Stowe MS 58

"LIBER Abbathiæ de Hyde juxta Winton": a chronicle of the affairs of England, from the settlement of the Saxons to the reign of Cnut, with copies of charters, etc., relating to Newminster, afterwards Hyde Abbey, Winchester, where the work was compiled. Printed in the Rolls Series, 1866 (ed. Edw. Edwards), from an early 15th cent. MS. belonging to the Earl of Macclesfield. The present copy, which does not appear to have been known to the above editor, is imperfect, beginning in the middle of ch. vii. (Rolls ed., p. 14), and ending in the middle of ch. xix. (ibid., p. 192). The arrangement of the latter portion of the MS. differs considerably from that of the printed edition. There is another copy (from the Macelesfield MS.) in the hand of John Stow, 1572, in Lansdowne MS. 717. Paper; ff. 70. XVIth-XVIIth cent. Belonged to Peter Le Neve, Norroy, in 1704 (f. 3); to Joseph Edmondson, Mowbray Herald, in 1765 (f. 1); and to Dr. Andrew Coltee Ducarel, whose book-plate of arms is inserted, in 1766 (f. 1). At the sale of Dr. Ducarel's MSS. in 1786 it was purchased by Thomas Astle (f. 2). Inside the covers is also a second book-plate of arms, viz.: arg. a bull passant sable, armed or, within a bordure sa. bezanty (Cole?), quartering chequy or and gu. on a chief az. a bar wavy arg. (Rayley?), surmounted by the crest, a demi-dragon holding an arrow, headed and feathered, with motto, "Parva seges satis est," and initials I. C. Octavo.

Winchester; Newminster, afterwards Hyde Abbey: Liber Abbathiæ de Hyde juxta Winton: 16th-17th cent.

Hyde Book: Chronicle of English affairs to the reign of Cnut: 16th-17th cent.: Imperf.

England General Chronicles and History: Liber abbathiæ de Hyde: chronicle to the reign of Cnut: 16th-17th cent.: Imperf.

Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D; FSA: Bookplate: 18th cent.

Bookplates: Ducarel (Andrew Coltee), LL.D.: 18th cent.

Bookplates: Cole (John): 18th cent.