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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1

Contents:
‘Codex Mendoza’, etc.; A: Mexico, c. 1541 (?); B: England, early 17th century (?)

MS. Ashmole 337

Contents:
Astrological treatise — 15th century; English
Aristotle, etc. — 16th century, second half; English
Astrological treatise, Household expenses and memoranda of John Dee — 16th century, second half; English
Astrological treatises — c. 1600; English
Prophecies, Moral, religious and heraldic extracts — 17th century; English

MS. Ashmole 804

Contents:
Genealogical collections — 16th century; English
Legal documents, Documents relating to the dukes of Norfolk — 17th century; English
Ordinances of the royal household, temp. Henry VII and Henry VIII — 17th century; English
Roll of arms (Powell's Roll) — c. 1345–1351; English

MS. Ashmole 845

Contents:
Genealogical collections — 16th century, first half; English
Genealogical and heraldic collections — 16th century - 17th century; English
Inventory of the treasury of St. Paul's, London, 1295 — 14th century, first half; English
Documents relating to a dispute between the bishop of London and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, 1402 — 15th century, beginning; English
Rental of lands in Herefordshire — c. 1300; English
Satirical text on the Council of Constance, 1417 — 15th century; English
Index to the Bible — 14th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1113

Contents:
Heraldic and historical collections — 16th and 17th centuries; English

MS. Ashmole 1114

Contents:
Documents relating to the Order of the Garter — 17th century; English
Account of ceremonies of the Order of the Garter, 1564–7 — 16th century; English
Notes on Henry VIII's will — 16th century; English
Documents collected by (?) Robert Champlayn, Knight of the Garter, relating to his campaigns in Hungary against the Turks and to the Order of the Garter — 15th century, late; English
Documents relating to Anglo-French diplomacy, 1408–9, Letter from Christ to the King of France — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1447

Contents:
Medical treatise — 14th century, late; English
Medical recipes, charms and prognostications — 15th century; English
Medical recipes — 15th century; English
Herbal (Agnus Castus), Medical recipes — 15th century (?); English
Medical treatises and recipes, Herbal — 15th century (?); English
Medical recipes — 16th century; English
Medical recipes — 16th century, second half; English
Medical treatise — before 1634; English
Medical texts, Alchemy — 16th century - 17th century; English

MS. Bywater 37

Contents:
Collections (six manuscripts bound together); Italian (Venice, Verona, and Padua); 15th and 16th centuries (1460, 1536–40,…

MS. Lat. misc. c. 17

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Rawl. B. 167

Contents:
Historical, theological, ecclesiastical, legal and astrological texts, including genealogy of Pierre de Luxembourg, count of St. Pol, and his wife, fols. 186–205 — 14th century - 17th century; English and French

MS. Rawl. B. 488

Contents:
Irish world-chronicle, to c. A.D. 361, Annals of Tigernach — 14th century, third quarter
Irish annals, with special reference to Connacht (?), for 1237–1249 and 1303–1314 — 14th century, late (?)
Irish annals for 1392–8 and 1401–7, probably originating from the monastery of Saints' Island in Lough Ree, Co. Longford, for 1392–1398 and 1401–1407 — 14th century, late - 15th century, early
Historical transcripts and notes made by or for Sir James Ware — 17th century; Irish

MS. Rawl. B. 502

Contents:
Irish world-chronicle — 11th century, end - 12th century, beginning
Irish historical excerpts copied by Sir James Ware from royal archives — 1642
Saltair na Rann, Sex aetates mundi, etc. — 12th century, second quarter; Irish
Documents relating to Ireland, excerpts made by or for Sir James Ware from the royal archives at Dublin — 17th century (partly dated 1647); Irish

MS. Rawl. B. 506

Contents:
Untitled works or fragments — 17th century; Irish
Genealogies relating to Ulster and elsewhere, Dinnshenchas Érenn — 14th century (in part before 1373); Irish
Legal collection — 14th century (before 1390); Irish
Untitled works or fragments — 1663–1664; Irish

MS. Rawl. D. 252

Contents:
Texts on magic and fortune telling — Multiple dates; English

MS. Rawl. D. 893

Contents:
Guardbook of manuscript fragments

MS. Selden Supra 90

Contents:
John Somer — 15th century, second quarter (c. 1434 (?)); English
Church documents — 12th century, late (1192 or after)
Astronomical tables with a Flemish calendar — c. 1180; Flemish (?)
The manner & forme of the Coronation of the Kinges of Scotland — 16th century; English
Narracio breuis et compendiosa rerum mirabilium regni Chinæ — c. 1600