The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

f.iii 1. Table of contents in the original hand
f.iv 2. Visio S. Thomae Cantuar. (xv early) concerning the ampulla
Quando ego Thomas Cantuar. Archiep. exul.
-inclusa in quodam vase plumbeo.
f.ivb 3. Receipts and charms (xv early)
Ad restringendum sanguinem
Crist þ ^t was born in bedlem and baptyized in flm Iordan etc.
The other charms are
contra morinam bestiarum
Coniuro te ordium etc.
Ad restringendum sanguinem.
1. Tres boni fratres.
2. Longeus miles.
ff.v, vi blank. One has a seal of a shield, a chevron between three hunting horns.

I.

1. f.1 Prouisiones de Merton
2. f.2 Stat. de Marlebergh
3. f.5b " Westm. I., in French
4. f.13b " Gloucestr., in French
With Explanaciones in Latin.
5. f.16 Stat. de Westm. II.
6. f.30 " Wynton., in French
7. f.31b " Scaccario, in French
8. f.33 Districciones Scaccarii, in French
9. f.33b Stat. de quo Waranto, in French
10. f.34b " de Mercatoribus "
11. f.35b " Quia Fines (Latin)
12. f.36b " Quia Emptores
13. f.37 " de Berewik, French
14. f.37 Modus faciendi homagium, French
15. f.37b Stat. de Wardis et Releuiis, French
16. f.38 " de uisu Franci plegii, French
17. f.38b De ponderibus et mensuris, Lat.
18. f.38b De Homagio minoris
19. f.39 Assisa panis et cereuisii
20. f.39b Pena pistoris et braciatoris
21. f.40 Composicio monete et mensurarum
22. f.40 Lana
23. f.40b Dies communes in Banco et in dote
24. f.41 Articuli Itinerum tam noui quam ueteres in Itinere Kancie per H. de Staunton liberatar'
25. f.46b Les usages de Kent, French
26. f.48 Stat. de Religiosis
27. f.48 Noui articuli, French
28. f.51b Circumspecte agatis
29. f.52 Stat. de accione vasti
30. f.52b " de presentibus vocatis ad Warant'
31. f.52b " de Champert' (erased)
32. f.53 " de Admissis ante Iudicium
33. f.53b " de Bigamis
34. f.54 " de Eboraco, French
35. f.56 Ces sount les ordinaunces faites a loundres lan du Regne le Roy Edward fuiz le Roy Edward quinxt
In French.
f.67b Forma prime eleccionis vi ordinatorum
f.68 Forma iuramenti ordinatorum
f.68 Litterae prelatorum (1309)
36. f.69 Carta mariscorum de Romene
f.69 Lastum mariscorum de Romene (1287)
f.69b Ordinacio H. de Bathon. de Wall. et Watergeng marisci de Romene
f.71 Breve quod vicecomes Kancie non intromittat se de districcionibus faciend. in marisco de Romene
f.72 blank.

II.

1. f.73 Composicio inter D. Archiep. et Conuentum ecclesie Christi Cantuar.
43 Hen. III., 1259.
2. f.77 Carta Bonifacii Archiep. de ten. placitum de vetito namio
3. f.77 Declaracio unius articuli obscuri in composicione
4. f.77b Composicio inter nos et Augustinenses 1287, 3 Id. Dec.
5. f.79b Magna Carta R. H. de libertatibus Anglie
6. f.82b Carta de Foresta
7. f.83b Sentencia excommunicacionis in transgressores predict. cartarum
f.84 Confirmacio Innocentii IV.
8. f.84b Carta R. Ed. secundi de amerc' et catall' dampnatorum et fugitiu' hominum
9. f.85 Carta b. Thome martiris
f.86 Confirmacio Gregorii IX.
10. f.86b Cartae de Warenna
1. Henr. Reg. Angl. IIII^ti.
2. Edw. fil. Reg. Edw.
11. f.87b Inquisicio facta de Warenna de Lydene et Estria
12. f.88 Libertates Prioris Eccl. Chr. Cant.
Reygate, rotulo L. vj^o.
13. f.89 De libertat. Prioris Eccl. Chr. Cant. in itinere J. de Berewik r^o. ix^o a^o R. Ed. xxi^o
14. f.90 De libertat. Prioris Eccl. Chr. Cant. in itin. Herueri de Saunton (sic)
15. f.91 De manerio tradenda seruient' ad custodiend'
16. f.91b In a hand of cent. xiv-xv
Explanation of terms
Sok, Sak, Tol, etc.
f.92b Forms of Obligacio
17. In a similar hand to the last:
f.93 Donaciones et acquisiciones maneriorum...eccl. Chr. Cant.
From Ethelbert to Abp Arundell (1400).
ff.97b, 98 blank.
18. In the original hand:
f.99 Ceste ditee fist sire Wauter de Henley etc.
The 'Hosebondrie' of Walter de Henley. See the edition by Dr W. Cunningham.
19. f.104 Omnia hundreda in Com. Kanc.
In last' de Sutton.
20. f.105 Counties and dioceses of England
21. f.106 Maneria prioris et conuentus eccl. Chr. Cant. in diuersis comitatibus
22. f.107 Ordinaciones qualiter custodes debent facere execucionem in proximo torno suo post pascha
f.108 Articuli interrogatorii super compotum immediate post capm de herbagio
f.108 Articuli infrascripti diligenter examinentur super compotum prepositorum
23. f.109 Quantum Archiepⁱ. Cant. in archiepatum uixerunt
The last name in the original hand is Walter (after Rob. Wynchelse). A second hand continues to Simon Sudbury. A third adds Walter Courtenay and T. Arundell.
24. De Regibus Anglorum ubi uel a quibus Regalem susceperunt unctionem uel ubi tumulati sunt
Arthur is the first, then Alfred.
Edw. III. is the last in the original hand. A second hand continues to the coronation of Hen. IV.
25. f.111 De fundatoribus ecclesiarum per angliam etc.
Eccl. S. Trinitatis apud Cant. a Romanis fundata est sed ab Augustino consecrata est.
Ends: Eccl. S. Petri Gloucestr. ab Alredo Wygorniensi Episcopo.
f.112 26. Taxaciones honorum spiritualium in dyoc. Cant. una cum inc'tis Archid. Cant.
26. f.115 Taxacio bonorum Ecclesiasticorum in Dioc. Cant.
(Of monastic bodies.)
Taxacio temporalium et spiritual. totius Prioratus Eccl.
Chr. Cant. facta per dominos J. Wynton. et O. Lincoln.
f.115b Episcopos auctoritate D. Nicholai pape IIII^ti (1292)
f.118b Taxacio xv^a omnium mobilium Prioratus facta in festo S. Michaelis (a.d. 1289)
27. In a hand of cent. xv.
f.119b De quodam prisone capto pro homicidio facto infra Bertonam Prioris et conuentus Eccl. Chr. Cant. et per Balliuos Cant. vi. et armis abducto
In 1302. John de Northampton dictus le Charter killed John Short.
f.120 De quodam prisone capto pro homicid. facto infra Curiam Eccl. Chr. Cant.
In 1304 Adam dictus le Corur killed Alexander de Westwell.
28. In another hand, rather earlier.
f.121 Nomina religiosorum in prouincia Cantuar.
A list of monasteries divided according to dioceses.
The total number is 379.
f.124 blank.
29. In the original hand.
f.125 Feoda comit. Glouc. et heredum suorum in intronizacione Archiep. uel electi in Archiep. Cant.
f.125b Iura Eccl. Chr. Cant. debita post mortem suffraganeorum suorum
f.125b Feodum illius qui intronizare debet singulos episcopos Cantuar. prouincie tam sede uacante quam plena
30. f.126 Formulae for Patents, etc.
f.127b blank.
31. In a later hand.
f.128 Inc. liber de proprietatibus lapidum. Vitrubius de Architectura
Lapidicine quedam molles quedam dure.
Authorities are cited throughout, mostly: Isidore, Aristotle, Zeno, Pliny, Solinus, Arnoldus.
Ends f.133b (De Yri):
et si ad incendium ignis tenetur flamma eius extinguitur.

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Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)

Mooney, L. R., The Index of Middle English Prose Handlist 11: Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1995), pp. 139 and 162