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MS. Add. C. 259

Contents:
Letters and papers relating to the Beaumont family of Whitley in Yorkshire, from the 15th century to 1688 — 15th – 17th century; English

MS. Add. D. 113

Contents:
Papers relating to the Harington family in the 15th and 16th century — 15th and 16th centuries; English

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 23

Contents:
Letter book and form book of William Swann, LL. B., Canon of Chichester — c. 1408–1413

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 25

Contents:
Rámon Lull — 15th century, second half
Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius) — 15th century, second half
Theological treatises, Papal bull of Pius II, 1463 — 15th century, second half
Papal bull of Pius II, 1463, Pronosticationes euentuum futurorum anni [M.CCCC.] lxxvi — 15th century, second half
Calendarial tables — 15th century, second half

MS. Ash. Rolls 7

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1780
Contents:
Letters patent of Henry VII in favour of the Fraternity of St. Anne, Croscombe, Somerset — 1489; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 11

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1777
Contents:
Letters patent of Henry VI, with Great Seal, granting a pardon to John Hywysshe of 'Lodehywysshe' — 1425; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 14

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1775
Contents:
Letters patent of inspeximus of Edward IV, 1461 (seal lost), of a grant by Edward I, 1296, of lands to Nicholas Malemeyns and Alice Malemeyns — English

MS. Ash. Rolls 16

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1778
Contents:
Letters patent of Edward IV (seal lost), licensing the foundation of the Fraternity of St. Anne, Croscombe, Somerset — 1482; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 33

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1160
Contents:
Articles of agreement between Henry VI and Richard, Duke of York, concerning the latter's claim to the throne [1460], Manifesto of George, Duke of Clarence and others, 12 July 1469, against the Woodville faction — c. 1460–1469; England
Formulary of writs — 15th century, middle; England

MS. Ash. Rolls 35

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MS. Ashmole 21
Contents:
Act for the Attainder of Henry VI, 1461 — c. 1461; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 36

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 22
Contents:
Inventory of books, vestments, relics, etc. of St George's collegiate church, Windsor, 1409–10 — 1409–1410; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 42

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 12
MS. Ashmole 14
Contents:
Statutes of the Order of the Garter, as ordained by Henry V — 15th century; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 49

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1166
Contents:
Articles exhibited by the Poor Knights of Windsor, impugning the 'Declaration' of the Canons — 15th century, late – 16th century, early; English

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 357

Contents:
Anianus, Alcabitius, etc. — 14th century, middle
Petrus de Monte Alcino, etc. — 15th century

MS. Ashmole 393

Contents:
Chaucer, etc. — 15th century; English
Astronomical texts and extracts, Medical texts and extracts — 16th century; English
Astronomical treatise — 14th century; English
William Reed, etc. — 16th century, early; English
Isidore of Seville — 14th century or 15th century; English
Rent-roll, Astrological notes — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 778

Contents:
Statutes of the Order of the Garter, 1349, Statutes of Windsor College, 1352 — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 794

Contents:
Acts of the dean and chapter of Lichfield Cathedral, 1321–84 — 14th century; English
Register of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1341–8 — 14th century; English
Charter of Edward IV to the mayor and commonalty of Canterbury, 1461 — 14th century; English
Vita sancti Cadoci — 15th century; English
Register of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1381- — 15th century; 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 1164

Contents:
Inquisition post mortem of John Teryngham — 1465 or soon after; English

MS. Ashmole 1432

Contents:
Medical recipes, Treatise on hawks (Book of Hawking) (fragment) — 15th century (?); English
Medical recipes — 15th century; English
Medical recipes — 15th century, end; English
Herbal (Agnus castus), Medical/herbal recipes, etc. — 15th century; English
Petrus Hispanus, Ps.-Cleopatra, etc. — 15th century, end
Medical recipes — 16th century, late – 17th century, beginning; English
Medical recipes, Legal and administrative documents — 16th century (?); English
Medical recipes — 17th century, beginning; English

MS. Ashmole 1437

Contents:
John Argentine, etc. — 15th century; English
Book of Marshalsy — 15th century; English
Treatise on patience — 14th century; English
Rental of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London (?) (fragment) — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1503

Contents:
Philosophical treatise — 17th century; English
Alchemical collections — 15th century
Documents relating to the Duchy of Lancaster — 18th century, early; English
Ashmole — 17th century; English
Alchemical treatise — 17th century; English
Martin Lister — 17th century
Ps.-Bernard, etc. — 15th century

MS. Ashmole 1518

Contents:
Vincent of Beauvais — 15th century, late
Commentary on a work 'de regimine principum' — 15th century
List of persons fined for adultery or fornication in the archdeaconry of Chester — 14th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1519

Contents:
Register of Richard Redman as commissary-general of the Premonstratensian Order in the English Province — 15th century, late – 16th century, early

MS. Ashmole 1527

Contents:
Chartulary of the bishopric of Lichfield — c. 1400; English, Lichfield

MS. Ashmole 1729

Contents:
Collection of state papers and historical documents — 15th century, late – 17th century

MS. Auct. F. 2. 17

Contents:
Martial, Ovid, etc. — 15th century, late; Italian
Ovid — 15th century, early; Italian

MS. Barlow 44

Contents:
Copy of Richard II's Charter of Liberties to the City of London, dated Westminster 26 November [1383] — 15th century; England

MS. Barlow 49

Contents:
Robert Grosseteste — 15th century; English
Register of documents relating to the manor of Faringdon in Berkshire — c. 1300 (?) (after 1275; Hockey, p. 8)); English
Cartulary of the college of Holy Trinity, Pontefract — c. 1500; English

MS. Barocci 51

Contents:
Rhetorical and philosophical texts, Miscellaneous letters — 15th century, end

MS. Barocci 71

Contents:
Michael Psellus, etc. — 15th century, beginning

MS. Bowyer 2

Contents:
Statutes of Pisa — 15th century; Italian, Pisa

MS. Broxb. 86.1

Contents:
Grant of land to St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, London — 1448; English, London

MS. Canon. Ital. 19

Contents:
'Maestro Filippo' of Pistoia, Giovanni Battista Bracciolini, etc. — 15th century, end and 16th century, beginning; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 225

Contents:
Gasparinus Barzizius, Ps.-Brutus, etc. — 15th century, end

MS. Canon. Misc. 227

Contents:
Statutes of Treviso — 15th century and 16th century; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 274

Contents:
Antoninus, archbishop of Florence, Tito Novelli, etc. — 15th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 317

Contents:
Leonardo Bruni, Bonacursius de Montemagno junior, etc. — 15th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 435

Contents:
Jacobus de Belviso, Roffredus Beneventanus, etc. — 15th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 509

Contents:
Documents relating to Emperor Charles IV — 15th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 539

Contents:
Grants by Martin V and Eugenius IV to the congregation of S. Giustina — 15th century

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 22

Contents:
Johannes Pratensis (c. 1420–55), Angelus de Periglis, etc. — 15th century, end

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 117

Contents:
Ps.-Bernard, Bernardus Silvestris, etc. — 15th century

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 202

Contents:
Papal letters and documents — 15th century

MS. Carte 176

Contents:
Documents relating to the history and private affairs of the Butler family of Ormonde from 1427, Records and papers concerning the administration of affairs in Ireland by the earl of Strafford, 1635–1640, etc. — 15th century – 17th century; Irish

MS. Carte 177

Contents:
List of documents in the archive of Durham Priory, with added list of books lent from the priory library, 1423 — 14th century, middle; addition, 1423; English
Cartulary of Durham Priory — 12th century, late; English

Dep. b. 7

Contents:
Banbury rental roll — 1441; English, Banbury

Dep. c. 686

Contents:
Papers from Snowshill Manor — 14th century – 19th century; English

MS. Digby 186

Contents:
Injunctions of Cardinal John of Ferentino for St Mary's Abbey, York, 1206 — 13th century, beginning; English, York (?), St Mary's Abbey (?)
John of Bridlington, Geoffrey Eglyn, etc. — 15th century – 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Digby 194

Contents:
Albumasar, Richard of Wallingford, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Digby 218

Contents:
John Pecham — 14th century, beginning; English
Jacobus de Theramo — 15th century, beginning; English
Roger Bacon — 15th century, beginning; English
Aelred of Rievaulx, John Cassian, etc. — 14th century; English
Robert Grosseteste, etc. — 14th century, second half; English
Roger Bacon — 14th century; English
Ars notoria — 14th century (?); English
Ecclesiastical documents — 14th century (?); English
Prophecies — 14th century (?); English
Ranulph Higden — 14th century (?); English

MS. Dodsw. 76

Contents:
Charters and documents mostly relating to religious houses — 12th century – 15th century; mostly English

MS. Dodsw. 140

Contents:
Antiquarian and historical collections — Multiple dates; English

MS. Don. c. 42

Contents:
Guard book of letters and papers, 15th - 17th cent, Testimonial in Italian for Tempo de Empoli from Piero II de' Medici, addressed to Francesco di Giuliano de' Medici, 1483

MS. Don. c. 93

Contents:
Inquisition post mortem of John Paston I (d. 1466) — c. 1466; English

MS. Don. c. 168

Contents:
Deeds relating to Windrush, Gloucestershire — Multiple dates; English

MS. Don. d. 186

Contents:
Valuation of benefices and monastic property in the Archdeaconry of Oxford, as estimated in the Taxatio Nicholai of 1291 — 15th century, second half; English, Oxford (?)

MS. Douce 95

Contents:
Ps.-Aristotle, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Douce 379*

Contents:
Documents relating to Thury, Normandy, Account of Robert Gringore, receiver of Thury, 1458–9 — c. 1459; French, Thury

MS. Douce 384

Contents:
King Ponthus — 15th century
Chronicle of England, Creation to 1461 — 15th century, late
Letter relating to Vesuvius, 1754 — c. 1755–1760
Francis Douce — 18th century, late

MS. Douce 393

Contents:
State papers, 1570–1660, Paston papers, 15th century - 1672 — 15th century – 1723; English

MS. Douce Charters a. 1

Contents:
Charters, 1147–1596 — English

MS. Dugdale 42

Contents:
Cartulary of the Chapel of St. Mary, Cirencester — 1460; English

MS. Eng. hist. c. 34

Contents:
Documents relating to Ireland, 1450–1728 — 15th century – 18th century; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 291

Contents:
Collection of fragments, apparently part of a binding

MS. Fairfax 7

Contents:
Cartulary of the Augustinian priory of Kirkham, Yorkshire — 15th century, late; English

MS. Fr. a. 2 (P)

Contents:
Instructions of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders to his commissioners going to Calais to negotiate an extension of the commercial agreement between Flanders and England — 2 Feb. 1415/1416; French

MS. Fr. c. 2 (R)

Contents:
Roll of Parliament describing the charge brought by Henry Bolingbroke against Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, their duel and banishment, in 1398 — c. 1400; English

MS. Fr. c. 4

Contents:
Pierre d'Abernon of Fetcham, etc. — c. 1300–17th century, first half

MS. Fr. c. 18 (P)

Contents:
Agreement between Richard Aston, lieutenant of Calais, Nicholas de Ryssheton, papal auditor, and John de Croft and Thomas Pykworth knights on the part of Henry IV of England, and 'Baugoys Darly', Vidame of Amiens, and Guillaume de Halewyn, knights, and others, on the part of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, upon the manner of conducting negotiations for a commercial agreement — 19th Jan. 1404/1405; French, Calais

MS. Fr. d. 10

Contents:
Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, Will of Marguerite d'Aubigné, widow of Jehan Royrand (Voyrand?), seigneur of La Claye and Bretignolles, dated 20 Jan. 1512 — 15th century, second half; French

MS. Germ. b. 1

Contents:
Deeds connected with the towns of Gemünd and Frankfurt-am-Main — 1331–1411; German

MS. Germ. b. 2

Contents:
Deeds connected with the towns of Gemünd and Frankfurt-am-Main and Stockach — 1411–1470; German

MS. Gough Kent 27

Contents:
Documents relating to Romney Marsh, 1340 and later — 15th century, second half; English, Kent

MS. Gough Norfolk 20

Contents:
Register of the hospital of St. Mary, Great Yarmouth — Multiple dates; English, Norfolk

MS. Gough Suffolk 3

Contents:
Rental of the possessions of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Coney Weston, 1434–35 — 1435; English, Suffolk

MS. Hatton 41

Contents:
Returns of knights fees, ecclesiastical benefices, etc., in the county of Kent — c. 1483–85, with 16th century additions; English

MS. Ital. e. 3

Contents:
Letter from Rinaldus de Albicis, 'miles' of Florence, to Forese de Sacchettis of Arezzo, dated 15 March 1418/1419 — Italy

MS. Lat. class. e. 29

Contents:
Giovanni Giocondo, etc. — 1498 (fols. 17–224) and 15th century, late; additions, 16th century; Italian, Milan (?)

MS. Lat. hist. a. 3

Contents:
Indenture for renewal of trade treaty between England and Burgundy — 1419; English

MS. Lat. hist. c. 10

Contents:
Documents concerning the diocese of Huesca, Spain — 15th century (partly dated 1421 and 1424); Spanish

MS. Lat. liturg. b. 6

Contents:
List of about 15 names of 'fratres et sorores gildae Beatae Mariae' of East Drayton — 15th century, second half; English, East Drayton

MS. Lat. misc. a. 2

Contents:
Dinus Mugellanus, etc. — 14th cent.; Italian
Decretals — 14th cent.
Guido de Baysio — 14th cent.; English
Walter Burley — 14th – 15th cent.
Canon law treatise — 14th cent.
Papal documents — 16th cent.
P. Berchorius — 14th–15th cent.
Justinian — 14th cent.; Italian

MS. Lat. misc. c. 9

Contents:
Deeds — 1342, 1421, 1426; Spanish

MS. Lat. misc. c. 62

Contents:
Humanistic collection; Italy, 15th-16th centuries

MS. Lat. misc. c. 76

Contents:
Will of Leonello Pio di Savoia, Signore di Carpi — 1477; Italian

MS. Lat. misc. d. 69

Contents:
Writing exercises, Indenture of Lodewycus Pole to William Lyne ‘dauber’ of London, etc. — 1456/7 or soon after, with later additions; English, Oxford

MS. Lat. misc. d. 93

Contents:
Commission of the College of Notaries of Pavia entrusting the records of certain deceased notaries to Marchinus Stephani de Canibus — 1480; Italian
Copies of charters issued by the Dukes of Milan in 1417 and 1451 to the family of Cavazzi della Somaglia — 1505; Italian

MS. Lat. misc. e. 25

Contents:
Record of a sale by ser Baptista son of Johannes Turco of two houses in Treviso on 16 December 1496 — Italian, Treviso

MS. Lat. misc. e. 103

Contents:
Formularies, mainly of the school of William Kingsmill; England, mid-15th century

MS. Laud Lat. 52

Contents:
Pliny the Younger, Alphonso V, etc. — 15th century; Spanish (?)

MS. Laud Misc. 625

Contents:
William Charite (d. 1502) — 15th century, end; English

MS. Laud Misc. 659

Contents:
Johannes Auerbach, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Laud Misc. 716

Contents:
Ordonnances de l'ordre de la Toisor d'or — 15th century; French

MS. Laud Misc. 723

Contents:
Calendarial tables — 13th century; English
Cartulary of Merton Priory — 15th century; English

MS. Lawn medieval 10

Contents:
Antoninus, archbishop of Florence, etc. — Multiple dates; Italian

MS. Lyell 32

Contents:
Documents relating to royal forests, Legal pieces — 15th century, second half; English

MS. Lyell 35

Contents:
Commonplace book containing prophecies, legal notes, medical recipes and charms, and household accounts — 15th century, late; English

MS. Lyell empt. 50

Contents:
Documents, letters, and autographs, 1443–1843 — 15th century – 19th century; Spanish