Royal MS 12 D XI

DICTAMINAL FORMULARIES, and collections of letters and Oxford University ordinances, in Latin and French. The volume is partially described by Canon H. Hensley Henson in Collectanea, Oxford Historical Soc., 1885, i, where several letters relating to the University are printed. Another section (art. 3) seems to be of an analogous character to the Liber epistolaris of Richard de Bury, described in Hist. MSS. Comm., Fourth Report, App. p. 379. Contents:

1. Summa notariae by Johannes Jacobi de Bononia, a notary at Canterbury; addressed to J[ohn de Peckham] Archbishop of Canterbury (1279-1292). The dates and names are here corrupt and inconsistent. Printed by L. Rockinger in Quellen zur bayerischen und deutchen Geschichte, ix, p. 603, Munich, 1864. Incomplete, breaking off in the ch. 'Terminus ad respondendum artculis' (ed. p. 669). Beg. 'Reuerendo in Christo patri I. dei gratia . . . Quoniam sacrosancta Romana ecclesia mater est omnium'. f. 1.

2. Letter from - to the Pope 'pro Percy', i. e. recommending Thomas de Percy, 'filium quondam [Henrici] de Percy illustris et potentis baronis (d. 1352)', n.d.[1352-1355]. Thomas de Percy was made by papal provision, in 1356, Bishop of Norwich. Added on a blank page in another hand. f. 11 b.

3. Collection of state letters, probably the formulary of a king's secretary, who may have also been connected with John Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his brother Robert, Chancellor of Oxford. They appear to be in one hand and perhaps copied at the same time, though there is a blank at f. 17. The dates are nearly always omitted, but the letters are chiefly of 1337-1338, with several of earlier date and at least one which must be as late as 1344. Contents:

(a) 'Per regem Anglie', to Alfonso [XI], King of Castile and Leon, conceming the coming of ambassador's, n.d. [27 june, 1337]. Printed in Rymers Foedera, Recorded. ii, pt. ii, p. 977. Beg. 'Celsitudinis regie'. f. 12;-(b) The same 'tali domino': circular for encouragement of loyalty, n.d. Beg. 'Plenam dant nobis preterita fiduciam '. f. 12;-(c) 'Per regem nautis Anglie pro galeis Francorum capiendis', nearly as in the letter to Bayonne, dated 27 june, 1337, in Foedera, l. c. Beg. 'Quia considerantes [al. desiderantes] pacem'. f. 12;-(d) The same 'tali domino, it sit sibi fauorabilis in agendis', a similar circular to the last but one, n.d. [25 june, 1337]. Ib. p. 976. Beg. 'Quam constans'. f. 12 b;-

(e) The same 'pro eadem causa', n. d. Beg. 'Fidelitatis vestre constanciam'. f. 12 b ;-(f) 'Litera supplicatoria domino pape per regem Anglie': [Edward III to Clement VI,] to provide for R. de B., master of arts and doctor of civil law, the king's secretary and keeper of the privy seal, the deanery of Lincoln, vacant by consecration at the papal court of W[illiam Bateman,] Bishop of Norwich [1344]. The initials here are evidently wrong. The holder, of these offices, who was actually so provided for on this occasion, was John de Ufford [al. Offord]. Beg. 'Experta fidelitas'. f. 12 b;-(g) Similar letter, for some provision for John de S. Paulo, clerk in the Chancery n.d. He was afterwards (1349) Archbishop of Dublin. f. 13;-(h) Robert de Stratford, Archdeacon of Canterbury [elected in Aug. 1337 Bishop of Chichester, Chancellor of Oxford University, and Mar. 1337-July, 1338 of England], to the University of Cambridge, not to allow W. de Barneby, M.A., who was the chief beginner of the Stamford schism in the university, to incept at Cambridge in canon law, n.d. [Mar.-Aug. 1337]. Printed in Collectanea, i, p. 15. f. 13;-(i) - to -, incumbent of the church of C-, reproaching him with ungrateful conduct to his patrons the Abbess and convent of S. Mary of Winchester and their servants in their manor of C-, n.d. f. 13 b;-(k) Edward III to the mayors, &c., of Gascony, to accredit O[liver) de I[ngham], seneschal of Gascony, n.d. [13 Mar. 1338]. Printed in Foedera, p. 1023. f. 13b;-(l) The same to the chamberlain of Berwickupon-Tweed, appointing him, jointly with William de Keleseye, Chancellor of Berwick, to oversee military works and stores in Scotland, n.d. [circ. 1342]. f. 13 b ;-(m) The King to the Pope, recommending for preferment John de Hautville, bachelor of civil law, n.d. f. 14;-(n) Edward III to Bernardus Eccus de la Brette [Bernard-Ezi II, Sire d'Albret], for assistance against the King of France, n.d. Beg. 'Cum dileccionis exuberancia'. f.14;-(o) The same to the Pope [Benedict XII?], to revive a provision by John XXII [21 Sept. 1333, see Bliss, Cal. Papal Letters, ii, p. 396] of a canonry-of Wilton in favour of Nicholas, son of Nicholas de Shordich, n.d. f. 14 b;-(p) The same to the same, for correction of a scribe's error in a provision [8 May, 1337, ib. p. 542] to R[oger] de S[ynigthwayt] of a prebend at R[omsey], dioc. of Winchester, Roger having been styled 'natus', instead of 'agnatus', of G[eoffrey] de S[crope], knight, n.d. f. 14 b;-(q) The same to Bernardus, dominus de la Brette (see above), to withdraw his allegiance from Philip of Valois, n.d. [30 Apr. 1338]. Printed in Foedera, p. 1033. Beg. 'Laudabilis perseuerat'. f. 14 b;-(r) Three commissions of Edward III, giving various powers to {Henry de Burghersh,] Bishop [of Lincoln, William de Bohun,] Earl [of Northampton, Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, and John Darcy], Steward [of the Household], n. d. [3 Oct. 1337]. Two are printed in Foedera, pp. 999, 1000. f. 15;-(s) The King [Edward I] to the Pope [Honorius IV]: abridgement of the letter asking for mediation between Philip IV of France and Alfonso III of Aragon, 27 July, 1286, printed in Foedera, i, pt. ii, p. 671 (cf. Cal. Close Rolls, 14 Edw. I, p. 431). f. 15 b;-(t) Edward [I] to B. (sic) King of Armenia [probably Hetoum II of the Rupenian dynasty in Cilicia], on behalf of the Master and Knights of S. Thomas of Acre, who are in distress in his kingdom since the fall of Acre, n.d. [after 1291]. f. 15 b;-

(u) Edward [III] to Louis [IV], Emperor; is about to send ambassadors with fresh instructions, n.d. [1338?]. Beg. 'Imperatorie celsitudini grates'. f. 16;-(v) Philippa [consort of Edward III] to Mary, Queen of Castile and Leon [consort of Alphonso XI], to promote the speedy sending of ambassadors to complete the negotiations with England, n. d. [1337 ?]. Beg. ' De profusis beneficiis'. f. 16;-(w) Hettonus [Hetoum II], King of Armenia, to [Edward 1], n the fall of Acre, &c., n.d. [after 1291]. Beg. 'Dudum considerantes'. f. 16 b;-(x) The King [Edward III] to the Pope [Benedict XII], on the arrival in England, 2 Dec., of the cardinals of S. Praxed and S. Mary in Aquiro [Pedro Gomez de Barroso and Bertrand de Montfavet], n.d. [1337]. f. 18;-(y) Soldanus Mallee Asseraph [Malik al Ashraf, Sultan of Egypt] to Heytonus [Hetoum II], King [of Armenia], announcing the fall of Acre and Tyre, n.d. [1291 ?]. f. 18; -(z) - to [Reginald, Duke of Guelders?]: that the slanders of [Philip of Valois] the nominal King of France against the addressee and William, Margrave of Juliers, have been refuted by the latter in the English Parliament, n.d. [circ. 1340]. Beg. 'Princeps spectabilis et amice carissime'. f. 18 b;-(aa) The King [Edward III] to the magistrates of Bruges; agreeing in substance with the letter in Foedera, ii, pt. ii, p. 1035, under 8 May 1338. Beg. 'In desideriis votiue gerimus'. f. 19;-

(bb) 'Domino regi et optima': reply to a summons addressed 'ad honestos ecclesiarum rectores' by one who describes himself as 'preceptor vester', perhaps Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham (1333), n.d. [before 1333 ?]. f. 19;-(cc) [Edward III] to prelates at Rome, to assist his envoys, R[ichard] de B[ury], his secretary, and Sir J[ohn] de S[hordich], knight (see Cal. Papal Letters, ii, p. 512), at the papal court, n.d. [circ. Sept. 1333]. f. 19;-(dd) [The King ?] to the Grand Master of the Hospitallers, in favour of A., who wishes to hold the hospital of B. at the usual rent, n.d. f. 19 b;-(ee) Grant by Edward III to Ely Cathedral Priory of the custody of the bishopric, when vacant, at a rent at the rate of 2,000l. per annum for the period of vacancy, 'Teste rege apud Eltham', 2 Mar. [1329], 'per breue de priuato sigillo' (see Abbrev. Rot. Orig. 3 Edw. III). f. 19 b;-(ff) G-, Prior of B-, to R- de B-, canon of York, to advise the bearer. f. 20b ;-

(gg) Another copy of the letter to the Emperor, above (u). f. 20 b; -(hh) [Edward III] to Louis, Margrave of Brandenburg, eldest son of the Emperor, on the same subject, n.d. [circ. 1338 ?]. Beg. 'Virtuosa nobilitas'. f. 21;-(ii) W[illiam] de Monte Acuto, Earl of Salisbury, to the Pope [Benedict XII], thanking him for translating his brother Simon from the see of Worcester to Ely, n.d. [1337]. f. 21;-(kk) Edward [III] to the Cardinals of S. Praxed and S.Mary in Aquiro(see above, x), n.d. [17 0ct. 1337]. Foedera, p. 1004. f. 21 b;-(ll) Other forms for powers to ambassadors, nearly as in Foedera, pp. 998, 999. f. 21 b.

4. Collection in another hand, including a number of letters relating to Oxford University. Nearly all these are printed by Canon Henson in Collectanea, i, but partly owing to a misconception concerning the cardinals' mission several are misdated. Contents : (a) 'Ista littera directa fuit domino pape per regem Anglie': on the abuse of provision, especially in favour of aliens, n.d. [1344, or earlier ?]. Beg. 'Rex regum dominus dominancium'. f. 22;-

(b) 'Ista directa fuit episcopo Lincolniensi [Henry de Burghersh, 1320-1340] per uniuersitatem Oxonie': letter from the Chancellor, regents, and non-regents to the Bishop, Treasurer [of the Exchequer, 1327-1328 and 1334-1337], on the Stamford schism and a proposed mission to Pope Benedict XII [el. Dec. 1334], for which they ask for royal letters to the Pope and Cardinals and especially Card. Gailiardus de Mota, Archdeacon of Oxford, n.d. [1335-1337]. Colletanea, i, p. 9, misdated. f. 22;-(c) The same to the King on the same subjects, n.d. [same date?]. Ib. p. 10. f. 22 b;-

(d) 'Breue impetratum per R[obertum] de Stretf[ord], cancellarium uniuersitatis Oxonie': the King to the Chancellor, to prohibit the possession of arms by scholars. Dat. York, 6 June, 1335. Ib. p. 14. f. 23 ;-(e) The Chancellor and masters to N[apoleon Orsini], Cardinal of S. Adrian, to support their petition to the Pope, n. d. [1335-1337]. Ib. p. 27. f. 23;-(f) The regents to the Chancellor, Robert de Stratford, to support their letters to the King and Queen, asking for letters to the Pope, John Wyliet being accredited to speak further on the matter, n.d. [1335-1337]. Ib. p. 29. f. 23; -(g) 'Ista littera directa fuit dom. pontifici [Boniface VIII] per concilium Anglie': the letter from the barons, after the parliament at Lincoln, on the Scottish supremacy, 12 Feb. 1301, well known from the two originals with seals in the Public Record Office. Foedera, i, pt. ii, p. 926; cf. Sir N. H. Nicolas in Archaeologia, xxi, p. 192, J. H. Round in the Ancestor, vi-viii, and Some Feudal Lords (De Walden Library), 1904. Beg. ' Sancta Romana mater ecclesia'. f. 23 b;-(h) Copy of a notarial transcript of the letter of John [Balliol], King of Scotland, to Edward I, 5 Apr. 1296. Foedera, i, pt ii, p. 836. f. 23 b;-(i) Proctors and masters of Oxford University to Edward III, granting, at his request, leave of absence till Easter to Robert de Stratford, Archdeacon of Canterbury, their Chancellor, 15 Jan. s.a. [1335-1337]. Collectanea, p. 32. f. 24;-(k) The masters to the King, asking him to write to the Pope in support of their petition, n.d. [1335-1337]. Ib. p. 28. f. 24;- (l) John de Aylesbury, Vice-chancellor, and the masters to the King, to induce Robert de Stratford, who is and ministeria regalia [i.e. the Chancellorship of England] iam assumptus', not to resign his office as Chancellor of the University, n.d. [circ. Mar. 133⁶/₇]. Ib. p. 33. f. 24b;-(m) The Chancellor and masters to J[ohn de Stratford], Bishop of Winchester, to pay them a small debt in view of their present straits, n. d. [1332-1333]. Another draft is below (q). f. 24 b;-(n) Circular from the same to old alumni to assist them in obtaining letters from the King to the Pope, n.d.[1335-1337]. Ib. p. 30. f.24b;-(o) J[ohn de T[rillek ?, Vice-chancellor?] and the masters to Robert de Stratford on his appointment to the Chancellorship of England, asking him not to resign the Chancellorship of the University, n.d. [circ. Mar. 133⁶/₇]. Ib. p. 35. f. 25;-(p) [The same ?] to the same [as Chancellor of the University], to induce Simon de Bredon, one of the proctors, to acquiesce in the University's decision on a point of precedence between the outgoing and incoming proctors, the dispute hindering the sealing of the letters to the Pope, n.d. [1335-1336]. Ib. p. 20. f. 25;-(q) The Chancellor and masters to J[ohn de Stratford] Bishop of Winchester: altemative draft of (m), n.d. [1332-1333]. Ib. p. 19. f. 25;-(r) The same to Card. Bertiand [de Montfavet] about the dispute between the University nd Card. Galliardus de Mota, n.d. [doubtless during the mission of the Cardinals Peter and Bertrand to England, 2 Dec. 1337-May or June, 1338]. Ib. p. 23 (misdated?). f. 25 b;-(s) The same to the same, to make Robert de Appelby a notary, n.d. [1338?]. Ib. p. 38 (misdated ?). f. 25b;-(t) 'Littera supplicatoria dom. Bertrando de Systre per I[ohannem, afterwards Bishop of Hereford, 1344] et T[homam, Bishop of Rochester, 1365, cf. 10 A. XI] de Trillek' on the same subject, asking Bertrand [Bernard] de Sistre (who was Cardinalnuncio in England, proceeded to Rome circ. Mar. 1337, but returned almost immediately) to influence the two Cardinals, n.d. [1338?]. Ib. p. 36 (misdated ?.). f. 26;-(u) The University to the same on the same subject. Dat. Oxford, 'xiii. kal. Apr. vii^mo ' [19 Mar. 133⁷/₈ ?]. Ib. p. 37 (misdated ?). f. 26;-(v) The commissary and masters to Rrobert de Stratford], Bishop of Chichester, Chancellor [of England], on the same subject, n.d. [Dec. 1337- Jul. 1338]. Ib. p. 39. f. 26;-(w) The Chancellor and masters to Bernard le Systre, Archdeacon of Canterbury and papal nuncio, as proctor for Card. Galliardus de Mota, Archdeacon of Oxford, to consent to the mediation of Card. Bertrand in the dispute between Card Galliardus and the University, 29 Jan. s.a. [133⁷/₈]. Ib. p. 22 (misdated). f. 26 b ;-(x) The University to the Bishop of Chichester, on the same subject, n. d. [1338 ?]. Ib. p. 22. f. 26 b;-(y) 'Domino pape per uniuersitatem Oxonie, et optima': the same to Benedict [XII], asking for provision to be made for poor masters, n.d. [1335-1337 ?]. Ib. p. 26 (misdated ?). f. 27;-(z) The same to the Emperor, to support a similar petition to the Pope, n.d. Ib. p. 30. f. 27.

5. A few letters in French are appended in another hand on the same quire as the preceding, viz.:

(a) 'Credencia nunciorum comitis Flandrie [Guy de Dampierre] super reddicione homagii sui Francorum regi facta ante confederacionem inter auum [Edward I] domini nostri regis et dictum comitem contra Francorum regem initam', n.d. [1297]. f. 28 b; -(b) The Chancellor and masters of Oxford University to Queen Philippa, to support the petition to the Pope, also to write to Cardinal Galliardus de Mota, and to help the suppression of the Stamford schism. Dat. 14 Feb s.a. [1335-7]. Collectanea, i, p. 8 (misdated). f. 29;-(c) Masters and scholars of Oxford to Edward 'pur la pees', on the disturbances with the town, n.d. [before 1337]. Ib. p. 12. f. 29b;-(d) The Chancellor, masters, and clerks of Oxford to the King and Council, that the sheriff be sworn to arrest malefactors at the Chancellor's suit, n. d. [1334 ?, see Cal. Pat. Rolls, 3 Oct.]. Ib. p. 12. f. 29 b;-(e) Queen Isabella and Edward, Earl of Chester, and Esmon [Edmond], Earl of Kent, her sons, in explanation of their rising, add against Hugh le Despenser and Robert de Baldok, [15 Oct.) 20 Edw. II [1326]. Foedera, ii, pt. i, p. 645. f. 30.

6. A formulary of Oxford academical dictamen, comprising forms of documents relating to University business and all transactions in the Chancellor's court such as wills, probates bonds and acquittances, citations, monitions, and proxies. The names and dates, where given, are chiefly during the chancellorships of John de Leech and William de Skelton, who must probably both be placed between 1338 and 1340, although Sir H. Maxwell Lyte (Hist. Univ. Oxf., 1886, p. 170) states that Stratford remained chancellor during this period. One form (f. 49 b) is marked as 'per Fulconem de Lucy'. f. 31 b. The following are remarkable as giving names or dates or otherwise:

(a) Lease by Robert de B- to Hugo de Forencia, canon of S. Martin's, London, of a prebend in T-. Dated 10 Sept. 1335. f. 31 b;-(b) Certificates of banishment from the University of Simon de Saham al. Same [Soham, co. Camb.], monk of Rewley, n.d. ff. 34 b, 44 b;-(c) Acquittance by J. de T., clerk, to Simon de Bredon, John de Hotham, and John Wyliot as keepers of Langton's chest [founded 1336] for the surplus proceeds (excrescencie) of a caution, viz. the New Digest, sold for 20s. by John Poul, stationer, n.d. f. 25;-(d) Letter from Cambridge University to cite an offender now within Oxford jurisdiction, n.d. f. 37 b; -(e) John de Lecch, Chancellor, to Robert [de Stratford], Bishop of Chichester, to proclaim the sentence of excommunication passed by mag. Thomas de Chadderlegh on Joh. de Motbury, rector of Hangliton [co. Suss.], late keeper of Burnel's chest, n.d. f. 38;-

(f) Citation of Joh. de Osmygton, rector of Fouleston [Fugglestone, co. Wilts.], on a bond given for Robert Parsone, stationer, n.d. f. 38;-(g) Absolution by the Prior of S. Frideswyde's, executing a papal provision [of June, 1330], to Joh. de North, excommunicated for not admitting Nigellus de Waure to the prebend of Wellington in Lichfield cathedral, n.d. f. 39 b;-(h) University testimonial to 'Iohannes dictus le Fol, menestrallus', accused of complicity in the sack of Southampton [in 1338]. f. 40 b ;-(i) Form of testimonial issued by Henry Gower, Chancellor [1322-1324, according to Le Neve], and sent to William de Bereford, Chief Justice [of Common Pleas, d. 1326]. f. 41;-(k) Certificate that Walter Botreaux was dispensed by grace from lecturing after his inception in civil law, in the time of Rob. de Stratford, Chancellor, and John de Hothom and W. de T., proctors. f. 41;-(l) Monition to John de Littelmore, Prior of S. Frideswyde's [1337-1349], as 'dominus' of certain schools, viz. the 'solarium' adjacent to Patrikhall in Schools Street, to repair them and admit Helyas Blakency, M.A., as principal, n.d. f. 47;-(m) A number of monitions on disciplinary matters, e.g. against threatened disturbance at the marriage of Adam le Longe de Oxonia to Alicia filia Alani de Etona and abduction of the bride, against carrying arms, trespassing on the forest, trespassing on the fields of Holywell, Oseney, and Kingsmead Hospital, throwing stones at lectures, ringing S. Mary's bells in the middle of the night, rernoving desks and forms, defaming the doctorate, congregating at Godstow on S. John the Baptist's Day, at Osency on All Saints' Day, &c. ff. 47-51 ;-(n) Excommunication of William de Barn[eby], see above, 3 (h). f. 47 b.

7. Additional documents are added on blank leaves of art. 6 in two 15th cent. hands, viz.:

(a) Certificate of loyalty by Robert Rygge, Chancellor, for William Gamwill, a student from Ulster, suspected of being an Irish spy and brought before the King's commission (cf. Cal. Pat. Rolls, 10 Rich. II, p. 22), 2 Feb. 138⁶/₇, and a form for probate business. ff. 42b, 52b;-(b) Letters in the name of William Lancil, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, 23 Aug. 1428, 12 Aug. 1431. ff. 31, 45 b. Some documents relating to the same archdeaconry, dated 1442, occur below at f. 67 b.

8. Statutes and ordinances of the Chancellor and University of Oxford. With a few exceptions, they appear, in a different order, in the 'Libri cancellarii et procuratorum' printed by Anstey, Munimenta Academica (Rolls Ser. 1868), pp. 16-494 passim. Beg. 'Auctoritate domini cancellarii excommunicati sunt'. In the same hand as art. 4. f. 57.

9. Royal charters and other documents relating to the University, viz.:

(a) 'Magna carta de concordia facta que dicitur Starra [plural of Starrum, a Jewish bond] inter vniuersitatem et burgenses Oxonie': the concord made in Parliament, 18 Edw. I [1290, Rot. Parl. p. 33] between the University and city of 0xford. Printed in Mun. Acad., pp. 46-56, and (from an inspeximus) in Ogie's Royal Letters addressed to Oxford, 1892, p. 18. f. 61;-(b) The King to the mayor, &c., of Oxford, not to neglect the assises of bread, wine, and beer, n. d. f. 62 b ;-(c) Edward [I] to the constable of Oxford Castle, to the same effect, quoting an order of 8 May, 1284. 'Istud breue impetratum fuit tempore mag. Ricardi de Cliue tunc cancellarii [1297-1300, according to Le Neve] et magistrorum Ade de Scrinham et Alani de Chidden procuratorum'. f. 63;-(d) The same to [the sheriff?], to hold the above assises, since Almaric de Sancto Amando, who is in temporary occupation of the castle, does not do so. Dat. Woodstock, 18 Mar. [1301], 'tempore cancellarii mag. Iacobi de Cobham et procuratorum magistri Ricardi de Hakeburne'. f. 63;-(e) The same to the sheriff of Oxford, to visit personally all the taverns and test the wine, n.d. f. 63;-

(f) Extract [from the charter of 8 June, 1255, printed in Mun. Acad. App. A] respecting the assises of bread and beer at Oxford. f. 63;-(g) Charter conceding that royal prohibition shall not run in certain classes of suits between clerks in the Chancellor's courts, n.d. f. 63 b;-(h) A few short ordinances of the University, concerning funerals, arrest of clerks by laymen, and violence to laymen by clerks. f. 63b;-(i) Ordinance of 1327 concerning the inferior bedels, printed in Mun. Acad. p. 140. f. 63 b;-(k) 'Carta magna noue confirmacionis ': apparently an abstract of a general inspeximus by Edward [III?], n.d. f. 64.

10. 'De assisa panis': collections in two different hands, viz. :-(a) Assisa panis, in French, nearly corresponding to the Latin of Statutes of the Realm, i, p. 109, followed by a few paragraphs in Latin corresponding to part of the Iudicium pilloriae and Statutum de pistoribus (ib.). f. 65 b;-(b) Statutum de pistoribus (Stat. Realm, i, p. 202), in Latin. Incomplete. f. 66.

11. On the fly-leaf of art. 12 are later insertions, viz.:-

(a) Memorandum of a lease for lives to Leonardus Bedellus, his wife, and daughter, in 1352;-(b) Two presentations for orders of Johannes Ed., from the Prior of Royston [co. Hertf.] and the Prioress of Hevening [co. Linc.], both dated 1453. f. 68 b.

12. Formulary for the diocese of Salisbury in a late 13th century hand. Perhaps the book of John de Burthon, precentor [1278-1287], and official during the two vacancies of the see in 1284 and 1286-7. The latest documents contained are those at the beginning, which are concerned with the election and confirmation [Mar. 1287] of Bishop Henry de Brandeston. A full record of Walter de Scammell's election [1284] with the votes of the canons, is at f. 81 b. On f. 83 is a form of visitation. On f. 87 b is a letter from A[lienora, al. Eleanor, of Provence], Queen of England, mother of Edward I, to Burthon in favour of William de Taunton, who lost his place as schoolmaster at Salisbury in consequence of a rumour that he had received other preferment, n.d. [1278-1287]. In another (f. 88) J-, priest, of Ely, conveys to the chapter a recommendation by the Queen [Eleanor of Castile] of William de Cornella for their bishop, n.d. [1287 ?]. Towards the end are several private letters, 'de amico ad amicum', &c. One of these (f. 87b), beg. 'W. A. salutem', is apparently by Robert de Wickhampton, Bishop of Salisbury, relating to his consecration at Lyons [13 May, 1274]. Another (f. 88 b) is by Giles de la Forde, canon of Salisbury, to Burton as sub-dean [1260-1278], that the writer is unable to go to the University of Orleans, his creditors having detained him in Paris, n.d. The last (f. 88 b) is an anonymous narrative of Edward I's visit to Rome [Feb. 1273]. f. 69.

13. In margins, &c., are added, in hands, except (f) and (g), nearly contemporary with the text of art. 12, the following:-(a) Six verses on prose rhythm, beg. 'Quando trisillaba mediam producere debet'. f. 81;-

(b) Itinerary, Boulogne to Orleans. f. 81;-(c) 'Littera ad licenciandum scolarem ut scolas adire possit'. f. 81 b;-(d) Preamble of a letter from R[obert Bingham], Bishop of Salisbury, to E[la de Longespee] Countess of Salisbury, Abbess [of Lacock] which she had founded; apparently for the impropriation of Shrewton, co. Wilts. (see Monasticon, vi, p. 506), n.d. [1 Jan. 1242]. f. 82 b; -(e) A law student at Orleans to friends in England, inviting them to abandon logic and study law, n.d. f. 82 b;-(f) William Walesby, prebendary of Writhlington and Fordington in Salisbury cathedral, to Gilbert Kymer, the dean [1449-1463], presenting William Noti to a vicarage late held by John Sanger, n.d. f. 84 b ;-(g) Sir Walter Hungerford and others, feoffees of the duchy of Lancaster under the will of Henry V, to William [Alnwick], Bishop of Norwich, presenting John Ponde to the parish church of Sewtrips [Southrepps, co. Norf.] n.d. [1426-1436]. f. 85.

14. Two political poems, viz.:-(a) Verses (26 rhyming hexameters) on Fulk [de Bréauté ?] 'Fulco vir australis, quem gens laicana colebat'. f. 90 b;-(b) Similar verses (24) addressed to one Ralph and referring to Oxford. Beg. 'Fy, Rauf fecunde, qui rebus viuis abunde'. f. 90 b.

15. A list of cardinals, n. d. Compiled after Dec. 1338, but including several who were really dead by that date. f. 90 b.

16. Recipes, &c., viz.:-(a) 'Torches pro cruce vniuersitatis'. f. 91 ;-(b) Agnus dei, six lines attributed to Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254). Variant versions are in the Ordinarium of Jacopo Gaietano printed by Mabillon and Germain, Museum Italicum, Paris, 1689, ii, p. 377, and in Harley MS. 2406, f. 10, Stowe MS. 52, f. 69b, Arundel MSS. 334, f. 5 b, 338, f. 1. Beg. ' Balsamus et munda cera cum crismatis unda'. f. 91;-(c) 'Pro apostematibus', beg. 'Require radices gentiane'. f. 91;-

(d) On the marks of a good wine. In French. Printed in Wright and Halliwell, Reliquiae Antiquae, i, p: 273, cf. Romania, xi, p. 574. Beg. 'Ceo vin crut en croupe de mountaygne'. f. 91.

Vellum; ff. 91. 10¹/₄ in. x 6³/₄ in. XIII (art. 12) and XIV centt. Gatherings (incl. unnumbered leaves), i¹², ii¹⁰, iii¹², iv, v¹⁶, vi¹², vii³, viii¹², ix⁸, x², xi¹. Sec. fol. 'in capitulo'. Cat. of 1661 (Roy. App. 86), f. 28 b; not in cat. of 1666 or CMA.