Royal MS 2 A XXI

MANUAL,in Latin, of Sarumuse.The text of ten differs considerably from that reprinted by Henderson in the Appendix to his Manuale ecclesiae Eboracensis, Surtees Soc., vol. 63. Contents: (i) Benedictio salis et aquae, followed by Aspersio. f. 3;-(2) 'Ordo ad cathecuminum faciendum', with Benedictio fontis and Ritus baptizandi. Ends with the injunction to god-parents in English. f. 5 b;-(3) Benedictio ignis. f. 15 ;-(4) 'Ordo ad facienda sponsalia'. The banns formula 'Lo breþeren and sustren' is in English, and the offering of gold and silver, which here precedes the troth, has the formula 36 'Loo þis gold and þis suluer is leyd doun in signefyinge þat þe woman schal haue hure dower of þi goodes 3if heo abide aftur þi disces'. f. 17;-(5) 'Ordo ad uisitandum infirmum'. f. 24;-(6) De extrema unctione. f. 28 b;-

(7) Commendatio animae in articulo mortis. f. 35;-(8) 'Commendacio animarum'. f. 38b;-(9) Ordinarium (imperf. at beg.) and Canon of the Mass, with various intercessions. f. 42;-(10) Missa pro defunctis. f. 61 -(ii) In vigilia mortuorum. f. 72;-(I2) Inhumatio defuncti. f. 96. On f. 71 b is a note of the dedication, on the first feast of S. Agnes, 1404 [21 Jan. 140 4/5, by Nicholas, Bishop of Christopolis, suffragan, by authority of Archbishop Thomas Arundel, in the vacancy of the see of Winchester, of the church and cemetery of South Chardeford [S. Charford], co. Southt., at the instance of Sir John Popham, knight, of S. Charford, and by consent of John London, prior, and the convent of Breamore, with grant of 40 days'indulgence to those who walked round the cemetery, &c. And on f. 2, b is the note, 'Memorandum quod anno domini millesimo cccc viii Iohannes Popham miles de comitatu Southamtonie comparauit et libere donauit istum librum ecclesie parochiali de Southchardeforthe in festo purificacionis beate virginis Marie [2 Feb. 14c 8/9]. pro anima eius suorumque benefactorum omnes hoc volumen inspicientes deum piissime exorent, et istum librum qui alienauerit anathema dei beate Marie et omnium sanctorum ei contingat imperpetuum. amen. amen. amen par charite'. Vellum; ff. io6. 9 in. x 61 in. Circ. 1408. Sec. fol. ' -tionibus'. Coarse illuminated initials. Belonged (see above) to S. Charford church, co. Southt. Later (f. 3) ' William Bulkeley's boke'. On f. 1, 'Antonius Warton, LL.B., vicarius de Godalming in agro Surriensi, hunc librum bibliothecae Cottonianae xiiitio die mensis Maii A.C. mdcciii. d.d.' The volume should strictly therefore belong to the Cotton Library, but the control of that collection having passed in 1707 into the hands of Richard Bentley, Royal Librarian, he, or his deputy David Casley, appears to have placed it among the Royal MSS.Warton was the father of Thomas Warton, the elder, Professor of Poetry at Oxford.