Stowe MS 620

KENTISH PEDIGREES, evidences, heraldic and genealogical notes taken in churches and private houses, etc, collected in or about the years 1592-1594. The volume also contains, in the same hand:-

(a) Notes on Bessarion's work "Adversus calumniatorem Platonis." f. 7 b;-(b) Notes on English land tenure. Fr. and Engl. f. 8;-

(c) "Touching Chester, Lancaster., Durhame and other Countye Palantines." f. 9 b;-(d) Resolution of the Justices as to the date of commencement of Elizabeth's reign, I8 Nov.1558. f. 10 b; -(e) Declaration concerning the descent of the manor of Benington, co. Herts, to 12 Dec. 1556. f. IOb;-(f) -Memoranda of the committal of [John] Foxley, Baron of the Exchequer, on a charge, of' improper conduct at the assizes at Winchester, 3 5 Edw. II. [1309- 10], and of the committal of Sir Adrian Fortescue, 26 Hen. VIII., John Snowe and Richard Bowlys, 28 Hen. VIII., Richard Whittingstall, 36 Hen. VIII., Sir Francis Leeke, 5 Edw. VI., and Roger Whitfelde, 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, for contempt of court. f. 11 -(g) '"The othe of the chiefe Baron of the Exchequer." f. 11 b;-

(h) "Magna carta de libertatibus mundi," in English verse. f. 11 b ;-(i) Extracts from Bracton, De Legibus Angliae; also from Claude Cottereau, De jure et privilegiis militum. ff 15, 26;-

(k) Extracts from the collectors' accompts of an aid in Kent on the knighting of the Black Prince, 20 Edw. III. [1346]. f. 30 Paper; ff. 38. Late XVIth cent. Folio.

County of Kent: Pedigrees of families: circ. 1593, 1663.

Genealogies: Family pedigrees: co.Kent: 16th-18th centt.

includes:

• f. 7 b Johannes Bessarion, Cardinal: Notes on his " Adversus calumniatorem Platonis ": late 16th cent.
• f. 8 Law OF ENGLAND: Notes on land tenure: late 16th cent.: Fr. and Engl.
• f. 9 b Cheshire: Legal notes on: late 16th cent.
• f. 9 b County of Durham: Legal notes on: late 16th cent.
• f. 9 b County of Lancaster: Legal notes on: late 16th cent.
• f. 10 b Benington, Hertfordshire: Declaration as to descent of the manor of, to 1556.
• f. 10b Elizabeth I of England: Resolution of the judges as to date of commencement of her reign: 1558.: Copy.
• f. 11 Richard Bowlys: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1536-7.
• f. 11 John Foxley, Baron of the Exchequer: Note of committal of: 1309-10.
• f. 11 John Snowe: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1536-7.
• f. 11 Richard Whittinstall: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1544-5.
• f. 11 Sir Adrian Fortescue: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1534-5.
• f. 11 b Sir Francis Leeke: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1551-2.
• f. 11 b Court of Exchequer: Oath of the Chief Baron: late 16th cent.
• f. 11 b Poetry: "Magna carta de libertatibus mundi ", in English verse: late 16th cent.
• f. 11 b Roger Whitfelde: Committal of, for contempt of court: 1555-6.
• f. 15 Henry de Bracton: Extracts from his " De legibus Angliæ ": late 16th cent.
• ff. 15, 26 Law OF ENGLAND: Extracts from Bracton and Cottereau: late 16th cent.
• f. 26 Claude Cottereau: Extracts from his " De jure et privilegiis militum ": late 16th cent.
• f. 30 Accompts: Collectors' accompts of an aid on the knighting of the Black Prince: 1346.
• f. 30 Revenue: Accompts of an aid on the knighting of the Black Prince: 1346.: Extr.
• f. 30 Edward the Black Prince, Princes of Wales: Accompts of an aid on the knighting of: 1346.: Extr.