Add MS 4822

Historical collections (formerly part of Clarendon MS. Vol. 35). Artt. 1 and 2 of the original MS. (ff. 1-97 in the old foliation) are missing (see E. Gibson, Catalogus Librorum MSS. in Bibliotheca Tenisoniana, 1693, p. 9). Viz.:-

(1) Copies in Ware's autograph. (a) Preface of William of Malmesbury to his Abbreviatio Amalarii. Printed in Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxix, col. 1771. f. 1;- (b) Anonymous preface to an abbreviation of the 'de Topographia et Debellatione [sic] Hiberniae'of Giraldus Cambrensis. ff. 1 b-2b;- (c) Extracts from the Liber de Mensura of Dicuil. The work was printed, ed. G. Parthey, Berlin, 1870. ff. 3-5b;- (d) Extracts from the De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae of William of Malmesbury, taken from Cotton MS. Vespasian D. xxii. ff. 7-18.

(2) Tract in an early 16th cent. hand, ostensibly a single work (the leaves bear the running numbers 116-139 in a 17th cent. foliation) but in fact consisting of two separate imperfect works as follows:-(a) 'Coniunccio Arthuri et Veneris' by Richard Maryng, brother at the house of Bonhommes at Edington, co. Wilts, being a treatise on the astrological portents for the proposed marriage between Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon and the genealogical connections of the couple; circ. 1501. ff. 19-24b, 34-42b;-(b) Chapters 7-11 and part of chapter 12 of a polemical treatise on demons, heresy, witchcraft and simony. Latin. ff. 25-33b.

(2) Fragment of annals of Dublin; 1553-1555. Vellum. On the verso of ff. 43 and 44 are lists of names principally of 16th cent. mayors of Dublin. ff. 43-45.

(4) Fragment of the Laws of Edward the Confessor; circ. 1400. Latin. The Laws were printed from Cotton MS. Titus A. xxvii and Harley MS. 746 in Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Record Commission, 1831, pp. 190-200. f. 46.

(5) Historical notes relating to Ireland made by Sir James Ware and his amanuensis from MSS. in the Cotton Library and elsewhere. ff. 47-52b.

Sir James Ware, d 1666 the younger; historian: Historical collections of: 5th-17th centt.: Partly autogr.

includes:

• f. 1 William, of Malmesbury: Preface to his 'Abbreviatio Amalarii': 17th cent.
• ff. 1b-18, 43-45, 47-52b Ireland: Collections of Sir J. Ware rel. to: 5th-17th centt.
• ff. 1b-2b Giraldus Cambrensis: Preface to an abbreviation of his 'De Topographia et Debellatione Hiberniae': 17th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 3-5b Dicuil, Irish geographer; fl. 825: Extracts from his 'Liber de Mensura': 17th cent.
• ff. 7-18 William, of Malmesbury: Extracts from his 'De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae': 17th cent.
• ff. 19-24b, 34, 35-42b Arthur, Princes of Wales: Treatise rel. to his marriage with Princess Catherine of Aragon: circ. 1501.: Lat.: Imperf.
• ff. 19-24b, 34, 35-42b Richard Maryng, Bonhomme, of Edington: 'Coniunccio Arthuri et Veneris': circ. 1501.: Imperf.
• ff. 19-24b, 34, 35-42b Catherine, Princess; of Aragon; afterwards Queen Consort of Henry VIII: Treatise rel. to her marriage with Prince Arthur: circ. 1501.: Lat.: Imperf.
• ff.19-24b, 34, 35-42b Henry VII of England: Treatise by R. Maryng relating to the marriage of Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine of Aragon: circ. 1501.: Lat.: Imperf.
• ff. 25-33b Witchcraft: Treatise on: early 16th cent.: Lat.: Imperf.
• ff. 25-33b Theology: Treatise on heresy, simony, etc.: early 16th cent.: Lat.: Imperf.
• ff. 43-45 County of Dublin: Chronicle of: 1553-1555.: Fragm.
• f. 46 Law OF ENGLAND: Laws of Edward the Confessor: circ. 1400.: Lat.: Fragm.