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MS. Lat. misc. d. 95 (R)

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Treatises on estate accounting, with model letters, etc.

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (m. 1r–2r)
Treatise on drawing up a manorial account (contents summarized in BLR 13 (1990), 324)
Incipit: In principio compoti inquirendum est quid sit materia deinde quid sit compotorium
Language(s): Latin
4.
Model will, dated 1274
Language(s): Latin
5. (m. 3r)
Collection of model letters (contents summarized in BLR 13 (1990), 325)
Language(s): Latin
6. (m. 4r–6r)
Model manorial account, dated 1273–4
Language(s): Latin
7. (m. 1v)
Collection of model letters (continued from item 5)
Language(s): Latin
8.
Rules for drawing up a view of account (contents summarized in BLR 13 (1990), 325–6)
Language(s): Latin
10. (m. 2v)
Grange and stock accounts, dated 1283–4
Language(s): Latin
11.
Will of lady 'Joan le Weel', dated 1296
Language(s): Latin
12. (m. 2v–3v)
Provisions for the assize of bread and the assize of ale
Language(s): Latin
13.
Model will, dated 1296
Language(s): Latin
14. (m. 3v–6v)
Model reeve's account, dated 1297–8
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment
Extent: 6 membranes with remnant of one other

Decoration

Flourished initials and line-fillers.

History

Origin: 13th century, late – 14th century, early (after 1297/1298) ; English, Oxford (?)

Record Sources

Description largely adapted from R. Evans and R. Faith, 'Notable accessions. Western manuscripts: a formulary of about 1300', Bodleian Library Record, 13 no. 4 (1990), 324–8.

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.