Extracts by James chiefly from manuscripts in the possession of [Thomas Howard] earl of Arundel

Title

Extracts by James chiefly from manuscripts in the possession of [Thomas Howard] earl of Arundel

Shelfmark

MS. James 7

Summary

Extracts by James chiefly from manuscripts in the possession of [Thomas Howard] earl of Arundel, of which the more important sections are from:

P. 3. the register of Clerkenwell priory, now Cott. MS. Faust. B. ii

The life of st. Thomas of Canterbury, by Edmund Grime, now MS. Arundel 27 in the British Museum (p. 8)

Notes from a (?) St. Alban's chronicle which extended to 1287 (p. 19)

Walter of Coventry, as printed in the Rolls Series, ii. 259 (p. 23)

A chronicle to 1357, now MS. vi in the College of Arms, and another MS. now xxxviii in the College of Arms, formerly belonging to St. Stephen's, Caen (p. 36)

The register of Haymo bishop of Rochester 1319-52 (p. 40)

The chronicle of John of Everesden, now MS. xxx in the College of Arms (p. 48) and that of John of London, to 1322 (p. 74)

There are also excerpts from the Pipe Rolls temp. Hen. ii-iii (pp. 93, 124), and from a register of St. Paul's, London (p. 120) beginning 'in tempore Wlmanni decani reddiderunt ista maneria'

Date

Written about 1628-1634 by Richard James

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

157 pages

Custodial history

For the date 1628 see p. 88.