Two works compiled and written by Sir Henry Spelman

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MS. e Mus. 89

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Two works compiled and written by sir Henry Spelman:

Fol. 1. 'Codex legum veterum et statutorum regni Angliae quae ab ingressu Gul. I usque ad Hen. III edita fuerunt opere et studio Henrici Spelman militis collecta. A.D. 1627. Imprimatur John Bramston July 6th 1640'
Notes in another hand on fol. 1 say 'Never yet printed. Dr Gibson should have put it in Sir H.'s Remains. Since published by Wilkins at the end of Leg. Anglo-Sax. fol. London. 1721'
The text beg. 'Gulielmus primus quem alii comitem alii ducem vocant' (fol. 5)
Fol. 424. 'De Icenis. This I found in Mr Crabbe's study'

The leaves of this MS. have been wrongly bound up, as appears by reference to the printed edition in Reliquiae Spelmannianae (Oxford, 1698), pp. 133-62, but it contains some pages and memoranda not in the 1698 edition. For the date Sept. 15, 1630, see fol. 443.

Dates

Creation: Written about 1627-1630 in England by Henry Spelman

Extent

518 Leaves

Language of Materials

Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. e Mus. 89, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. e Mus. 89

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18257

Additional Description

Abstract

Two works compiled and written by Sir Henry Spelman

Biographical / Historical

Henry Spelman (1564-1641) was a historian and antiquary.

Other Finding Aids

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. II, no. 3682

Custodial History

Manuscript acquired by the Bodleian Library (216)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired by the Library in 1673, as no. 3693, MS. e Mus. 79, MS. e Mus. 107, MS. e Mus. 75, for in the Schools Account for that year is the entry 'Item to Mr. Spelman for several MSS. £90 0 0'.