Add MS 48037

MATERIALS RELATING MOSTLY TO PAPAL AND ROYAL JURISDICTION; 16th cent. Latin. Copies and extracts made in the early 16th cent. except for artt. 6 and 19. Contents list, with items added in a 17th-cent. hand,

f. vii.

1. ff. 1-19. Copies of Magna Carta and other instruments; temp. John. As Cotton MS. Claudius D.II, ff. 116-122.

2. ff. 27-36b. Extracts from chronicles, etc.: (a) Gregory IX, 'Decretals', lib. i, tit. vi, 'De Electione' and lib. v, tit. iii, 'De Simonia'. ff. 27-27b; (b) Roger of Hoveden, 'Chronica'. ff. 28, 28b, 31-36b; (c) Asser, 'Annales'. f. 29; (d) Symeon of Durham, 'Historia Regum'. ff. 29b-31. See also

art. 7 below.

3. ff. 47-48. Letter on the abuse of papal provision; n.d. Beg. 'Pape Rex etc., Dominus dominantium Iehsus Christus', with some blank spaces in the text. Another copy, with slight variations, is Royal MS. 12 D.XI, f. 22; it is attributed to Edward III in the Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections, and dated 1344 or earlier.

4. ff. 48b-50. Letter beg. 'In nomine sancte et individue trinitatis Imperator Caesar flavius valerius constantinus pius felix augustus', with some blank spaces in the text, apparently an abbreviated version of the Donation of Constantine. See PL, cxxx, cols. 245-252.

5. ff. 50b-52b. Letter from 'Petrus filius Cassiodori Miles catholicus pugil Christi devotus'; n.d. Beg. 'Ecclesie nobili Anglicane in luto et latere ancillate'.

6. ff. 54-66*b. 'Processus coram Edwardo Primo Rege Anglie super jure et successione Regni Scotiae post mortem Alexandrii III Regis cum uno tempore XII essent eiusdem competitores', the record by Andrew de Tange, notary, of the 'Great Cause', the adjudication by Edward I on the succession to the throne of Scotland; 10 May-3 June 1291 (part). Title and opening words by Beale. This text is apparently a copy of the lost exemplar of Tange's 'Great Roll' see E. L. G. Stones, 'The Records of the "Great Cause" of 1291-2', Scottish Historical Review, xxxv, 1956, p. 94. Another copy is Cotton MS. Vitellius E.XI, ff. 191-195b. A similar version was printed by William Prynne, An Exact Chronological Vindication and historical demonstration of our British . . . Kings supreme Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 1665-1668, iii, pp. 487-496.

7. ff. 67-72b. Extracts from chronicles, etc., as in art. 2 above but in a different hand.

8. ff. 73-104. Extracts and abstracts from chronicles, etc., including St Jerome, 'De Viris Illustribus', Martin Minorita, 'Flores Temporum ab Hermann Januensi' and Giraldus Cambrensis, 'De Principis Instructione Liber'. f. 73; William of Malmesbury, 'Gesta Pontificum Anglorum'. ff. 81-86; Geoffrey of Monmouth, 'Historia Regum Britanniae', and William of Malmesbury, 'De Gestis Regum Anglie'. ff. 97-104.

9. ff. 109-110b. Extracts from Johann Hug von Sletstadt, 'Quadruvium ecclesie. Quattuor prelatorum officium, quibus omnis animae subijcitur', first printed in 1504.

10. ff. 113-117b. 'Regia potestas est a deo instituta ut inferius': a collection of biblical and patristic excerpts in support of kingly office and authority, followed (f. 116b) by biblical excerpts in support of papal primacy and jurisdiction and (f. 117b) a copy of 'consideratio nona' from Jean Charlier de Gerson's 'De statibus ecclesiasticis', printed in 1502.

11. ff. 124-131b. Extracts from: (a) Nicolo de Tudeschi, Archbishop of Palermo, treatise on the Council of Basel, beg. 'Quorum veritas verborum'; 1442. For the full text, see Deutsche Reichstagsakten, (Historische Kommission bei der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Bd. 16, ed. H. Herre, 1921, pp. 439-538. ff. 124-129b; (b) Galfridus de Monte, treatise 'super potestate et auctoritate Basiliensis Concilii'; on Galfridus, see J. A. Fabricius, Bibliotheca Latine mediae et infimae aetatis, 1734-1746, iii, sub 'Galfredus de Monte'. ff. 130-131b.

12. ff. 136-141b. Similar extracts from the same sources as those in art. 11, but in a different hand.

13. ff. 149-150. 'Quando hec claves dantur et quibus': a note or extract relating to the question whether every priest receives at ordination the power of the keys and of binding and loosing.

14. f. 153. Notes on 'imperator', 'imperium', 'imperiosus', with references to Cicero, 'Philippic Orations', Virgil's 'Aeneid', etc.

15. ff. 155-157. Extracts from the 'Decretum' of Gratian, Dist. IX-XI.

16. ff. 159-161. Extracts from the 'Decretals' of Gregory IX and a copy of the constitution, 'Execrabilis' from the 'Extravagantes' of John XXII; see Corpus Juris Canonici, ed. E. L. Richter, 1959, ii, cols. 1207-1209.

17. ff. 163-165. Leges Henrici Primi, c. 9-11; L. J. Downer, Leges Henrici Primi, 1972, pp. 104-114.

18. ff. 168-176b. 'Dialogus inter Militem et Clericum super libertate ac potestate regia Necnon et ecclesiastica nuper in codice vetustissimo et obliterato repertus'. Imperfect at end (f. 176b), where there is a note by Beale, 'This booke was printed in English tempore Hen. 8 by Barthlett his printer.' For a 15th-cent. copy see Royal MS. 6 E.III, art. 39. This work, formerly attributed to William of Ockham, was ascribed to a French royal official, possibly Pierre du Bois, advocate of Coutances (d.1308), by S. Riezler, Literarische Widersacher der Päpste, Leipzig, 1874, p. 175. First printed as Disputatio inter Clericum et militem, Cologne [1470?], and first printed in English in 1533 by Thomas Berthelet. See also the 15th-cent. English translation by John Trevisa, Trevisa's Dialogus, etc., ed A. J. Perry, EETS, orig. ser., clxvii, 1925.

19. ff. 182-200. 'Collectio Brevis Tributorum seu contributionum collatorum in subsidium Regis. A tempore Guilielmi Conquestoris regis XX anum Regis Henrici eius nominis octavis' (title by Beale): particulars of royal taxes, 1086-1528 (tabulated from 1199), with (f. 199b) a table showing the total amounts paid by each diocese in the province of Canterbury.

Paper; ff. xiv + 214 + 66* (181 missing, 188, 189 excised without loss of text). 16th-cent. foliation. Folio. XVI cent. Various hands, chiefly early 16th cent.: artt. 3-5 are in the same fine italic hand. On f. 122, 'Promisit Thomas'; inside back cover, probably pen trials 'In the name of god Amen I Thomas Browne of London merchant . . . ' and 'I Thomas Wilson Master of Requests . . . ' (d.1581). Fragments of a collection of sermons, early 13th cent. (ff. ii, v, xi, xiv), including St Augustine, 'in Natali domini', (ff. iib, v), PL, xxxix, cols. 1996-1997, and of an unidentified work, 13th cent. (ff. iii-iv, xii-xiii) are used as binding strips. Letter 'B', f. vi. Bound in a single leaf of a 15th-cent. English antiphoner of unidentified use with red and blue initials, containing parts of the office for All Saints and the Common of Virgins. For other MSS. bound in leaves from this antiphoner see Add. MSS. 48150 (for further description), 48024 and 48043. On front cover letter 'B' covered by a coloured label. Numbered '42' on spine.

Liturgies LATIN: Leaves from an antiphoner used as covers: 15th cent.

Bindings ENGLISH: Covers made from leaves of an antiphoner: 15th cent.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. iib, v Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Fragment of sermon, `in Natali Domini': early 13th cent: Lat.
• f. 1b Otto IV; Emperor of Germany: Letter to King John: [1208?]: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 1-19 John of England: Copies of Magna Carta and other instruments: 16th cent.
• ff. 27, 27b, 67, 68 Law CANON: Decretals of Pope Gregory IX: c. 1227-1241: Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 28, 28b, 31b-36b, 69, 69b Roger, of Hoveden: `Chronica': 12th cent: Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 29, 70 Joannes Asser, Menevensis; Bishop of Sherborne: `Annales rerum gestarum Aelfredi Magni'. Extracts: 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 29b-31, 70b-72b Symeon, of Durham: `Historia Regum'. Extracts: 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 31b Alexander III; Pope: Letter to, from Thomas Becket: 1165: Lat: Copy.
• f. 31b Saint Thomas Becket,; Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to Pope Alexander III: 1165: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 31, 72 Calixtus II; Pope: Letter to the archbishops, bishops, etc., of France: 1121: Lat: Copies.
• f. 32b Saint Thomas Becket,; Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to his suffragans: 1166: Lat: Copy.
• f. 35b Henry II of England: Letter to, from Pope Alexander III: 1166: Lat: Copy.
• f. 35b Alexander III; Pope: Letter to Henry II: 1166: Lat: Copy.
• f. 47 Edward III of England: Letter to Clement VI: c. 1344: Lat: Copy.
• f. 47 Clement VI; Pope: Letter to, from Edward III: c. 1344: Lat: Copy.
• f. 48b Sylvester I; Pope: Donation of Constantine: 4th cent: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
• f. 48b Constantine I; Emperor of Rome: `Donation' to Pope Sylvester I: 4th cent: Lat.: Copy, 16th cent.
• f. 54 Scotland General: `Processus coram Edwardo Primo Rege Anglie super jure et successione Regni Scotiae . . .': 1291: Lat: Copy.
• f. 54 Edward I of England: `Processus coram Edwardo Primo Rege Anglie super jure et successione Regni Scotiae . . .': 1291: Lat: Copy.
• f. 54 Andrew de Tange, notary: `Processus coram Edwardo Primo Rege Anglie super jure et successione Regni Scotiae . . .': 1291: Lat: Copy.
• f. 73 Martinus, Minorita: `Flores Temporum': 14th cent: Lat: Extract, 16th cent.
• f. 73 Giraldus Cambrensis: `De Principis Instructione Liber': 12th-13th centt.: Lat: Extract, 16th cent.
• f. 73 Saint Jerome: `De Viris Illustribus': 16th cent: Lat: Extract.
• ff. 81-86, 97b-104 William, of Malmesbury: `De Gestis Regum Anglie' and `Gesta Pontificum Anglorum': c. 1125: Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• f. 97 Geoffrey, of Monmouth: `Historia regum Britanniae': 12th cent: Lat: Abstracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 109-110b Johann Hug, von Sletstadt: `Quadruvium ecclesie. Quattuor prelatorum officium, quibus omnis animae subijcitur': 1504: Extracts.
• f. 117b Jean Charlier de Gerson, Chancellor of Paris; d.1429: `De statibus ecclesiasticis': early 15th cent: Lat: Extract, 16th cent.
• ff. 124-129b, 136-140b Nicolo de Tudeschi, Archbishop of Palermo: Treatise on the Council of Basel: 1442: Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 130, 141 Galfridus, de Monte: Treatise on the Council of Basel.: 1436(?): Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 155-157 Franciscus Gratianus, canonist: Decretum: 12th cent: Lat: Extracts, 15th cent.
• ff. 159, 159b Gregory IX; Pope: Extracts from the `Decretals': 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 159b-161 John XXII; Pope: Constitution `Execrabilis' of: 1317: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 163-165 Law OF ENGLAND: `Leges Henrici Primi': 12th cent: Lat: Extracts, 16th cent.
• ff. 163-165 Henry I of England: `Leges Henrici Primi'. Extracts: 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 168-176b William, of Ockham; OFM: `Dialogus inter Militem et Clericum', formerly attrib. to: 14th cent: Lat: Imperf. copy, 16th cent.
• ff. 168-176b Pierre Du Bois, Advocate of Coutances: Dialogus inter clericum et militem compiled by(?): 13th cent: Lat: Imperf. copy, 16th cent.
• ff. 182-200 England General: Summary of taxes paid to the King, 1086-1528: 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 199b England, Ecclesiastical History: Table showing total taxes paid by each diocese in the province of Canterbury: 16th cent: Lat.