"The life and death of Sir Thomas More, some tyme Lord Chancellor of England;" by N. H. L.D. [i.e. Nicholas Harpsfield, Doctor of Laws] written during the reign of Q. Mary, and dedicated to Thomas Roper, More’s son-in-law, 17th century
Transcribed from a MS. in which some words in the dedication were wanting or illegible, and possibly also the first leaf.
Life beg. "This excellent and peerelesse man whose life we have to indite."
End. "— the vnitie of the Church that we had before abandonned, in the which God of his great mercye longe preserue the Realme. Amen".
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
94 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 86
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. D. 86.
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. 12904.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
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