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Summary Catalogue no.: 8609

Contents

Records of the chapters-general of the Augustinian canons
(fol. 1)

A form of proceedings to be observed at a Chapter at Oseney, 1449

(fol. 9)

Letters of 1511 and 1517

(fol. 18)

How to conduct a visitation

(fol. 30)

The statutes of Northampton, 1325

(fol. 39)

The statutes of Cheshunt, 1331

(fol. 42)

The statutes of Newenham, 1340

(fol. 43)

The statutes of Newstead, 1341

(fol. 48)

The statutes of Northampton, 1343

(fol. 50)

A list of the Augustinian houses in the province of Canterbury

(fol. 54)

The statutes of Leicester, 1346

(fol. 58)

The statutes of Northampton, 1380

(fol. 62)

The statutes of Northampton, 1359

(fol. 66)

The statutes of Newstead, 1362

(fol. 68)

The statutes of Newstead, 1371

(fol. 68)

The statutes of Newstead, 1371

(fol. 71)

The Acts of the Chapter of Oseney, 1443

(fol. 68)

The Acts of the Chapter of Northampton, 1446

(fols 117–135)

Blank

(fol. 139)

The Acts of the Chapter of Leicester, 1518

(fols 158–172)

Blank

(fol. 173)

The letter of Pope Benedict to the Abbot of Thornton and the Prior of Kirkham

(fol. 182)
Benedict XII, Constitutio 'Ad decorem ecclesiae' (for Augustinian canons)
Incipit: Bened(ic)tus ep(is)c(opus) servus servo(rum) dei ad p(e)rpetua(m) rei memoria(m)
Language(s): Latin
Chapters of the Augustinian Canons, ed. H. E. Salter, Oxford Historical Society 74 (also Canterbury and York Society, 29) (Oxford, 1922), with this MS. at pp xl-xli; Benedict's constitution is at pp. 214-267. Salter suggested the manuscript might have been produced at Launde Abbey, a suggestion not picked up in MLGB.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 280 pages
Dimensions (binding): 6.9 × 4.5 in.

Condition

Pages 117-135 and 158-172 are blank parchment

Decoration

Decorative initials, e.g. pp. 9, 182 and 183

History

Origin: after 1518 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1203
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1204

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-12: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)