Note-book of Walter Pollard of Plymouth: proverbs, charms, grammatical, moral and religious texts, verse, etc., in Latin and English. Two main sections (fols. 1-6, on parchment, c. 1400; fols. 7-194, paper, c. 1445-1489, perhaps mostly in the hand of Walter Pollard). The contents are most fully described by D. Thomson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Middle English Grammatical Texts (1979), 290-315 (with some corrections in IMEP XXIII: see bibliography), which the following summary abbreviates considerably, and to which the reader is referred for fuller information. In addition to the longer items listed below Thomson describes a large number of shorter notes and additions, including proverbs, historical notes, hymns and verses, grammatical and theological notes, and documents and letters, all in both Latin and English.

Title

Note-book of Walter Pollard of Plymouth: proverbs, charms, grammatical, moral and religious texts, verse, etc., in Latin and English. Two main sections (fols. 1-6, on parchment, c. 1400; fols. 7-194, paper, c. 1445-1489, perhaps mostly in the hand of Walter Pollard). The contents are most fully described by D. Thomson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Middle English Grammatical Texts (1979), 290-315 (with some corrections in IMEP XXIII: see bibliography), which the following summary abbreviates considerably, and to which the reader is referred for fuller information. In addition to the longer items listed below Thomson describes a large number of shorter notes and additions, including proverbs, historical notes, hymns and verses, grammatical and theological notes, and documents and letters, all in both Latin and English.

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 328

Place of origin

England

Date

c. 1444-1483

14th century, late, or 15th century, early

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

ii + 207 + ii leaves

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Provenance

Walter Pollard: presumably the whole manuscript, although no certain evidence for his ownership of part 1. (see above and part 2, Provenance)

Richard Dyer of Oriel College (fl. 1669-76: Alumni Oxon., s.n.). Given by him in 1722 to:

Thomas Hearne(“Tho. Hearne, Julii 10, 1722, ex dono amicissimi eruditissimique viri Richardi Dyer, A. M., Collegii Orielensis socii.”); MS. 161 in his catalogue (MS. Rawl. D. 1168). Acquired with the rest of Hearne's manuscripts by:

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755