Office copies, Written about 1630-1650 by clerks at the Tower of London
MS. Dodsworth 114, 226 leaves: Office copies, arranged chronologically, of chancery enrolments, inquisitions, hundred rolls, and a few other documents, most of which are specified in Hunter's Three Catalogues, artt. 1-40. The documents not calendared in Record Office publications include, a charter concerning the liberties of the honours of Berkhampstead and Wallingford (fol. 39).
The documents end with the words 'convenit cum recordo' followed by an official signature, as that of 'Willelmus Colet, deputatus Johannis Borough militis' (fols. 3, 20b, 32, 55, 81, 215). Other signatures are those of Simon Lesquyer (fol. 15), Thomas Fauconberge (fol. 89), and William Ryley (fol. 171). A number of the copies are in the hand of William Collett, for example, fol. 182.
MS. Dodsworth 115, 255 leaves: Office copies, arranged chronologically, of chancery enrolments, inquisitions, hundred rolls, and a few other documents, most of which are specified in Hunter's Three Catalogues, artt. 1-40. The documents not calendared in Record Office publications include:
- A writ respecting the chapel of Haliwell, co. Warwick, 14 Ed. ii (fol. 53)
- An inquisition relating to a tenement late of Henry Tyeys, in Southampton, 18 Ed. ii (fol. 56)
- Claims of liberties by the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury, and by Otho de Grandison, in the eyre of Kent, 7 Ed. iii (fol. 110)
- A copy of part of the parliament roll of 9 Ed. iii (fol. 139)
The documents end with the words 'convenit cum recordo' followed by an official signature, as that of 'Willelmus Colet, deputatus Johannis Borough militis'. Other signatures are those of Simon Lesquyer (fol. 15), Thomas Fauconberge (fol. 89), William Ryley (fol. 171), and Philip Ryley (fol. 72). A number of the copies are in the hand of William Collett.
Dates
- Creation: Written about 1630-1650 by clerks at the Tower of London
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MSS. Dodsworth 114, 115
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, nos. 5055-5056
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
14 × 10 1/2 in.
Repository Details
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