Add MS 48040

PAPERS ON CANON LAW, etc.; 16th cent. Latin and French.

1. ff. 13-104b. 'Ecclesiastical lawes devised in kynge henry the viiis dayes' ('of Mr John Foxe' added by Beale to the title, f. 13): the collection of revised canons envisaged by the statutes 25 Hen. VIII c.19.2 (1534), 27 Hen. VIII c.15 (1536) and 35 Hen. VIII c.16 (1544), Statutes, iii, 460-461, 548-549 and 976, compiled probably by 27 Oct. 1535 but never given royal approval. See D. Logan, 'Henrician Canons', BIHR, xlvii, 1974, pp. 99-103. The collection was noticed by Foxe in his Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, 1571, in which the prefatory draft letter of Henry VIII

(ff. 15b-16) is printed. The present contemporary copy (which bears contemporary foliation 1-89 on the versos of ff. 14-192) is carefully written (conceivably for the King himself, see Logan, ibid., p. 102) in one legal hand throughout, with a few corrections (ff. 84, 84b, 86b, 87) in a different hand and ink, which may also have made the thin pen strokes at the end of each paragraph to mark its owner's progress through the text.

2. ff. 106-211. Extracts from conciliar decrees, etc.; late 16th cent. As follows: (a) Titles of early conciliar decrees (Antioch, Carthage, Chalcedon, Ephesus, Nicaea, etc.,) arranged under headings. ff. 106-116b; (b) Titles of laws of the Theodosian code arranged under headings. ff. 119-125; (c) Numbered extracts from conciliar decrees and decretals, followed by an alphabetical index (ff. 201-205b) and an index by order of contents (ff. 207-211), both headed by Beale. There is a contemporary foliation, 1-63, on

ff. 129-191. ff. 129-211.

3. ff. 213-274. Two Latin tracts by Pierre Alexandre, Professor of Theology at Heidelberg, Canon of Canterbury 1551, rector of All Hallows Lombard Street 1552 until his death in 1562. See F. de Schickler, Les Églises du Refuge en Angleterre, 1892, i, pp. 8-133 passim, iii, pp. 16, 63, 173, and

E. Johnston, Actes du Consistoire de l'Église Française de Threadneedle St., Londres, i, (Huguenot Soc. of London, xxxviii), 1937, pp. xvi-xxv passim. Other tracts by Alexandre are Cambridge Corpus Christi Coll. MS. 115. As follows: (a) 'Tractatus perutilis et necessarius de vera Ecclesiae disciplina et Excommunicatione', read in Canterbury Cathedral; 1553. Beg. 'De excommunicatione et disciplina ecclesiastica tractaturi'. ff. 213-

248b; (b) 'Tractatus de vero et unico purgatorio fidelium', read in Canter-bury Cathedral 1552. Beg. 'De vero et unico fidelium purgatorio'. ff. 249-274.

4. ff. 279-322. Papers relating to the French Protestant Church; 16th cent. French. As follows: (a) One hundred articles concerning church discipline taken from the acts of the Synods of the Reformed Churches, 1559-1563, see J. Aymon, Tous les Synodes Nationaux des Églises Reformées de France, 1710, pp. 1-57. ff. 279-285b; (b) 'Memoires dressees en l'assemblee des Ministres a Lyon', 10 Aug. 1563, with other synodal acts, see Aymon, pp. 36-48; followed (ff. 289-290b) by a letter from Calvin and the Church of Geneva on infant baptism, differing somewhat from the version in Aymon, pp. 53-57. ff. 286-290b; (c) Acts of the Synod of Paris; 25 Dec. 1565. Aymon, pp. 58-71. ff. 291-298; (d) 'La Discipline Ecclesiastique des Eglises reformees de France' enacted by the Synod of Paris, 1559, and revised by subsequent synods, 1560-1581, see Aymon, pp. 1-154 passim. Copies of the Discipline as revised by the Synod of St Maixent, 1609, are Add. MSS. 48062, art. 3 and 48118, art. 1. See M. G. Campbell, Discipline or Book of Order of the Reformed Churches of France, translated from the Orleans edition of 1675, 1924. ff. 299-322.

5. ff. 327-408. Notes by Beale on St Matthew's Gospel, i-xiii, mostly summarizing the contents, with some parallels. Latin. Autograph. Pagination 1-164, apparently by Beale.

Paper; ff. 408. 17th-cent. foliation throughout, 390-399 lacking in the sequence. Artt. 1, 2(b) and 5 also have separate numberings, see above. Folio. XVI cent. Vellum binding with leather ties. Traces of a label on the front cover. Titled and numbered '45' on the spine, also, faintly, '39'.

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. 13-104b Law CANON: Proposed revision of canon law: 1535: Lat.
• ff. 106-211 Law CANON: Extracts from conciliar decrees, decretals, etc.,: 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 213-274 Pierre Alexandre, Canon of Canterbury: Tracts on Excommunication and Purgatory: 1552, 1553: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 213-274 Theology LATIN: Tracts by Pierre Alexandre: 1552, 1553: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 279-298, 320-321b France General: Synodal acts and decrees: 1559-1571: Fr: Mostly extracts.
• ff. 299-320 Law CANON: Ecclesiastical Discipline of the Reformed Churches of France: c. 1581: Fr.
• ff. 299-320 Henry III of France: Discipline of the French Reformed Churches: c. 1581: Fr.
• ff. 327-416b Bible. Commentaries: Notes on Matthew i-xiii, by R. Beale: 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 327-416b Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Notes on Matthew i-xiii by: 16th cent: Lat.