A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Top. Surrey d. 4 (R)

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

Contents

Compotus rolls of Westminster Abbey.

Two rolls tied together:

Computus roll of John Huberd, bailiff of the abbey's manor of Morden , from Michaelmas 1332 to Michaelmas 1333.

Computus roll of John Morden, sacrist (on whom see E. H. Pearce, The monks of Westminster: being a register of the brethren of the convent from the time of the Confessor to the dissolution, with lists of the obedientiaries and an introduction (Cambridge, 1916), 88), from St. Edmund's day, 1349, to the day after Michaelmas, 1350.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment
Extent: Two rolls, each of two membranes, written on both sides
Dimensions (membrane): 685 × 245 mm.
Dimensions (membrane): 390 × 245 mm.
Dimensions (membrane): 715 × 220 mm.
Dimensions (membrane): 520 × 220 mm.

History

Origin: 1332–1333, 1349–1350 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

(2) endorsed ‘Conpotus Morden’, 16th century.

‘No. 59’ 17th(?) century

Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872), MS. 30057

Bought from Quaritch, 1932.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.