Collection of Latin and English pieces, Written in the first half of the 18th century

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MS. Willis 5

Held at the Weston Library

Fol. 1. A copy of a large part of a Cartulary of Missenden abbey (containing 125 leaves, once owned by sir Edw. Coke and Peter Le Neve, who lent it to Browne Willis), made by W. Slyford
Fol. 86. A copy of the survey of the Chantries and Chapels in Buckinghamshire, A.D. 1545
Fol. 98. An account of Hillesden parish, co. Bucks.
Fol. 105. A list of the priors of St. Frideswide's in Oxford
Fol. 106b. A list of the contents of Leland's Collectanea
Fol. 115. An account of the bishops and deans of Hereford, by W. Slyford
Fol. 128. 'Memoirs of the Cathedral Church of St. David's and the edifices belonging to it as they stood in ... 1715', corrected by Browne Willis
Fol. 134. 'A copy of mr. Cochran's account of Cornwall ...', followed by some notes about the parliamentary boroughs of that county, see also fol. 181v

Some miscellaneous papers follow, including:

Fol. 174. a copy of a petition in English from Winchester, Feb. 1451/2
Fol. 177. a copy of the Latin charter of incorporation of Much Wenlock, 29 Nov. 1468
Fol. 179v. of some Barnstaple documents from the Escheat rolls

188 Leaves

MS. Willis 5

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. 16298

Mark by which the Collection was referred to until about A.D. 1870: fol. 5

On paper

13 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.

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