Inventory of the treasure of Richard II, 13 May 1378 — English
MS. Eng. hist. c. 775
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Inventory of the treasure of Richard II, 13 May 1378 — English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. hist. c. 775
Place of origin
English
Date
1378
Language
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Form
roll
Support
parchment
Physical extent
12 leaves (roll, cut up and mounted in codex form), each leaf mounted on paper, with padding before and after, the leaves 240–50 × 280–315mm.
Acquisition
Sotheby's, 26 June 1975; bought.
Provenance
Formerly bound with other 14th- and 15th-century documents (MSS. Ch. Suffolk 1579, Ch. England 19–53) in a collection owned and perhaps assembled by Thomas Martin. The former binding is now MS. Eng. hist. c. 774.
Craven Ord, lot 1014 in his sale, 25 Jan. 1830.
Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS. 4103.
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Title
Inventory of the plate and other valuables, including books, of Richard II
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. hist. c. 775
Summary
Delivered to John Bacon, clerk, by William Sleford, Dean of Westminster, 13 May [1378]
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
12 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers collected by Thomas Martin, antiquary
Inventory of the plate and other valuables, including books, of Richard II
