Statutes of the General Chapter of the Benedictine Order held in Northampton, 1444 — 15th century, second half; England
MS. Hatton 87
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Statutes of the General Chapter of the Benedictine Order held in Northampton, 1444 — 15th century, second half; England
Shelfmark
MS. Hatton 87
Associated place
Northampton
Place of origin
England
Date
15th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 27leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures (marginal drawings): heraldic pen drawings on fols iii verso, 4, 5 and 25
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
Pen-trials, fol. 25r, 15th century and later, include 'Nicholaus de Barnwell seneschallus hospicii domini regis et domine regine' (15th century), 'prenobilis Thomas Randolph | comes Moray'.
Arms, fols. 5r, 25r, on a cross five mullets (Randolph (?), cf. MS. Selden Supra 22, vol. II, no. 250: Pächt and Alexander)
Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)
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