Language(s): Latin
1. (fols. 1-4v)
English history: notes of English kings to 1307 Rubric: De regibus Anglie
Incipit: Circa annos Domini quingentesimos erat Anglia in septem
Explicit: Edwardus filius Edwardi consecratus est a Roberto de Winch' archiepiscopo Cant' et regnavit annis [blank]
T. Duffus Hardy, Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain, no. 554 (this copy only).
2. (fol. 5r-9r)
Marvels of England Rubric: De mirabilibus Anglie
Incipit: Albus equus est cum pullo suo
Explicit: [Cherdrehole] venire non potuerunt
Fol. 9v blank.
3. (fols. 10r-43v)
Chronicle from the beginning of the world to the coronation of Robert Bruce in 1306 Incipit: De principio mundi. In principio erat verbum, etc. Sex diebus Deus omnem rerum
Explicit: apud Berewic' distracti suspensi et decollati sunt
Hardy, Catalogue, no. 524 (this copy only)
Frequent references to archbishops of Canterbury and bishops of Rochester, including a vision attributed to Henry Sandford of Rochester (fol. 36r); at fol. 34v, the exile of 64 monks of Canterbury in 1207; at fol. 41v, the burning of Dover by the French in 1295 and the killing of a monk in the priory 'for whom God performed many miracles'.
Fols. 44r-46v blank.
4. (fols. 47r-53v)
Life of St Eustace Rubric: \Placidus/
Incipit: Eustachius ante Placidus vocabatur. Hic erat magister militum
Explicit: oratorium construxerunt
5. (fol. 53v-56r)
Life of St Julian confessor Rubric: Vita sancti Juliani confessor
Incipit: Fuit quidam juvenis nomine Julianus in seculi gloria nobilis. Quadam autem die circa venationem
Explicit: de corio suo regi Persarum substratorium efficitur
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 30(4-5).
6. (fol. 56r-60r)
Rubric: De altercatione Petri et Pauli cum Simone Mago
Incipit: Predicantibus apostolis Petro et Paulo erat Jherusalem quidam Simon nomine qui se primam virtutem et veritatem dicebat
Explicit: Paulus vero eodem die et loco capite est truncatus
7. (fol. 60r-62v)
Rubric: De S. Georgio
Incipit: Sanctus Georgius pervenit quadam vice in civitate que dicitur Silena iuxta quam erat draco
Explicit: cum ministris suis consumpsit
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 58 (56) (BHL 3395), abbreviated
8. (fo1. 63r-66v)
Rubric: De S. Christophoro
Incipit: Christoforus genere Cananeus pulcre stature vultusque terribili erat
Explicit: Et continuo sanus effectus est
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 100 (95) (BHL 1779), abbreviated
9. (fol. 67r-69r)
Life of St Juliana Incipit: Sancta Juliana virgo, cum esset desponsata prefecto
Explicit: canibus sunt comesta
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 43
10. (fol. 69r-73v)
Miracles of the Virgin Rubric: Incipiunt quedam miracula de beata Maria
Incipit: Quedam matrona nobilis in beata Maria virgine maximam deuocionem habebat
Explicit: post triduum in pace quievit
Six miracles; Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 37.2, 51(50).1, 51(50).2, 131(126).4, 131(126).7, 131(126).9
11. (fol. 74r-76v)
Miracles of St Andrew Incipit: Episcopus quidam religiosam agens vitam
Explicit: Cepit ergo episcopus magis illum sanctum diligere et venerare
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c.2.9
Incipit: (fol. 76r) In vita sancti Andreae apostoli. Venit quedam mulier et procidit ad pedes eius
Explicit: prostrati ad pedes apostoli gratias agebant
12. (fo1s. 77r-81v)
Miracles of the Virgin Incipit: Quidam homo sarcina pregravatus peccatorum ad iudicium dei
Incipit: In civitatem Bitricensi cum Christiani in die Pasce communicarentur
Incipit: Quedam mulier que a demone sibi uisibiliter apparente
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) 119(114).4, 5, 8 Miracle of Mary MagdaleneRubric: Magd'
Incipit: Post Ascensionem domini cum Iudei iam diu Stefanum occidissent
Explicit: gloriosos concentus audiuit
Abbreviated from Legenda Aurea (Graesse) c. 96(90) (pp. 409-13).
13. (fol. 81v-83v)
Rubric: Miracula quedam de S. Thoma martyre
Incipit: Per aliquot dies ante martirium
Incipit: Sacerdos quidam de beata virgine cotidie celebrabat
Incipit: Sancto Thoma martizato[sic] dum clerici requiem eternam in missa inciperent
Incipit: Avis ⟨s⟩ciens(?) loqui
Incipit: Quedam domina de Anglia pulcriores et uarios oculus
Incipit: Ecclesia quedam in honore beati Johannis euangeliste tempore beati Edwardi regis debuit consecrari
Six miracles, the last in fact relating to St Edward confessor (see next).
Hardy, Catalogue, no. 481 (this copy only)
14. (fo1. 83v-84v)
Rubric: De S. Edwardo rege
Incipit: Cumque idem rex in die Pasche ad mensam inter magnatos
Incipit: Cum igitur rex apud Westmon' moraretur uenit quidam Ibernicus
Two miracles.
15. (fo1. 85r-87r)
Rubric: (fol. 84v) Miracula de sancto Dunstano
Incipit: Sanctus Dunstanus antequam archiepiscopus esset a quadam matrona regebatur
Incipit: Quodam tempore Dunstanus Glastoniam perrexit
Incipit: Alio quodam die demon eum in ursi effigie
Incipit: Per idem tempus rogatus Dunstanus a quodam viro nobili
Incipit: Alio quodam die rex in die dominica
Five miracles
15a. (fols. 87v-88v)
Rubric: (fol. 86v) Miraculum de beata Maria
Incipit: Miles quidam potens ualde ac diues
Explicit: largiente receperunt
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) 119(114).3. Followed by 'Item', 'Quidam pictor ... pictorem sustentabat' (cf. Poncelet 345)
16. (fol. 89r-110v)
Life of St Thomas of Canterbury Incipit: Beatum Thomam, antequam natus esset, novit Dominus et predestinavit, et qualis quantusque futurus esset matri eius per revelacionem declaravit
Explicit: Et maxime brachiorum et manuum caro ossibus et nervis vix aderens, que tantum nefas perpetrarunt. Sanctus Thomas tercia feria fugam iniit, tercia feria in transmarinis aplicuit, tercia feria a mari recessit, tercia feria revertens mare transiit, tercia feria martirizatus est
Beginning resembles William Fitzstephen's Vita; ending resembles the Quadrilogus.
17. (fols. 111r-114v)
De septem dormientibus
Incipit: Septem dormientes in civitate Ephesi orti sunt
Explicit: iterum resuscitabit nos deus
Legenda Aurea (Graesse) 101 (96) (ending varied)
18. (fol. 114v-115v)
Rubric: De quodam Roberto Wyskard
Incipit: In diebus Henrici regis Anglie primi fuit quidam Robertus Wiscard de Normannia
Explicit: de nupciis ad supplicium
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. William Stubbs, Rolls Series 51 (1868-71), III.161-2.
19. (fol. 116r-v)
Rubric: (fol. 115v) De exilio sancti Anselmi et de morte regis Willelmi
Incipit: Rex Willelmus secundus dictus Rufus, graviter infirmatus promisit bonas leges se positurum
Explicit: fumi magnitudo sidera obfuscaret
Anselm's vision of St Alban throwing a burning arrow into the earth, together with portents of William II's death: bloodletting and dream of crucifix. Cf. (loosely) Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora, Rolls Series, II (1874) 111-14. Not from Eadmer, Vita Anselmi, as Hardy, Catalogue, no. 133, and the revised Quarto Catalogue.
20. (fol. 117r-120r)
Rubric: (fol. 116v) De quodam milite peccatore
Incipit: Anno secundo regni regis Ricardi in insula que dicitur Yse fuit quedam puella
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, III.158-9.
Rubric: (fol. 117v) De duobus peregrinis
Incipit: Anno regni regis Ricardi viijo accidit quod duo Alemanni vicini consortium inierunt
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, IV.26-7.
Rubric: (fol. 118r) De plagis in terra ducis Austrie propter regem Ricardum
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, III.274-5.
Rubric: (fol. 118v) De penitencia corporis Limpold' ducis Austrie pro capcione Ricardi regis
Incipit: Anno predicto videlicet die sancti Stephani
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, III.276-7.
Rubric: (fol. 119v) De morte regis Ricardi Anglie
Incipit: Anno regni regis Ricardi xo obsedit idem rex castrum de Caluz in Normannia
cf. (loosely) Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, IV.82-3.
21. (foI. 120v)
Rubric: (fol. 120r) Miraculum
Incipit: Anno regni regis Johannis primo quidam abbas de Flay in Normannia uenit in Angliam predicandi gratia, et iuxta Cantuar' in loco quod dicitur Wy quandam fonte benedixit
cf. Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed. Stubbs, IV.123; St Eustace's well in Wye.
