MS. Bodl. 875
Summary Catalogue no.: 2959
Contents
This is a copy of a paper about the rival claims of Edward III of England and Philip VI of France to the latter kingdom, about 1340
Followed by copies of four similar pieces, 'A discourse wherein the right of both parties is disputed' (fol. 5: not completed); 'The reasons which the French alleage ...' (fol. 11); 'Reasons alleaged by the king of England' (fol. 13); and 'An Information given to the Bishop of Rome by the Embassadors ... of the kinge of England ...' (fol. 17: incomplete)
See MS. Bodl. 710
Physical Description
Binding
Limp white parchment with gold ornament, contemporary English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Donum Petri Manwood militis', who promised this book after Sir Thomas Bodley's death in Feb. 1613.
It probably came to the Library in 1613 or 1614
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)