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Details for manuscript 638

Manuscript №
638
Location
London
Collection
Public Record Office
Reference
E 164/1
Headnote
Breviate of Doomsday
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (ex)
Folia
244
Place of production
Wales
Produced for
Neath Abbey
Notes
copied in stages by various scribes at Neath Abbey in Wales; has other notes added in French (cf. Dean no. 8) ; Prophecies of Merlin (Dean no. 18) copied on the first flyleaf ; On p. 38 added notes on Wiltshire manors ; Dean no. 377 is on p.28 of this MS, not E 134/1 as in Dean
Sources for this record
Huws, Daniel."The Neath Abbey Breviate of Domesday," in Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011), pp. 47-49.

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Annales Cambriae Latin 2 (2) 13 (13) 12.0
2 Annales Cambriae continuation Latin 14 (14) 26 (26) 13.0
3 Prose predictions according to January (Dean no. 373) French 27 (27) 27 (27) 1.0
4 "Master Meloaus Grek" (Dean no. 377) French 28 (28) 28 (28) 1.0
5 Annals, from 1066-1298 Latin 29 (29) 35 (35) 7.0
6 Pedigrees, shires Latin 37 (37) 37 (37) 1.0
7 Breviate of Domesday Latin 38 (38) 472 (472) 434.5
8 Descent of the Braose family Latin 472 (472) 472 (472) 0.5
9 Lords of Carmarthen French 473 (473) 473 (473) 0.33
10 Notes on the Londres family French 473 (473) 473 (473) 0.33
11 Reigns of English kings French 473 (473) 473 (473) 0.33
12 Plea of John Giffard Latin 474 (474) 474 (474) 1.0
13 grant of King John Latin 475 (475) 475 (475) 0.33
14 The boundaries of Gower Latin 475 (475) 475 (475) 0.33
15 Law of Hywel French 475 (475) 475 (475) 0.33
16 Release of the Kingdom Latin 476 (476) 476 (476) 1.0
17 Charter of Henry II Latin 477 (477) 477 (477) 0.33
18 Confirmation of grants Latin 477 (477) 477 (477) 0.33
19 Memorandum Latin 477 (477) 477 (477) 0.33
20 Charter of William, earl of Warwick Latin 478 (478) 478 (478) 1.0
21 Plea of William Latin 479 (479) 480 (480) 2.0
22 Historical notes French 481 (481) 481 (481) 0.5
23 Extracts from Welsh annals Latin 481 (481) 482 (482) 1.5
24 A Miracle of St. Cradoc French 483 (483) 484 (484) 1.5
25 Description of England (Dean no. 4) French 484 (484) 585 (585) 100.25
26 Inspeximus by William Braose Latin 486 (486) 486 (486) 0.25
27 Grant Latin 486 (486) 486 (486) 0.25
28 Inspeximus by William Braose Latin 486 (486) 486 (486) 0.25
29 Inspeximus by William Braose Latin 487 (487) 487 (487) 0.5

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Neath Abbey, Wales s.xiii (2) Man Clerical Huws, Daniel."The Neath Abbey Breviate of Domesday," in Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011), pp. 47-49.