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REGISTER OF WRITS AND FORMULARY 28 JANUARY 13 RICHARD II [1390] TO 28 APRIL 8 HENRY IV [1407]. In Latin. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM.
[London: first quarter of the 15th century]
2 volumes in one, 263 x 180mm. 231 leaves, COMPLETE, collation: 1-28 = Register (f-8 blank); 3-218 = first volume; 22-288 = second volume (28/7 cancelled, 8 blank); 298 = second register. (Sidenotes often cropped). Later 15th-century blindstamped calf over wooden boards (upper cover very rubbed; clasps present, catches lacking).
With a later continuation in a different hand on two leaves (f.219-20) for 1 Mary and 1 Philip and Mary [1553 to 1555]. The first Register is also in a different later hand.
PROVENANCE:
15th-century ownership inscription at the end of each volume: I. Iste Registrum Cancellarie Anglie constat Nicolas Fowle. II. Iste registrum iudiciale constat Nicolas Fowle pret.10 sh. Early 17th-century ownership inscription 'Thomas Thomson me possidet' who notes at the end of the first volume that he paid 20 sh. Sir Thomas Phillipps Ms 10349 (purchased from Baynes & Co. from the library of Dr. Adam Clarke).
[London: first quarter of the 15th century]
2 volumes in one, 263 x 180mm. 231 leaves, COMPLETE, collation: 1-28 = Register (f-8 blank); 3-218 = first volume; 22-288 = second volume (28/7 cancelled, 8 blank); 298 = second register. (Sidenotes often cropped). Later 15th-century blindstamped calf over wooden boards (upper cover very rubbed; clasps present, catches lacking).
With a later continuation in a different hand on two leaves (f.219-20) for 1 Mary and 1 Philip and Mary [1553 to 1555]. The first Register is also in a different later hand.
PROVENANCE:
15th-century ownership inscription at the end of each volume: I. Iste Registrum Cancellarie Anglie constat Nicolas Fowle. II. Iste registrum iudiciale constat Nicolas Fowle pret.10 sh. Early 17th-century ownership inscription 'Thomas Thomson me possidet' who notes at the end of the first volume that he paid 20 sh. Sir Thomas Phillipps Ms 10349 (purchased from Baynes & Co. from the library of Dr. Adam Clarke).