Royal MS 9 A V

CONSTITUTIONES PROVINCIALES: compilation of the special canon law for the province of Canterbury, by William Lyndwood, Bishop of St. David's (1442-1446). The five books of text are given first, followed (f. 103 b) by an alphabetical list of tituli and (f. 105) by the 'conclusiones et notabilia Willielmi Lynwode super con. stitucionibus prouincialibus', being a shorter form of the commentary than that given in the printed texts (Oxford [1470-1480] Westminster, 1496, Paris, 1501, &c.) and in 11 C. VIII, 11 E. I. Yet another recension occurs below, 9 A. XIII. The text resembles that of Harley MS.

224 (where the comment is absent), having at the end of lib. v three additional tituli after 'de verborum significacionibus', viz. 'de augmentacione vicarie', 'consti. tucio domini Walteri', and 'demaioritatectobediencia'. In the editions this last forms part of lib. i. No dedication or date. Text beg. 'Ignorancia sacerdotum, et infra Ne quis'; commentary, 'Ignorancia sacerdotum

ista constitucio diuiditur in duas partes'. After the colophon the nubricator has added the words 'Rector AMWIL'(?).

Among other late 15th cent. Latin notes on the fly-leaves (ff. 190 191) is a note of an ordinance (f. 190 b) made in an undated con-' vocation of Canterbury at St. Paul's under Archbishop Henry Chicheley (1414-1443) against questors of hospitals, excepting four named, viz. the hospital of S. John of Jerusalem called le Frayry, S. Antony's hospital, the hospital ofthe Holy Trinity and S. Thomas the Martyr at Rome, and the hospital of S. Thomas the Martyr of Acon in London. Not in Wilkins' Concilia. Vellum; ff. i + 191. 6 in. x 4 in. XV cent Sec. fol. 'eos instruant'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Much damaged by the fire of 1731. On f. 1 is the mutilated 16th cent. note 'liber felici . . . . .' Theyer sale-cat. no. 264?; CMA. 6677.