Abbot Baldwin asked and obtained from King Edward the Confessor the manor of Mildenhall and the viii. hundreds.-f. 65.

133. Date of the death of King Edmund and the several translations of his body.-f. 65 b.

134. Taxation of the property of Abbot and the Abbey of St Edmund. -f. 65 b.

135. List of twenty-two Abbots of St Edmund.—f. 66 b.

136. A writ of Edw. III. in his 11th year, 'pro amerciamentis extra libertatem allocandis.'-f. 66 b.

137. 'Breve ne placita seu assise infra octo hundreda et dim. emergencia extra predicta vi hundreda et dim. teneantur seu placitentur, nec ibidem inhabitantes extra eadem octo hundreda et dimidiam trahantur.' 13 Edw. III.?-f. 67.

138. 'Breve pro mensuris standardi.'—f. 67 b.

139. 'Dedicacio Cenobii Sti Edmundi in Beatrychworth.'-f. 67 b.

140. Foundation of the church of St Mary.-f. 67 b.

141.

Bulla Bonifacii noni concedens et confirmans electionem Abbatis nostri eo ipso quod legitime electus fuerit.'-f. 68.

142. 'Nota contra provisores tempore regis Edw. tertii.'—f. 68 b.

143. Littera missa regi pro excommunicatis capiendis qui perseveravunt ultra xl. dies infra villam Sancti Edmundi,' and the King's writ thereupon. A. D. 1338.-f. 69.

144. 'Breve regi ne quis se intromittat de placitis emergentibus infra burgum Sti Edmundi nisi Abbas et conventus et c.'—f. 69 b.

145-148. Confirmations in the court of the Justiciaries of the Abbots' right of jurisdiction. 18 Edw. III-f. 70 and 71.

149, 150. Contest with the Bishop of Norwich concerning jurisdiction, containing a recital of the foundation of the right of exemption claimed by the Abbey. 19 Edw. III.-f. 73.

Folio 78 is blank.

151. Billa Domino Comiti Marchie pro terris suis in Myldenhale habendis ad firmam.' In French.-f. 79.

152. Indenture conveying those lands. This earl was Edmund Mortimer. 3 Hen. V. f. 79.

153. Vis et medulla carte Hardknuti regis contra Archiepiscopos, Episcopos, et c.'—f. 79 b.

154. Concerning the mode of collecting a subsidy. A. d. 1417.—f. 80. 155. Memorandum concerning bread to be supplied by the Sacrist to Monks when in the infirmary.-f. 81.

156. A detailed account of the controversy between the Abbey of St Edmund and the Bishop of Ely concerning their respective rights in parishes

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belonging to the Bishop, but situated within the liberties of St Edmund.
A.D. 1424.-f. 81.

157. Arrangement concerning the use of land at Babbewelle.—f. 87 b.
Folios 88, 89, 90, 91 and 92 are blank, also the first page of 93.

Folios 93 b, 94, 95 and part of 96 a are occupied by an index to the con-
tents of the book.

On the last page of the book, f. 96 b, is the following note.

'Memorandum quod istud registrum erat alienatum a monasterio Sancti
Edmundi per plures annos, et quidam Johannes Broughton de Dodyngton in
comitatu Bedford armiger illud emit a quodam stationario Londoniis pro
levi precio penes quem Dominus Johannes Boon Abbas dicti monasterii
labarabat pro restitutione dicti registri. Et sic per dicti Domini Abbatis instan-
tiam dictus Johannes Broughton istud registrum gratis et generose ad usum
nostri monasterii predicto Domino reliberavit xviii° die mensis Novembris
anno domini millesimo cccc.Lxii. sub conditione quod admitteretur ad
suffragia dicti monasterii.'

Ff. 11. 30.

A paper-book, in folio, containing many blank leaves, and on
the rest, written about 1620,

'INDEX LIBRORUM in Musæo V. V. M. TH. KNIUETT Arm.'
At the end are memoranda of books borrowed from and returned to his
library at Ashwell Thorpe, with the signatures of the borrowers, among
whom were John Spelman, Wm. Le Neue, Ra. Flowerdewe, and others:
there are also such entries as 'Memord. I let my sonne Ja: have to Cam-
bridg the second and 3rd tome of Plutarke, the first being wanting, Marc.
Tully, in 5 vol. octavo: Poldore Virg. de Inv. rerum. Corne: Tacitus,'
with the date, Jan. 24, 1639.

Ff. I. 31.

A folio, on vellum, containing ff. 248 in double columns, with
from 34 to 39 lines in each column. It has a few illuminated
letters and borders. Date, the xivth century.

MISSALE SECUNDUM USUM ECCLESIE SARUM.

After a blank leaf, the Kalendar occupies ff. 2 to 7; the word papa
throughout being effaced.

To March 19 is the note, 'Obitus nicholai parker armigeri qui istum
librum fieri fecit anno dni et c [sic] nonagesimo septimo,' and to Oct. 21,
'Nat. magist. parker.'

The Exorcismus salis et aquæ begins f. 8, and the Missal begins as usual,
f. 9 b, with the office for Advent Sunday; the Ordinarium Missæ comes after

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the officium in Vigil. pasche, and then the Canon Missæ, f. 101, with a wretched picture of the Crucifixion. The office in die pasche follows, f. 105, and the Proprium Sanctorum begins f. 160, after the missa in dedicatione ecclesiæ, with St Andrew, and ends with the office for St Katharine. The Commune Sanctorum follows, beginning with 'In vigilia unius apostoli officium,' f. 211, and ending with 'missa pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis,' f. 245 b.

Then follows the 'miraculum trigintalis [sic] sancti Gregorii pape,' with a long rubrick about the mother of a pope 'nomine Romanus,' pope A. D. 897; in f. 246 b begins the Ordo ad servicium peregrinorum faciendum; and after a few prayers to our Lord the MS. ends, f. 248b, with some verses from the Psalms of the Passion, the last being super vestem meam miserunt sortemoderunt, a leaf being wanting at the end, as also one between ff. 133 and 134. The cover contains a prayer to be read 'ad mulierem in partu laborantem.' In the margin of f. 201 b is a short prayer to St Thomas Bp of Hereford, who was canonized by John XXII. in 1310.

Ff. I. 32.

A folio, on parchment, containing ff. 147, with 44 lines in a page. Neatly written in the xvth century. The initial letters of the different sections are illuminated.

On f. 16 is a list of titles of the Treatises, and ff. 141--147 contain an Index of contents to the MS.

1. ff. 2-14.

Begins :

S. AUGUSTINI OPERA VARIA.

De Moribus Ecclesie, contra Manicheos.'

In aliis libris satis opinor...

Opp. ed. Paris, 1837. 1. coll. 1113 sqq.

2. ff. 14-21. 'De Natura Boni.'

Begins (after the Prologue):

Summum bonum quo superius...

Opp. viii. 773.

3. ff. 21-28. De Unitate et Trinitate, contra Arrianos.'

v. § 9.

Begins:

Extorsisti mi dilectissime...

Opp. vш. App. 1609 This treatise is attributed to Vigilius.

5. ff. 44-50. • Contra Mendacium, contra Priscillianistas.'

Begins :

Multa mihi legenda misisti...

Opp. vi. 753.

6. ff. 51-80. De libero Arbitrio. Libb. III.

8. ff. 98-100. Sermo de Cantico novo, contra Manicheos.'

f. 110 contains an extract from an epistle 'ad clerum et plebem Yponensem,' beginning:

Quantumlibet vigilet disciplina domus mee.

Opp. 11. 279.

10. ff. 110-113. De Predestinacione, contra Pelagianos." Begins :

Addere et hoc quam maxime...

This is Lib. VI. of the doubtful work called Hypognosticon. Opp. x. App. 2255.

Begins (after an extract from the 'Retractationes'):

Volventi mihi multa et varia...

Opp. 1. 597.

12. ff. 124-130. De Agone Christiano, contra Epistolam Manichei quam vocant fundamentum.'

Begins :

Corona victorie non permittitur...

Opp. vi. 407. A list of the xii Abusiones follows.

13. ff. 131-134. De Ecclesiasticis dogmatibus.' [Gennadii.]

Begins :

Credimus unum Deum esse...

Opp. vin. App. 1693.

14. ff. 134-137. Epistola ad Volusianum.'

Begins :

Legi literas tuas...

Opp. 11. 600.

15. ff. 137–141. Epistola ad Marcellinum.'
Begins :

Illustri viro et eloquentissimo...

Opp. 11. 612.

The rest of the MS. ff. 141-147 is occupied by an Index.

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Ff. II. 33.

A quarto, on parchment, of 151 leaves.

On the fly-leaf at the beginning, after the above-mentioned leaves, is written Registrum Sacristae,' and 'J. Cradock de Rickinghall, Suff.' in a modern hand; in an older hand, ‘Registrum optimum hoc,' and 'REGISTRUM TEMPORE R. de Denham SACRISTE BURY.' Vide fol. 87 b.

On the leaf at the end of the book, now numbered 160, after some ancient scribbling, is written in a late hand, 'It apears by the interliniasone upon ye topp of the 104th [144] page b, that this Register was wrot after yo [ 4 year of Edw. ye 1st and the' words crossed with a pen] 1st year of Edw. 3 wa ye gt Riott was comitted. But by yo 145 page b, it seemes to haue been wrot Ano. Dni. 1313. tempo Ed. 2d, only some few things beginning at fo. 147 haue been since added.'

The date of the book is not so easily determined as the above notes would intimate; for several scribes have been employed upon it, and different parts of it are probably of different dates anterior to the middle of the reign of Edw. II. Various additions were made after that time. It appears to consist of two books, bound together; but their junction must have taken place at an early date, for the folios are numbered continuously, from one book to the other, in a very ancient form of the Arabic numerals.