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MS. Add. A. 42

Contents:
Exhortation addressed to Mary and Anne and other nuns of the convent of Amesbury — 16th century, first half; English

MS. Add. E. 3 (R)

Contents:
Account of Sir John Williams, treasurer of the jewels of Henry VIII — 1553; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 1

Former shelfmark:
MS. Ashmole 1779
Contents:
Letters patent of inspeximus by Henry VIII, 1510, with Great Seal (imperfect), of grants of Henry VII to the Fraternity of St. Anne of Croscombe, Somerset, 1489 and 1496 — English

MS. Ashmole 189

Contents:
The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, Prognostication — 15th century; English
Astrological treatises, Prognostication: Lunary, etc. — 15th century; English
Petrus Hispanus, etc. — 16th century, first half; Flanders
Ps.-Robert Grosseteste, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 244

Contents:
Simon Forman — 17th century; English
Astrological treatise — 16th century, late (?); English
Richard Napier — 17th century; English
Medical treatise — 15th century; English
Astrological texts — 17th century; English

MS. Ashmole 340

Contents:
Astronomical calendar, Astronomical tables — 1519; additions, 1579; English
Treatise on the astrolabe — 15th century, late
Astrological treatises (medical astrology) — 15th century, late; English
Astronomical tables — 1501; English
Astrological and medical texts — c. 1500; English
Richard Napier — 1635–6; English

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 770

Contents:
William Whitelocke — 16th century; English
Coronation order, List of serjeanties at the coronation, etc. — 15th century, beginning; English

MS. Ashmole 840

Contents:
List of badges of the nobility and gentry — 16th century, first half; English
Document relating to the Knights of the Bath — 16th century, first half; 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 1378

Contents:
Medical and other recipes, Charms and magic — 16th century (first half?); English

MS. Ashmole 1393

Contents:
Alchemical, medical and other recipes — 15th century - 16th century, first half; English
Culinary and other recipes — 15th century - 16th century, first half; English
Moral treatise — 15th century - 16th century, first half; English
Religious verse, Revelatio de aquila et ampulla — 15th century - 16th century, first half; English
Medical and astrological treatises, Religious and other verse — 15th century - 16th century, first half; English

MS. Auct. T. 4. 21

Contents:
Psalter, Hymns — Multiple dates

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. Barlow 50

Contents:
Indented agreement between Edmund Audley, bishop of Salisbury , and Thomas Drax, rector and the fellows of the college of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Oxford [Lincoln College] — c. 1518; English

MS. Bodl. 178

Contents:
Medical texts; England, A c. 1570, B 15th century, second half

MS. Bodl. 492

Contents:
Prayers for private use — 16th century; German (?)

MS. Bodl. Rolls 26

Contents:
Magical roll — 16th century; English

MS. Canon. Gr. 9

Contents:
Manuel Moschopoulos — 16th century (?)

MS. Canon. Gr. 26

Contents:
Manuel Chrysoloras — 16th century

MS. Canon. Gr. 43

Contents:
Homer — 16th century, beginning

MS. Canon. Gr. 111

Contents:
Grammatical treatise — 16th century, beginning

MS. Canon. Ital. 250

Contents:
William of Lanicea (Ps.-Bonaventure) — 1509; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 5

Contents:
Franciscan collections — 1512; Italy, Verona
Jacobus de Zocchis de Ferrara — 1457; Italy, Padua

MS. Canon. Misc. 336

Contents:
Order for admission of nuns — 16th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 532

Contents:
Religious treatise, Psalter, etc. — 16th century and 15th century

MS. Cherry 36

Contents:
Elizabeth I — 1544; English

MS. Digby 17

Contents:
Dialogue on the significance of church services between Septuagesima and Advent — 13th century, beginning
Robert Grosseteste, John of Tewkesbury (?), etc. — 16th century, first half
R. de Stanington — 13th century, end - 14th century, beginning

MS. Digby 71

Contents:
Johannes Danco de Saxonia — 14th century - 15th century (?)
Urso of Calabria — 1557
Alchemical treatises — 14th century - 15th century (?)
Alchemical treatise, Speculum philosophorum — 14th century - 15th century (?)

MS. Digby 132

Contents:
Astronomical tables and texts collected by Johann Verner of Nuremberg — 16th century, first quarter (in part 1521); German

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 Rolls 2

Contents:
Chronicle of London, 1189–1511 — 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Douce 96

Contents:
Hugh Oldham — 16th century, first quarter

MS. Douce 160

Contents:
Epistre de Ysaac: Enuoyee a sa mere Sarra — 16th century

MS. Douce 225

Contents:
John Stow — c. 1560–70; English
Order of ceremonies in York cathedral — 15th century, end; English, York

MS. e Mus. 245 (R)

Contents:
Incantations and prayers — 16th century; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Eng. poet. c. 3

Contents:
Middle English verse (binding fragments, 14th-16th cent.)

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. Holkham Gr. 35

Contents:
Patristic texts

MS. Icel. g. 1

Contents:
Book of prayers — 16th century, before 1577; Icelandic

MS. Ital. b. 1

Contents:
Book of payments for rent (?) on an estate in Avignon (?), 1382–93 — 1382–1393; Italian
Letter — 1526; Italian

MS. Ital. e. 19

Contents:
Dell' Indulgenza della Portiuncula — Multiple dates; Italian
Cicero — 15th century, early; Italian

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. b. 7 (R)

Contents:
Accounts of parts of the earldom of the Marches — 1516; English

MS. Lat. misc. b. 23

Contents:
Guardbook of miscellaneous accessions in Latin acquired 1976 onwards, primarily of medieval fragments

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. th. c. 10

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Lat. th. e. 10 (R)

Contents:
Julius II — 1503; Italian, Rome

MS. Laud Misc. 1

Contents:
Prayer-book of Jane Wriothesley

MS. Laud Misc. 20

Contents:
Inspeximus of two letters of church councils (1415 and 1435) on ordination of Franciscans — 1502; French

MS. Laud Misc. 93

Contents:
Breviary (Choir Breviary) — 16th century, beginning; French, North

MS. Laud Misc. 472

Contents:
Conrad Holtnicker — 16th century

MS. Laud Misc. 615

Contents:
The Psalter of Colum Cille (Saltair Cholium Cille) — 16th century, first half; Irish

MS. Laud Misc. 621

Contents:
Statutes of Corpus Christi College, Oxford — 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Laud Misc. 663

Contents:
Dogale — 16th century; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 700

Contents:
Simeon of Durham, Geoffrey of Coldingham, etc. — Multiple dates; English

MS. Laud Misc. 710

Contents:
Dogale — 1552; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 711

Contents:
Dogale — 1564; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 712

Contents:
Dogale — 1550; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 713

Contents:
Dogale — 1572; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 714

Contents:
Dogale — 1576; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 715

Contents:
Dogale — c. 1578; Italian

MS. Laud Misc. 754 (R)

Contents:
The Generation of Antichrist — 16th century; English

MS. Morrell 4

Contents:
Royal charters for the Oxford company of cordwainers — 1381, 1400, 1428, 1510; England

MS. Morrell 11

Contents:
Royal writs relating to the Oxford company of cordwainers, 1457-1607 — England

MS. Rawl. A. 269

Contents:
Papal bulls, etc., mostly relating to Spain and Portugal, 1471–1715

MS. Rawl. B. 326

Contents:
Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey: register of presentations, grants of corrodies, etc., 1421–1539 — 15th and 16th centuries; English

MS. Rawl. B. 394

Contents:
Rent-roll of the possessions of Sir Richard Southwell, Norfolk (1545–1546) — 16th century; English, Norfolk

MS. Rawl. C. 658

Contents:
Laws and ordinances of Venice — 16th century; Italian

MS. Rawl. D. 732

Contents:
Miscellany including four medieval fragments

MS. Rawl. D. 1131

Contents:
Bede-roll of a parish guild of St. Peter, Vocabulary relating to archery — 16th century, beginning; English, Yorkshire (?)

MS. Rawl. D. 1223

Contents:
Cartulary of the Priory of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire — 16th century; English

MS. Rawl. liturg. d. 4

Contents:
Processional, Use of Sarum — 14th century, second half; Irish (?)
Faburden incipits to two responsories — 15th century, late, or 16th century, beginning; Irish (?)

MS. Rawl. poet. 234

Contents:
William the Clerk of Normandy — 13th century
Ps.-John of Damascus — c. 1300
Song of Solomon, French verse paraphrase — Multiple dates

MS. Rawl. statutes 36

Contents:
Form of electing a bishop, abbot, prior, etc. in the diocese of Lichfield, incorporating copies of documents of 1500–1521 — c. 1520–1530; English, Lichfield or nearby
Statutes of Lichfield Cathedral — 15th century; English, Lichfield or nearby

MS. Rawl. statutes 38

Contents:
Statutes of Exeter Cathedral, 1268–1388 — c. 1500; English, Exeter
Statutes of Exeter Cathedral, 1544 — c. 1550; English, Exeter
Taxatio of the collegiate church of Probus, Cornwall — 16th century, second half; English

MS. Savile 35

Contents:
Astronomical calendar, apparently based on that made in 1263 by Roger Bacon — 1521; English, Oxford

MS. Selden Superius 109

Contents:
Abecedarium, or spelling-book, consisting of the alphabet, syllables, and short words — 16th century (?); Russian

MS. Selden Supra 32

Contents:
Petrus de Argellata — 15th or 16th century (?); Irish

MS. Sparrow 4

Contents:
Standing orders of a governing body at Venice — 16th century, late (after 1567 (?)); Italian, Venice (?)

MS. Tanner 2

Contents:
Historical texts mostly relating to English and Scottish history — 16th century, beginning

MS. Top. Bucks. b. 4

Contents:
Cartulary of deeds relating to Fleet Marston, Missal, Use of Sarum — 15th and 16th centuries; England

MS. Top. Kent d. 4 (R)

Contents:
Roll of receipts and rents of Leeds Priory, Kent — c. 1505; English

MS. Top. Lincs. d. 1

Contents:
Cartulary of Nun Cotham nunnery — 13th-14th centuries, with additions to at least 1524; English

MS. Top. Oxon. d. 388 (R)

Contents:
Account of John Burton as receiver of Osney Abbey, 1529–30 — England, Osney Abbey

MS. Top. Suffolk d. 15

Contents:
Cartulary of the church of St. Michael, South Elmham, Suffolk — 1500; English

MS. Wood empt. 12

Contents:
Formulary of writs and other documents — 16th century; English

MS. Wood empt. 21

Contents:
Records of the chapters-general of the Augustinian canons, Benedictine constitutions of 1339 for monasteries — after 1518; English