Smith newsb. d. 19

William Ballard (?), Account of the Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville (Wydeville), 25 May 1465

Rubric: The Coronacion of the Queene

Incipit: The duc’ of Clarance Stywarde of Englond

Explicit: beforne þe mayre of london

Pr. from this copy by G. Smith, The coronation of Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort of Edward IV, on May 26th, 1465 : a contemporary account now first set forth from a XV century manuscript (London, 1935), with facsimile of fol. 1r. The other known copy is London, College of Arms M 3 ('Ballard's Book'), fols. 6r-8r.

Followed by three words in a different ink: ‘Edward Lloyd When(?)’

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper, folded in quarto. Watermark (fols. 2, 4) type Piccard Krone I.327 (1453-62)

Extent: i (unfoliated endleaf, conjoint with pastedown) + i (modern paper) + 6 + vii (modern paper) + i (endleaf conjoint with pastedown)

Dimensions (leaf): 220 × c. 150 mm.

Foliation: i, 1-14

Layout

1 col., c. 27-29 lines. Written space variable, approximately 160 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

Cursive: mixed secretary/anglicana; one hand.

Decoration

None.

Binding

19th-century (?) calf over pasteboards.

History

Origin: England; c. 1465 (watermark and script suggest this is a contemporary copy)

Provenance and Acquisition

‘Edward Lloyd When(?)’, fol. 6v following the end of the text.

Mostyn Library (Mostyn Hall, Flintshire), MS. 226: 'MS. no. 226' (18th century (?))on the first (unfoliated) endleaf, and cf. Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourth report (1874), App. p. 359. Shelfmark H/4c on the unfoliated endleaf.

Bookplate of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd baron Mostyn: with with shield, helm, crest, and mantling, and the motto 'a domino - Auxilium meum'.

Mostyn sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1920, lot. 64 (second part)

George Smith, of Great Bedwyn, 1871-1963

Given by him as part of his collection of printed newbooks in 1954 (see Bodleian Library Record 4 (1952-3) 290).

Record Sources

Description by Matthew Holford, April 2021.

Availability

Orderable through SOLO

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2021-04-27: First online publication.

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