William de Montibus — 13th century; England

Title

William de Montibus — 13th century; England

Willelmus Peraldus — 14th century, first half; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 419

Place of origin

England

English

Date

13th century

14th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Binding

The binding in 1655 was velvet

The title-label, metal bosses, clasps, clasp fittings, and corner-pieces were re-imposed on a leather binding of the 2nd half of the 17th century. The bosses have now disappeared

(For a list of manuscripts with comparable bindings, see MS. Bodl. 218)

Acquisition

Presented by Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, in 1604 ( MLGB3)

Provenance

MS. Bodl. 419 – Part 1 was priced at 10s. 8d. in the 14th century.

Owned by Iohannes Smyth de Conygsby [Coningsby, Lincolnshire], early 15th century

(fol. 208r) 'liber [M. Iohannis] Gigur emptus de Iohanne Smyth de Conygsby', 'precium dimidium marce'. John Gygour(d. 1504) was master of Tattershall college and the donor of several other surviving books (see: MLGB3) and may have given this volume to the college (see below). However, MLGB3 notes that evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house might not be evidence for institutional ownership.

Tattershall, Lincolnshire, Collegiate church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary the Virgin: visible in the list made in the summer of 1528 by a visitor to Tattershall Collegiate church, where it is recorded as SC314.*8x

Owned by Henry VIII. See MS. Bodl. 218