MS. Bodl. 692
Summary Catalogue no.: 2508
Contents
Miscellaneous contents including:
Sermons, including one preached before the king at Oxford.
Scholastic exercises and disputations.
Letters and notes relating to Worcester Priory (including a copy of the inscription on the tomb of prior Thomas Ledbury) and Gloucester College.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col., variable number of lines, written space usually occupies the whole page, 303 × 225 mm. .
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Worcester, Worcestershire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin: John Lawerne, monk of Worcester, D. at Gloucester College, Oxford, Elemosinarius at Worcester 1448 and 1455. (fol. 38v) Versus: "... in circuitu ... tumbe m. Th. Ledbury prioris quondam huius loci" (sc. Worcester 1438–44) (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
Acquired between 1605 and 1611. (MLGB3)
Entries cover the years c. 1442-c. 1449 while the writer was a student monk at Gloucester College, Oxford.
Probably acquired between 1605 and 1611.
Record Sources
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.