Inventory of the goods and chattels of Simon Burley in London — 14th century, late (1388 or after); English
MS. Eng. hist. b. 229
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Inventory of the goods and chattels of Simon Burley in London — 14th century, late (1388 or after); English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. hist. b. 229
Associated place
London
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, late (1388 or after)
Language
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Form
roll-codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
Roll, cut up and mounted in codex form with later notes. 10 (medieval paper) + 32 (18th-19th cent. paper) leaves, all now mounted on paper, with padding before and after.
Acquisition
Sotheby's, 26 June 1975; bought.
Provenance
Formerly bound with other 14th- and 15th-century documents (MSS. Eng. hist. c. 774–5, Ch. Suffolk 1579, Ch. England 19–53) in a collection owned and perhaps assembled by Thomas Martin.
Craven Ord, lot 1014 in his sale, 25 Jan. 1830.
Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS. 4103.
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Title
Inventory of the household goods and valuables of Sir Simon Burley
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. hist. b. 229
Summary
With (fol. 11) transcripts of and memoranda on the inventory and notes on the Burley family by Craven Ord, c.1820
Date
8 November [1387]
Language
English
Physical extent
42 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers collected by Thomas Martin, antiquary
Inventory of the household goods and valuables of Sir Simon Burley
