William of Nassington — 15th century, end; England

Title

William of Nassington — 15th century, end; England

Shelfmark

MS. Hatton 18

Place of origin

England

Date

15th century, end

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

211leaves

Decoration

Miniatures (drawings)

Historiated initials

Acquisition

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

Provenance

'Iste liber pertinet ... ad me Bartholomew Swalow', s. xvi in. (MLGB3)

Denny or Denney, Cambridgeshire, Abbey of St James and St Leonard, of Franciscan nuns: 'Iste liber est venerabilis domine dompne Elesabeth Throgkmortonabbatisse de Denney teste Thoma Gylberd in eodem monastio olim manenti' (fol. 210v), s. xvi in. ( MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)). For Throckmorton (d. 1547) see D. N. Bell, What Nuns Read (1995), ppp. 134-5.

'Hic fuit frater Johannes Fakun': presumably the vice-warden of the Franciscans, who signed the surrender of Denny (Bell, ibid.)

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)