centuries. ff. 1-4 have 29 lines in a page: ff. 5—148 have 30: and the rest 28. On f. 46 is a table of contents: and at the top the words 'Liber Lanthonii juxta Gloucest.' shew that the MS. was formerly the property of Lanthony Abbey. 1. ff. 1-4. A fragment of a Treatise on some of the Offices of the Church. 2. ff. 5-23. 'LIBER ISIDORI JUNIORIS DE DIFFERENCIIS.' Begins (after the preface, 'Nonnulli norunt quod iste...'): Inter Deum et Dominum ... Ends: ... absque exemplo humilitatis Christi. Opp. Rom. 1802. v. pp. 77-114. 3. ff. 24-56. 'SANCTI AMBROSII EPISCOPI TENTIA.' Begins : Si virtutum finis ille maximus est ... Ends: ... mundi istius nexu debemus absolvere. Opp. Col. Agr. 1616. iv. pp. 182-197. DE PENI 6. ff. 115-123. EPISTOLA PROSPERI AD RUFINUM PRESBITERUM CONTRA PELAGIANOS.' Begins: Accepi per communem... Ends: .. dirigat in vitam eternam. Opp. Lugd. 1539, pp. 85-94. 7. ff. 123-129. LIBELLUS PROSPERI CONTRA PELAGIANOS OBTRECTATORES SUOS." 9. ff. 138-148. LIBER PROSPERI CONTRA OBTRECTATORES SANCTI AUGUSTINI.' Begins: Doctrinam quam sancte memorie ... Ends: ... duo ista permiscet. Ibid. PP. 95-109. 10. ff. 149-152. LIBER DE X PLAGIS EGYPTI.' A Homily containing a comparison of the ten plagues with the ten commandments. Begins: Non sine causa, fratres dilectissimi... Ends: ... pervenire illesi prestante domino, &c. 11. ff. 152-155. DE PONDERIBUS ET MENSURIS.' Begins: Ponderum ac mensurarum..... Ends: onus Cameli efficiunt. 12. ff. 155–163. 'JERONIMUS DE MEMBRIS DOMINI.' A treatise on the anthropomorphic language of scripture, to which are appended brief notes upon the end of the world. Begins: Omnipotens Deus, Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus... Ends: ... ipsa dies judicii. 585 586 Dd. x. 26. A parchment book, bound up with 583 and 584, consisting of 80 pages, written in the xvith century, and containing 'Statuta clarissimi Ordinis Aurei Velleris e Gallico in latinum versa; subjunctis additionibus et declarationibus nonnullis per ejusdem ordinis supremos et proceres successive editis.' This title is on p. 13, the first 12 pages being occupied by an index. The initial letter of every paragraph is of gold, on a red, blue, or green ground. The last 'additiones' are those of the chapter held at Tours in 1531. For an account of the Order and references see Helyot, Histoire des Ordres Monast. Relig. et Milit. P. vI. Ch. LIV. (t. vi. pp. 343-50. 4to. Paris. 1719). Dd. x. 27. A small folio, on paper, of the xviith century, mostly blank. A parchment book, in small quarto, of 112 leaves, written by various hands. 6 'Magna Carta de libertatibus Anglie.' The same as § 1, in French. 3. f. 10. La confirmacion le rey Edward.' The date is 'A Londres. le x iour Ooctobre (sic) lan de nostre regne xxv.' 4. f. 11. Mentencia cartarum.' It begins: En le nom...... Com nostre seigneur le rey...... 5. f. 116-13. a. La Lettre du fiz le Roy.' After the salutation, begins : Com nos chiers et feans... At the end is the date, 'Done a Londres le disme ior de Octobre lan del regne le Rey Edward xxv.' This letter and the following are noticed by Brady, History, &c. I. p. 60, and the king's letter referring to them is printed in the Appendix, N. 34. b. La Lettre du Conseyl.' After the names of the councillors, it begins: Com seit fait entendant au fiz nostre seign' le Rey... At the end is the date, 'Done Llondres le an de grace m. cc. lxxxxvij. et du regne le Rey Edward xxv.' 6. f. 13 b. 'Bulla papalis super reuocacoe ordinacionum extortarum tempore R. E. fil. R. H. et sentenciarum super his prolatarum.' Begins : Clemens...Epo Couuent'r et Lich... Regalis deuocois integritas...! Printed in Rymer, Fœdera, 1. 978. (Ed. 1821). 7. f. 14 b. Composicio facta inter Archm Oxonie et vniuersitatem eiusdem." Begins: Med quod die lune prox' post festum sce Scolastice virginis anno dni millio cccmo. xlvto... The copy is imperfect, ending: ... subsint tum dei Rectores The leaf that was marked 15 has been cut out. 8. f. 16. Memoranda of ten commissions for the collection of Tenths and other taxes, received by the Prior and Convent of St Katharine at Lincoln in the years 1291-1307. 9. Nous Robt...arcevesque de Canterbur'...evesque countes et barons...ordinoms..." The above is from the preamble, which begins (f. 17): Pur coe qe par mauueis counseil et desceyuaunt nre seign' le Roi...... After the ordinance, ending ‘.....la descretion des ditz assignez,' is the first line of a royal letter, Edward, &c....saluz sachez,' with a blank space on f. 24. Printed in the form of Letters Patent in Brady, History, &c. Vol. I. Appendix N. 52. pp. 36–48. 10. Linc'.' Taxaciones ecciarum facte per dnm Norwye' in dioc' This list on ff. 25—60 is divided according to archdeaconries: it appears to belong to what is called the Norwich Taxation which was made circa 1253: see the Preface to the edition of Taxatio Ecclesiastica circa 1291,' published folio, 1802. It is followed on f. 61 by 'Nomina exemptorum in dioc. Linc.' and 'Beneficia spectancia ad collacionem Epi Lincoln. in dioc. Lincoln.' The latter list is repeated with variations in a later hand on f. 62. 11. Copies of Papal Bulls and Episcopal Letters relating to the See of Lincoln. There is an imperfect catalogue on f. 63, of the contents of ff. 64-77. It may be sufficient to state that in Nasmith's catalogue, in manuscript, the particulars are distinctly given: that some of this collection are named in Tanner, Notit. Mon. Lincoln. xlix.; and the more important documents are to be found in Wilkins, Concilia, Wharton, Anglia Sacra. a. 12. ff. 77 6—86. Copies of the following documents: 'Fundacio hospitalis de Mera.' 6 b. Fundacio domus sce Trinitatis extra Northampton que dicitur domus sci Dauid.' C. 'Statuta dni Roberti Linc. Epi facta indicta domo.' The titles of them only are here given. See Anglia Sacra, 11. 325. d. 'Regula fratrum Hospitalis sci Johis Bedeford.' e. Four documents relating to 'Dauentre,' 1269—1290. f. Regula Hospitalis S. Joannis de Lutterworth. 1306. g. Regula Hospitalis 'Sci Leonardi Bedeford.' 1306. h. 1303. i. 'Carta Abbatis et conuentus de Grimesby concessa Willō Colbern.' Memorandum de processione facienda apud Sanctum Albanum.' k. 'Obligacio fratrum (heremitarum) sci Augustini facta pro indempnitate eccie sci Jacobi de Grymesby.' 1307. I and m. Two other documents by the Bishop of Lincoln relating to the same as k, and dated in 1307 at Buckden. 13. ff. 87-105. Repertorium de ordinacionibus vicariarum Lincoln. dyocesis factis temporibus dni Hugonis de Welles et successorum suorum Lincoln. episcoporum.' The list is divided according to archdeaconries, and ends with the entries of the Archd. Oxon.' respecting 'Godeshull' and 'Stangtone' Under the latter name is written Arch. Bucks.' as a correction See § 10. Ordinacio domus de Merton.' 14. ff. 106-110. From the date at the end this appears to be the second code of statutes (1267). See the Preface to and the Note on p. 37 of the Statutes of Merton College, Oxford, in Vol. I. of the Statutes of the Colleges of Oxford, 1853. 15. Stitched on to f. 110 is a document endorsed. Exoneratio ecclesiarum de Wobon et Stubton a pensionibus quas solebant solvere capitulo Lincoln. Et appropriatio ecclie de Hambledon eidem capitulo.' The Bishop's letter is dated, Middelton juxta Oxon. Apr. 16. 1272. Pontif. 14. 16. ff. 111-2. A table of the contents of the volume. The title of § 6 has been supplied from this table. |
