: Signet letter to a chaplain of St. James: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 49 George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor: Signet letter to: 1461: Copy.
• f. 49 Philip Malpas, draper, of London: Signet letter the Chancellor, Bp. Neville, rel. to his ransom: 1461: Copy.
• f. 49 Thomas Vaughan: Signet letter to the Chancellor, Bp. Neville, rel. to his ransom: 1461: Copy.
• f. 50 England; Royal Household: Signet letter goods of the King's carver: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 50 London; Secular Institutions. Port: Signet letter rel. to controllership of the subsidy in the port: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 50b George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor: Signet letter to, rel. to letters patent for St. Nicholas' College, Cambridge: 1461-1462: Copy.
• f. 50b County of Worcester: Signet letter rel. to the claim of a religious house over the townsmen of N. in: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 50b Cambridge; St Nicholas' College: Signet letter to the Chancellor, Bp. Neville, rel. to letters patent for: 1461-1462: Copy.
• f. 51 London; CITY COMPANIES. Drapers': Signet letter to the master: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 51 London; Secular Institutions. City Companies. Goldsmiths' Company: Signet letter to the master: 15th cent: Copy.
• ff. 52, 52b Orders Religious: Signet letters rel. to the election of a prior: 1461(?): Copies.
• f. 53b England; Royal Household: Signet letter rel. to an usher of the chamber: 15th cent: Copy.
• ff. 53b-56b Law OF ENGLAND: Signet letters, etc., rel. the administration of justice: temp. Edw. IV: Copies, 15th cent.
• f. 54 St Omer, Pas-de-Calais: Signet letter rel. to a complaint by merchants of: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• ff. 54-54b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Signet letters to, rel. to the administration of justice: 1463, 1472-1473: Copies.
• f. 55 Spain, General: Signet letter to the Mayor of London rel. Spanish ships seized at Calais: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 55 Bristol, Gloucestershire: Signet letter to the [Mayor?]: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 55 Calais, France: Signet letter to the Mayor of London, rel. to Spanish ships seized at: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 55 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Signet letter tothe Mayor, rel. to Spanish ships seized at Calais: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 55 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland: Signet letter to the [Mayor?]: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 55b Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Signet letter to the [Mayor?]: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 56 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letter to the Mayor from the Chancellor: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 56b England; Royal Household: Signet letter conc. the King's surgeon: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 56b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letter from the Bp. of Winchester(?) to the Mayor: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 57 Henry VI of England: Summons to court: 1445(?): Copy.
• f. 58b England; Royal Household: Warrant from Edward IV to the Keeper of the Wardrobe: 1463: Copy.
• f. 58b England; Ordnance Office: Signet warrant for payment to the master of the Ordnance: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 58b Bertelot de Rivière: Warrant from Edward IV to the Keeper of the Wardrobe for issue of garter robes to: 1463: Copy.
• f. 58b Exchequer: Warrant to the Treasurer: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 59b Eltham, Kent: Signet letter to the keeper of the park: temp. Edw. IV: Copy.
• f. 59b Aldbourn, Wiltshire: Signet letter rel. to the lordship of: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 60 John Booth, Bishop of Exeter: Order for the supply of game to: 1465.
• f. 60 Havering atte Bower, Essex: Letter rel. to the supply of game from the park: 1465: Copy.
• f. 60 Eltham, Kent: Warrant from Edward IV to the keeper of the park: 1461-1467(?): Copy.
• f. 60 Thomas Kent, clerk of the council: Order of Edward IV to: 1461-1467(?): Copy.
• f. 60 Waltham Abbey; Essex: Signet letter rel. to Waltham Forest: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 60 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Letter to the justice of a forest: bef. 1460: Copy.
• f. 60b Henry VI of England: Letter to --: 1445: Copy.
• f. 61 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Warrant to the bailiff of a lordship: bef. 1470: Copy.
• f. 61b Henry VI of England: Letter to the master of the ship `Nicholas of the Tower': 1450: Copy.
• f. 61b 'Nicholas of the Tower': Letter of Henry VI to the master of, rel. to the murder of the Duke of Suffolk: 1450: Copy.
• f. 61b William De la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk: Letter of Henry VI conc. his murder: 1450: Copy.
• f. 62 Havering atte Bower, Essex: Signet letter rel. to the bailiffship of: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 62 County of Suffolk: Signet letter rel. to the eschaetorship of: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 63 Romford, Essex: Signet letter rel. to Gidea Hall manor in: 1468-1469?: Copy.
• f. 63 John Stow, chronicler: Marginal note by: 16th cent.
• f. 63 Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Edward IV of England: Signet letter to the bailiff of the liberty of Havering atte Bower from Edward IV conc.(?) Sir Thomas Cook: 1468-1469(?): Copy.
• f. 63 Havering atte Bower, Essex: Signet letter to the bailiff of the liberty: 1468-1469: Copy.
• ff. 64-67b England General: Extracts from `Arnold's Chronicle' rel. to the reign of Henry VI: late 16th-early 17th cent: Copy.
• ff. 64-67b Richard Arnold, antiquary: Extracts from his Chronicle: late 16th-early 17th cent.
• f. 68 George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor: Letter to the Mayor of London: 1462: Copy.
• f. 68 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letter to the Mayor from the Chancellor, Bp. Neville: 1462: Copy.
• f. 68b Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Letter to Edward IV: 1463(?): Copy.
• f. 69b Duchy of Lancaster: Letter of Qu. Elizabeth to the chancellor of: c. 1465: Copy.
• f. 69b Edward IV of England: Letter of Qu. Elizabeth to the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: c. 1465: Copy.
• f. 69b Duchy of Lancaster: Signet letter of Edward IV to the Chancellor of: c. 1465: Copy.
• ff. 69-69b Exchequer: Letter of Edward IV to: 1466(?): Copy.
• f. 70 Sir John Wenlock, chamberlain of the household of Qu. Margaret: Signet letter to(?): 1455-1459: Copy.
• f. 70 Henry VI of England: Signet letter to the chamberlain of Qu. Margaret's household: 1455-1459: Copy.
• f. 70b England; Parliament: Warrant for issue of writs for: 15th cent: Copy.
• f. 70b Privy Seal: Warrants to the Keeper of: 15th cent: Copies.
• f. 70b Permotus du Fosse: Warrant for his patent to trade between England and Gascony: 15th cent: Copy.
• ff. 71-119b passim England General: Extracts, 1326-1430, from the `London Chronicles': late 15th cent.
• ff. 79, 81, 94, 118b-119 England General: Memoranda of events in 1399 and 1421-1437: late 15th cent.
• f. 94 J. V: Account of coronation procession of Henry IV notified by: late 15th cent.
• ff. 94, 119b-121, 175b, 187b John a Vale, draper, of London; servant of Sir T Cook: Material compiled by(?), under the initials `J.V.': late 15th cent.
• ff. 94, 119b-121, 175b, 187b John Vavasour, judge: Material compiled by(?), under the initials `J.V.': late 15th cent.
• ff. 109-110b Army; England: Ordinances of Mantes: 1419: Copy, late 15th cent.
• ff. 109-110b Mantes, France: Ordinances of: 1419: Lat. and Engl: Copies, 15th-17th centt.
• ff. 109-110b Henry V of England: Ordinances of Mantes, 1419: 1419: Copy, late 15th cent.
• ff. 119b-121 England General: Summary of history, 1431-1471, by `J. V.': late 15th cent.
• ff. 119b-121 Edward IV of England: Summary of history, 1431-1471, by `J. V.': late 15th cent.
• ff. 119b-121 J. V: Summary of history, 1431-1471, by: bef. 1484.
• ff. 119b-148 passim, 183b-186 Henry VI of England: Documents rel. to the reign of: 1431-1460, 1470-1471: Copies, late 15th cent.
• ff. 122-123b Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Articles against the Bp. of Chichester: 1446.
• ff. 122-123b Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester: Articles against, by the Duke of York, with reply: 1446: Copy.
• ff. 124-124b Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset: Reply to the Privy Council, with Council memorandum rel. to his conduct: 1454: Copy.
• ff. 124-124b England; Privy Council: Answer to, by the Duke of Somerset, with memorandum rel. to his conduct: 1454: Copy.
• ff. 125-125b, 126b-127 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Bills of, to Henry VI, with the King's replies: 1450: Copies.
• ff. 125-125b,126b-127 Henry VI of England: Bills of the Duke of York to, with the King's replies: 1450: Copies.
• ff. 126-126b Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Petition by (?), against the government of Henry VI: c. 1450: Copy.
• ff. 126-126b Henry VI of England: Petition of the Duke of York(?) rel. to grievances against the government: c. 1450: Copy.
• ff. 127b-129 St Albans, Hertfordshire: Account of the first battle of, 1455: late 15th cent.
• ff. 127b-129 Henry VI of England: Account of the first battle of St Albans: 1455.
• ff. 129-129b Henry VI of England: Oath of allegiance to, taken by the Duke of York: 1452: Copy.
• ff. 129-129b Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Oath of allegiance to Henry VI taken by: 1452: Copy.
• f. 130 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Manifesto of, from Ludlow Castle: 1452: Copy.
• ff. 130b-134 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Items from parliament rolls rel. to his claim to the throne: 1460.
• ff. 134-134b Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Tract by Sir J. Fortescue against his claim to the throne: c. 1461-1463.
• ff. 134-134b Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench: Against the claim of the Duke of York to the throne: c. 1461-1463.
• ff. 135-136 County of Kent: Complaints of the commons and captains of: 1450: Copies.
• ff. 135-137 Jack Cade: Documents rel. to his rebellion: 1450: Copies.
• ff. 136b Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Safeconduct and instructions to, from J. Cade: 1450: Copy.
• ff. 136b-137 Henry VI of England: Writ, etc., for the arrest of J. Cade: 1450: Lat. and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 137b-138 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Articles issued by, bef. the battle of Ludlow: 1459: Copy.
• ff. 138b-139 Edward IV of England: Articles of the commons of Kent, on his arrival in England, when Earl of March: 1460: Copy.
• ff. 138b-139b Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Articles of the commons of Kent on his arrival in England: 1460: Copy.
• ff. 138b-139b County of Kent: Articles of the commons of: 1460: Copy.
• ff. 140-141b Edward IV of England: Petition, etc., of `Robin of Redesdale': 1469: Copy.
• ff. 140-141b 'Robin of Redesdale': Articles and petition of: 1469: Copy.
• ff. 142-143b Henry VI of England: Negotiations of Qu. Margaret with the Earl of Warwick: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 142-143b Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Negotiations with Qu. Margaret: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 143b-144b Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Letter to the commons of England, with the reply of Edward IV: 1470: Copies.
• ff. 143b-144b George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence: Letter to the commons of England, with the reply of Edward IV: 1470: Copies.
• f. 144b Edward IV of England: Reply to the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 145-145b Edward IV of England: Proclamation of the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick on landing in England: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 145-145b Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick: Proclamation of, on landing in England: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 145-145b George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence: Proclamation of, on landing in England: 1470: Copy.
• ff. 146-148 Henry VI of England: Articles rel. to the government of England for his guidance, attrib. to Sir J. Fortescue: 1470-1471.
• ff. 146-148 Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench: Articles on the government of England attrib. to: 1470-1471.
• ff. 148b-164 Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench: `The Governance of England': 1471-1476.
• ff. 164b-165 Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench: `The xxij right wisnesses belonging to a kyng', by(?): 15th cent.
• ff. 165b-175b John Lydgate: `The Serpent of Division': late 15th cent.
• f. 170*b John a Vale, draper, of London; servant of Sir T Cook: Petition of Jane Kydde to Edward IV against: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 175b J. V: Initials written: late 15th cent.
• ff. 176-179 Edward IV of England: `The promesse of matrimony by loyes king of fraunce . . . unto Edward king of England': 1483.
• f. 179*b Jane Kydde, of London: Petition to Edward IV: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 179*b John Forster, son-in-law of Sir T Cook: Petition of Jane Kydde to Edward IV against: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 179*b Philip Cook, son of Sir T Cook: Petition of Jane Kydde to Edward IV rel. to her proposed marriage with: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 179*b Edward IV of England: Petition to, from J. Kydde: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 179*b Thomas Tyrell, Esq: Petition of Jane Kydde to Edward IV against: c. 1478: Copy.
• f. 180 Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury: Petition to, from the hermit of St. Katherine's chapel, Houghton St. Giles: c. 1480(?): Copy.
• f. 180 Houghton St Giles, Norfolk: Petition from the hermit of the chapel of St. Katherine to Abp. Bourchier: c. 1480(?): Copy.
• f. 180b John Fernandus, brigandine maker, of Southwark: Signet letter to the Armourers' Company in favour of: 1476-1477: Copy.
• f. 180b John More, Norroy King of Arms: Grant of arms to --: 1480-1481: Copy.
• f. 180b Heraldry: Grant of arms by Norroy King of Arms: 1480-1481: Copy.
• f. 180b London; Secular Institutions. City Companies. Armourers' Company: Signet letter to: 1476-1477: Copy.
• ff. 181b-183 England; Parliament: Memoranda of parliamentary transactions, 1369-1373: late 15th cent.
• ff. 181b-183 Edward III of England: Memoranda of parliamentary transactions, 1369-1373: late 15th cent.
• f. 183b Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter of the Abp. of Canterbury rel. to homage owed by: 1452: Copy.
• f. 183b Tower of London: Letter of the Constable rel. to the jurisdiction of the court at: 1447-1460: Copy.
• f. 183b Henry Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter: Letter to a judge of King's Bench, as Constable of the Tower: 1447-1460: Copy.
• ff. 183b-184b John Kemp, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters of: 1452-1454: Copies.
• ff. 185-185b Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon: Challenge to, from Lord Bonvile, with the Earl's reply: 1455: Copies.
• ff. 185-185b William Bonvile, Baron Bonvile: Challenge to the Earl of Devon, with the Earl's reply: 1455: Copies.
• ff. 185b Lewes; Sussex Priory of St Pancras: Correspondence of the Prior, John Danyel, with the Duke of York: c. 1451-1459: Copies.
• ff. 185b-186 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Correspondence with the prior of Lewes: c. 1451-1459: Copies.
• ff. 185b-186 Prittlewell Priory; Essex: Correspondence of the Duke of York and the prior of Lewes rel. to the appointment of the prior: c. 1451-1459: Copies.
• f. 186b Sir Thomas Cook, alderman of London: Letter to Sir T. Montgomery from (?): 1461-1468(?): Copy.
• f. 186b Sir Thomas Montgomery: Letter to, from Sir T. Cook: 1461-1468(?): Copy.
• f. 187 Louis XI of France: Letter to, from Edward IV: 1474(?): Copy.
• f. 187 Edward IV of England: Letter to Louis XI: 1474(?): Copy.
• f. 187b George Hawton: Letter of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, appointing him her attorney: 1472: Copy.
• f. 187b Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Letter of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, appointing G. Hawton her attorney: 1472: Copy.
• f. 187b J. V: Letters to --: 15th cent: Copies.
• f. 188b Sir Henry Wyatt, d.1537: Tenant of `Wychendens' in `Portersfee', co. Essex: early 16th cent.
• f. 188b 'Portersfee', Essex: List of tenants: early 16th cent.
• f. 188b 'Portersfee', Essex: Sir H. Wyatt, listed as tenant of `Wychendens' in: early 16th cent.
• ff. 189-191b Taxes: Clerical subsidy: bef. 1535: Lat: Copy.