The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark O.10.25
Manuscript Title

John Leland, Extracts from Collectanea etc

Alternative Title

Leland etc

James Number 1477
Century 17th
Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738.Marked F. 16. No. 276.

Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Folio cir. 300 ff.
Material Paper

Contents

f.1 1. Ex quibusdam Collectionibus Joh. Lelandi penes Henr. St George Eq. Aur. Regem Armorum cognom; Norroy Ao. 1677
f.27 2. Extracts from Sir Thomas Herbert's Letter to Dugdale concerning Charles I. (dated 1679)
f.29 3. Excerpta ex libro Jo. Rous (Vesp. A. 12) Ao. 1681
The rest of the volume is almost entirely composed of extracts from Leland's Collectanea and Itinerary, with a list of the books found by him in Monastic Libraries, extracts from Peter Langtoft and an Index of the authors in Leland's Collectanea.