George Cavendish — c. 1578–1580; English
MS. Douce 363
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
George Cavendish — c. 1578–1580; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 363
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1578–1580
Language
English
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
i + 141leaves
Hands
Written and partly drawn (?) by Stephen Batman (d. 1584) who signs 'S.B.' with the dates 1578, fol. 93, and 1580, fol. 140.
Decoration
Good miniatures (coloured and other drawings)
Good borders.
Good arms.
Good map.
Good initials.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Literary miscellanies
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 363
Summary
Some on public affairs (stated to be partly in the hand of Stephen Batman, D.D., d. 1584, and partly in the hand of dr. John Dee, d. 1608): among which are:
(fol. 1v) Letter from Thomas duke of Norfolk to the queen, Oct. 10. 1571
(fol. 3) Arms of Batman or Bateman
(fol. 4) Dr John Dee's Treatise on Navigation. Copied from the printed edition by 'S. B.', Jan. 4. 1577/8
(fols. 39, 119, 127v, 130) Theological pieces, 1578, etc.
(fol. 48) George Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, with illustrations, copied by 'S. B.', Sept. 1. 1578
(fol. 94) Papers about English abbeys at the Dissolution, especially in Huntingdonshire and Somersetshire (Glastonbury & Joseph of Arimathea)
(fol. 111v) 'The some of all the conferrence ... betweene the earle Morton & John Dury & mr. Walker ... 2 June 1581'
(fol. 115v) Plan of Milford haven, and remarks on it in connexion with the Spanish preparations, by N. Butler
(fol. 126v) Medical recipes
(fol. 129) The petition of the gentry of Suffolk to the lords of the Council, July 1583
(fol. 138) 'A trwe Copiæ. This Acte & Ordinance was made ... in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the viij yere of ... kinge Henri the Seconde' 1161-2, about women, copied from the 'Jurie book belonging to the prison called the Clynk', Feb. 1. 1579/80, with a drawing of the prison (in London?)
(fol. 142) The Lord's Prayer, in Turkish.
Douce has added a full list of the pieces in the book.
Date
written in the last quarter of the 16th cent. by S. Batman and J. Dee (?)
Language
Turkish
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
141 Leaves
Custodial history
Purchased from 'mrs. Comer' by Douce.
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Collection contents
Literary miscellanies
