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CHRONICA

List of contents xvii. 1. Brute Chronicle of England. There is a pretty border in gold red and blue of a simple kind. Adam et eua in agro damasceno formati virgines Ends in 1367 with: Nomina dominorum et comitum captiuorum in belle (!) de Nasers in Ispania. Dominus sencho frater regis Ispanie - exceptis Jenetoriis Panisoriis et seruientibus sine numero. 57-59 blank. 2. Vitae Pontificum Romanorum (Bernardus Guido: see Delisle in Notices et Extraits xxvii, 1879, § 74) . . . . . f. 60 Ihesus Cristus filius dei primus summus pontifex cristianorum assistens Ends with Urban VI: Urbanus XI (sic) de vascon. s. marie noue diaconus ... Cuius in crastino electionis dicta electio fuerat solempniter per Cardinales publicata. Et (unfinished). 3. Vitae Imperatorum (Bernardus Guido: see Delisle l.c. § 78) . . . . . 113 Julius Cesar qui et Gayus Ends with Carolus IV: Et sic in deuocione fidei existens diem suum clausit extremum. 128 blank. 4. Vitae Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium. Printed as Stephani Birchingtoni Hist. de Vitis Archiepp. Cant. by Wharton, A.S. i. 1-48 (and see p. xix) from this MS . . . . . 129 Sanctus Augustinus nacione Romanus monachus Ends with Will de wyncleseye (marg. Wyttleseye) 1368: ad- missus fuerat ut est moris fidelitatis per ipsum prestito solito iuramento. Et (unfinished). A late list of Archbishops from Sudbury to Bourchier is on the page with other scribbles. 150b, 151 blank. 5. Verses on the kings of England. Alfredus Rex Anglorum pri- musque monarcha . . . . . 152 to: Henricus IIII(us) fratris post fata Johannis Anglorum regnum presentibus optinet annis. List of kings with length of reign: Eldredus to Ric. II(us) (length of reign blank). 6. Liber Prouincialis . . . . . 153 In ciuitate Romana sunt quinque ecclesie It contains the sees created by John XXII and Clement V and ends with: list of Episcopatus Equiuoci: tributes due to the see: list of Emperors and Kings. 7. Inc. Cosmagraphia sec. Rogerum monachum Cestr' ( = Poly- chronicon Lib. I) . . . . . 158 In presenti opusculo quod Cosmagraphia dicitur more diuisi generis. Julius Cesar diuinis humanisque rebus singulariter instructus Ends: variacione vestrum designatur (Rolls II, 174). Then follows an extract from Decret. lib. VI: Bonifacius III(us) regi Anglorum. Si gens anglorum sicut per istas prouincias de- uulgatum est - euenire permisit et seuire. Then: Gallicus inproperat Anglico Anglicus Angelus (?) est cui nunquam credere fas est Si tibi dicat aue velud ab hoste caue Anglicus a tergo caudam gerit. est pecus ergo Anglicus respondet (blank). 186b blank. 8. Cathalogus sanctorum in anglia pausancium et oriundorum quorum deposicionum dies consequenter annotantur . . . . . 187 The tract is referred to by Liebermann, Die Heiligen Englands, xviii, xix note. De S. Edwardo Rege et conf. IIJ. kal. Januar. In Anglia in com. middlesex' ad cenobium Westm. vocatum extra london. The saints mentioned seem worth recording. After Edward Conf. follow: Jan. Saebritus (Sebert) Adrian abb. Wlsin (Sherborne) Berthwald Abp Fursey Wlstan Cadoc Egwin Heart of S. William de bloys at Great Malvern Eadburga (Pershore) Feb. Werburga Laurence Abp Cuthman Eormenilda Erkengoda Athelbert (Kent) Milburga Oswald Abp Mar. Cedda Piran Felix (Ramsey) Patrick Widburga (Ely) Edward K. M. Cuthbert Hildelita Ap. Richard of Chichester Gudlac Elphege Anselm William (of Perth) Mellitus Wilfrid Remigius (Lincoln) May. John of Beverley Fremand Robert Abp Dunstan Athelbrithtus (Ethelbert KM) Godric Ealdelm Pandona VM Eltesle (Eltisley Cambs.) Augustine Bede William of York Lanfranc Odo Abp June. Wistan Petroc Ithamar Edburga (Winchester) Nectan Erkenwald Botulph and Adulph Alban Etheldreda Rumon July. Swithin Modewenna Sexburga Ethelburga Wythburga Grimbald Mildreda Miltrudis Deusdedit Kenelm Wlfad and Rufinus Neot (Nothus) Aug. Satiuola Ethelwold Willebold* Wynebold* Waldeburga* Oswald K M Elena Oswin Patrick (Glastonbury) Aebba Hilda Eanswida Aidan Cutburga Sept. Wlfild Eagitha (Edith) Theodore Honorius Oct. Osith Paulinus Nothelm Aetheldred* Aethelbert* Ffrideswide Bega Alkmund* Wlganus* Rumwold Nov. Wenefrida Winnoc et fratres Wilebrord Edburga (Kent) Edmund Abp Hugo Edmund KM Dec. Birinus Thomas Cant. Egwin De Sanctis in eccl. S. Aug. Cant. pausantibus . . . . . 193b Begins with Mellitus: ends with S. Brinstanus archidiac. S. Editha de eaduueyde et alii quamplures quorum nomina ignorantur. De SS. Anglie de quibus non facio hic mencionem quia nesciui quo die anni a seculo decesserunt ubi et in quibus Comita[n]tibus Angl. requiescunt hic agitur mencio. Item de SS. requiescentibus in eccl. Christi Cant. . . . . . 194 (Thomas ... Blasius) Notices: Dompneua Thomas of Dover 1335. Aebba and Becta (Chertsey) SS. at Winchester Cathedral SS. at Lahide (Hyde) Berkshire and Winchester Merewenna (Romsey) Hand of S. James at Reading Holy Lance at Caversham 'S. Vinc' martir' at Abingdon 'Cachita' and Ywig (Winton.) S. John 'sapiens' (Malmesbury) Athelstan ibid. Melorius (Amesbury) Aelgiva Abbess Cuthfleda V (Leominster) Joseph of Arimathea SS. at Glastonbury William de la Marche (Wells) Congar (Devon and Cornwall) Walter (Cowick), Rumon, Decuman, Nectan Botulf and Adulf SS. at Thorney: Hyma, Herefryth, Cissa, Eormine, Benedict, Toua, Tancred, Tortred, Enice. 9. Vita S. modewenne III non. Julii . . . . . 194b Beata Modowenna deo dilecta filia fuit regis hibernie - ubi non nulla creberius euenerunt miracula ad laudem ... per infin. seculorum secula. 196b blank. Not identical with any Life or abridgment mentioned by the Bollandists. 10. The controversy between Canterbury and York (Wharton, A.S. I. 65 from this MS) . . . . . 197 Paulinus vir deo dilectus primus Norhamhimbrorum archiep. Following sections: De Scotis. De Thoma Ebor. Archiep. De Girardo. De Thoma. De Thurstano electo Ebor. Bulla pape (Paschalis) etc., ending with: Confirmacio Composicionis per Innocencium (VI). In sup- preme dignitatis solio - Dat. Auinion. V(te) Kal. Marc. Pont. noster anno tercio. 202b blank. 11. De Scotis et eorum Origine . . . . . 203 Post natiuitatem d. n. I. C. erat quidam Rex Britanie maioris Westmerus tercius Ends with negotiations for the ransom of King David in 1368: cum superbia ad scociam redierunt. 206b blank. 12. Ymago mundi (clxxii. 115) . . . . . 207 Ad instruccionem multorum quibus deest librorum copia - com- mendat tradicio. De mundo. Mundus dicitur quasi undique motus A leaf cut out after 207 and another (the last) after 217: the edge (numbered 218) is left. The relics of the last two lines are: postpo/ te saga/ The verso blank. 13. Inc. tract. de Guillelmo Comite Normannorum et Conquestore Anglie et eius progenitoribus et quo hereditario iure Angli- cam sibi armis adquisiuit . . . . . 219 Pater huius Willelmi fuit Robertus dux Normannorum vir omni probitate perspicuus erga pauperes largus atque pius. Half of this leaf, an edge of 220 and the whole of the next, are cut away. Ends on Henry I: longam ergo vitam omnip. dominus ei tribuit. qua tandem finita ad eternam felicitatem transeat ubi cum sanctis omnibus in eternum gaudeat. Amen. Mentioned by Hardy, Materials II, no. 71. On the verso are three Epitaphs on William I, in verse, printed in Hearne's notes to William of Newburgh, pp. 685-6 (Hardy, Materials II, 65-67). a) Clauderis hic modico. b) Qui rexit rigidos. c) O mors cui parces. Ending: Det tibi sancta deus dent tibi sancta deum. Expl. On the flyleaves are various scribbles: some rhyming verses beginning: regnat tunc famelicus fames in cauerna Dauid canens dapibus merumque (?) pincerna etc. Rychard Kyngsmyll is a honest man etc. Robart guysby is a honest man havyng wytnes of Mr John Serell master Peter Tychborne and many other in the parysch of Alta clera (Highclere). Another scribble is dated 1455. FindingAids Catalogue description based on M. R. James, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Lambeth Palace: The Mediaeval Manuscripts' (Cambridge, 1932) PhysicalDescription Vellum, 12 3/4 x 8 1/4, double columns of 45 lines in at least two good, rather current hands. Calf binding. Collation: a(2) 1(12)-5(12) (wants 12) | 6(12)-11(12) 12(10) 13(10) | 14(12)-15(12) 16(10) 17(12) (wants 12) 18(10) | 19(12) (12 a fragment) | 20(8) (1, 2 mutilated, 3 gone). CustodialHistory On i a are scribbles (xvi): Wyllyam dene of newbery in bershere... John Chandler of the. On ii a another illegible inscription. On ii b the initials R (or K) E. Former Cambridge shelfmark: E. [delta]. 4 (see published catalogue by M. R. James and Concordance IV in N. R. Ker, 'Archbishop Sancroft's Rearrangement of the Manuscripts of Lambeth Palace', in E. G. W. Bill, 'A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library MSS. 1222-1860', Oxford, 1972). Later shelfmark: fol. 223

15th century

Chronicle

Humanistic

Vellum

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