Old English tag of Laurence Nowell on fol. 3r "Mid hiht Ic þolige";"Perhaps Eleanor of Castile; Laurence Nowell, antiquary, 1563 (3r), perhaps acquired from William Bowyer, Keeper of Records in the Tower, who made numerous manuscripts available to Nowell (Black, 'Laurence Nowell', p. 117 and n. 7); William Lambarde, friend of Nowell (ibid., 116) (3r); 'Mons. Cope' (3r, i.e., Sir Walter Cope, d. 1614; see A.G. Watson, 'Sir Walter Cope' (MS B2)); perhaps William Cecil, Lord Burghley, d. 1598 (apparently sold with other books from his Library (T. Bentley and B. Walford, 21 Nov. 1687)); John Moore (d. 1714); presented to University Library by George I, 1715."