Chronicle of the Kings of England, Belin to Stephen — 16th century; English
MS. Douce 341
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Chronicle of the Kings of England, Belin to Stephen — 16th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 341
Date
16th century
Language
English
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
i + 21leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Thomas Martin of Palgrave.
Dr. Richard Farmer.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A fragment of a rhyming English chronicle of the Kings of England, in 7-line stanzas rhyming ababbcc
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 341
Summary
Beg. 'My trihumphes also written with lettres of golde | Abowte my towre standyng at Belyngesgate': it extends from Belin to Stephen, ending 'With Mawde themperesse to clayme her right | Whom Clare erle of Glocetor with his myght.' Each king speaks in his own person: at fol. 10 the author breaks off into an apostrophe of four stanzas to Edward VI, inveighing against foreigners in England. A note suggests that the poem is based on John Hardyng's Chronicle. An old pagination shows that the fragment was pp. about 485-522 of a larger volume.
Date
written in the 16th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, some leaves mutilated
Physical extent
21 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by Thomas Martin of Palgrave, and dr. Farmer.
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Collection contents
A fragment of a rhyming English chronicle of the Kings of England, in 7-line stanzas rhyming ababbcc
