Volume in several 17th-cent. hands
Volume in several 17th-cent. hands containing:
- (fols. 1, 19v-21) copies by William Crispe of verses and aphorisms, 1612
- (fols. 1-19, 21v-9) 'Matters of combat, 1609', including parts of books I and II of 'Questions of honor and armes' for which there is (fols. 2v-6) a detailed table of contents of nine books, copied by two hands before 1612
- (fols. 30-246) 'A discourse of the antiquitye, and offyce of the Lord Steward, Constable, and Earle Marshall of England', a collection of transcripts and papers, some of which were read by Sir Robert Cotton and William Camden before the Society of Antiquaries, and are included in Thomas Hearne, A collection of curious discourses (Oxford, 1720), copied by two scribes working in turns
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
259 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 139, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. c. 139
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11175
Abstract
Volume
Biographical / Historical
Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), first baronet, was an English antiquary and politician. William Camden (1551-1623) was an English historian and herald. Thomas Hearne (bap. 1678-d. 1735) was an English antiquary and diarist.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Some owned by William Crispe, 1612 (signature, fol. 1); a-c foliated in a single series, and, with 37 leaves now missing before fol. 1, called 'M.S.S. Lib:/33', 17th cent.; later marked 'B 89/438', '7 J 2' and 'Her. 10' inside upper cover.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, P. J. and A. E. Dobell, cat. 80 (1928), 719.
Physical Facet
Calf, rebacked
- Title
- Volume
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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