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Details for manuscript 425a

Manuscript №
425a
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Cotton Galba E. III
Headnote
Chronicle etc.
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (2)
Folia
80
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
bound with 4 other MSS; owned by Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102806

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Chronicle of English history, AD 178–1199 (2r–31v: imperfect) Latin 2r (3) 31v (62) 60.0
2 list of obituaries (32r–34r) Latin 32r (63) 34r (67) 5.0
3 chronicle of Christ Church, Canterbury, AD 1035–1286 (34v–43r) Latin 34v (68) 43r (85) 18.0
4 Le Livere de Reis de Brittanie (44r–52r: Dean 13) French 44r (87) 52r (103) 17.0
5 Fourteen marvels of England (52v–54v: Dean 13) French 52v (104) 54v (108) 5.0
6 confirmation of the possessions of Christ Church, Canterbury, allegedly by Archbishop Thomas Becket (d. 1170) (55r–56v) Latin 55r (109) 56v (112) 4.0
7 Causa exilii et martirii beati Thome martiris (57r–59v) Latin 57r (113) 59v (118) 6.0
8 list of the counties of England (60r–v) Latin 60r (119) 60v (120) 2.0
9 list of the archbishops of Canterbury to John Pecham (d. 1292) (61r–v) Latin 61r (121) 61v (122) 2.0
10 record of an agreement between Prior Roger (of St Alphege) (1258–1263) and the convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, and Archbishop Boniface of Canterbury (1245–1270), 1259 (62r–72r) Latin 62r (123) 72r (143) 21.0
11 Magna Carta , 15 June 1215 (72v–80r) Latin 72v (144) 80r (159) 15.5
12 bull of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) addressed to the ecclesiastical prelates of England (‘Dignis laudibus attulimus’), (1215) (80r–81v: Potthast 4963) Latin 80r (159) 81v (162) 3.5

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury unknown man clerical http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102806