The common-place book of [Robert] Reynys of Acle co. Norfolk, c. 1500
The common-place book of [Robert] Reynys of Acle co. Norfolk, containing, among other things:
- (fol. 1) Statuta de assisa panis et cerevisiæ;
- (fol. 8, passim.) Various notices relative to Acle and to the Reynys family;
- (fol. 11b) Rules for blood-letting;
- (fol. 14b) Charms for the cure of fever, falling sickness, etc.;
- (fol. 18) Four lines beginning, "There beth iii thyngs that be moche of prys";
- (fol. 18 b) A poem of fifty lines. Begins, "There ben iii poyntis of myscheff that arn confusion to many man / Weche that werkyn the soule gret gryff, I schall hem telle you as I can";
- (fol. 20) A short poem on the genealogy of Christ. Begins, "In the olde lawe in that lyff, a man hyght ysakar / Nasabath was his wyff, namyd so Ʒar";
- (fol. 21) The history of the Virgin Mary, in verse. Begins, "Souereynys and serys Ʒyf it be Ʒour wylle / To here and to lore of thyng that is good";
- (fol. 29 b) A poem on the miracles of the Virgin. Begins, "Serys a merakyl or to I schal Ʒou telle / That for our ladyis loue somtyme be felle";
- (fol. 32) Stanzas on king Arthur, Charlemagne and other worthies;
- (fol. 34) Dispositions of persons born under the several signs of the zodiac;
- (fol. 35) The ten commandments; the seven deadly sins; the seven works of mercy; the seven cardinal virtues; the seven sacraments;
- (fol. 35b) Four lines beginning, "Whan the hed quakyth, memento; whan the lyppys blakyth, confessio";
- (fol. 35b) Four lines beginning, "For loue of God and drede of peyne";
- (fol. 36) Charm for preservation from all danger and from sudden death;
- (fol. 36b) Five lines beginning, "Drede god and alle thyng schal drede Ʒow";
- (fol. 36b) Eight lines beginning, "He that hath thougthe / Ful in wardly and ofte";
- (fol. 37) Geographical and statistical notes relative to England, etc.;
- (fol. 38b) Eight lines beginning, "O Jhū mercy what world is thys";
- (fol. 42) Story of a "woman solatarie and recluse coueytinge to knowe the nombre of the woundes of oure lord Jhū crist";
- (fol. 43b) A poem on delight. Begins, "Lo here is a ladde lyght / Al fresch I Ʒou plyght";
- (fol. 44b) Epilogue to a miracle play. Begins, "Now wursheppful soueryns that syttyn here in syth / Lordys and ladyes and frankelens in fay";
- (fol. 45) A poem on the fifteen days of the last judgment; [imperfect; begins with the eleventh day.] Ends, "Whan body and soule schal parte a too / Crist us graunt that it be soo. Amen. / Expliciunt quinquedecim signa";
- (fol. 48b) Verses on a rosary left in church for the use of those who have none. Begins, "Man in the chirche not idyll thow stande, / But take thy bedys in thy hande";
- (fol. 51b) Chronological table of remarkable events;
- (fol. 52) List of battles fought in England, with the names of the chief persons slain;
- (fol. 53) Prognostications of weather from the dominical letter, as also from thunder in various months;
- (fol. 54b) Sums assessed upon the cities and counties of England for the support of archers in the year 1473;
- (fols. 57b, 64) Ecclesiæ parochiales in civitate Romana, et tabula episcoporum sub Romano pontifice "qui non sunt in alterius provincia constituti";
- (fol. 60) Weights and measures by the discretion and ordinance of the lords spiritual and temporal in the year 1475.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1500
Extent
64 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Tanner 407
Other Finding Aids
Alfred Hackman, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars quarta codices viri admodum reverendi Thomae Tanneri, STP, episcopi Asaphensis, complectens (Oxford, 1860; reprinted with corrections, 1966), no. 407.
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. III, no. 10234.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Creator
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Allin | Sir | Thomas | 1612-1685 | Knight | Admiral (Person)
- From the Collection: Lenthall | Sir | William | 1591-1662 | Knight | Speaker of the House of Commons, Master of the Rolls (Person)
Repository Details
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