Collections relating to the county of York, by Nicholas Wanton, bulk: early 17th century

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MS. Rawl. B. 450

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On the first fly-leaf (which, under the words "Nicholaus Wanton me jure possidet," bears a coat of arms, arg. a chevron sable) there is a note upon the number of bishoprics, benefices and religious houses in England, which then proceeds thus: "Notwithstanding there was a booke brought into Paules Churchyard in written hand to be bound up, the collection whereof, as it was there reported, stood the partie in foure hundred pounds; in which booke (of a huge volume in a small hand) there were set downe all the religious houses that ever haue bene in this realme, what land was given unto them, where it yet lyeth, who gave it, how long since, upon what condicion and proviso, when, by whom, how much, and wherein altered, diminished, or increased, and in whose possession it is at this present."

Dates

Majority of material found within early 17th century

Extent

390 Leaves

Language of Materials

English
Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 450

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 450.

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. 11799.

Bibliography

It appears from Drake's History of York , that the compiler of this MS. lies buried in York Minster, the epitaph on Nicholas Wanton who died 2 Mar 1617 being there given at p. 508, from a monument erected by John Layer.