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Ecclesiastical Subjects, &c.

959 LIBER ABBATIÆ DE HIDA, JUXTA WINTON.

folio. Press III, No. 33 The written leaves are 68, and the writing is of the reign of Elizabeth. A memorandum in Mr. Astle's hand states that it formerly belonged to Dr. Ducarel, and that the book of Hyde, "in great parchment," mentioned at folio 60 of this MS. is supposed to be still preserved in the Archives of the Cathedral at Winchester.

The language of this MS. is part Latin, and part English, and it contains transcripts of many valuable documents connected with the history of Hyde Abbey, near the city of Winchester, and its very extensive possessions.

960 REGISTER OF HYDE ABBEY, WINCHESTER. ON VELLUM. 4to, bound in green morocco.

Press III, No. 32

THE ANCIENT PART OF THIS MOST VALUABLE AND IM-
PORTANT MANUSCRIPT CONSISTS OF ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTEEN PAGES WRITTEN IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY,

to which are added eighteen at the end, containing memo-
randa, in various hands, down to the latter part of the
fifteenth century.

The two first leaves contain outline drawings, of which
facsimile engravings have been given in the first volume of
Dr. Dibdin's " Decameron," with a very accurate description
of them. On the first page are portraits of King Canute
and his Queen, in their robes of state, with their names
written over them in red ink, thus, "AILGYTHU REGINA.
CNUT REX." It was Mr. Astle's opinion that these draw-
ings were executed and the greatest part of the work written
in the reign of Canute, but it is bound up with leaves of a
later date mentioning facts which occurred in the thirteenth
century.

On the reverse of the fourth leaf are memoranda of
William the Conqueror's building a palace at Winchester,
in the fourth year of his reign; and of the burning of
Winchester by Robert Earl of Gloucester in 1140.

The reverse of folio 47, commences with a preface to the
Will of Alfred in Saxon, which is followed by the Will
itself, both written in 1031, and this is perhaps the oldest

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copy extant of that valuable document. Next follows a Chronology of the eleventh century, with an account of the burying places of the Anglo-Saxon Kings and Saints, with the names of those Kings from Ina to Cnut, in whose reign this part of the work was written.

Page 89, is remarkable for a fragment of the Exultat as chaunted on Holy Saturday, in the Monastery, with the MUSICAL NOTES WHICH WERE IN USE BEFORE THE INVENTION OF THE PRESENT GAMUT BY GUIDO D'AREZZO IN 1028. They consist of lines and points placed over the syllables, and indicating by their forms and positions the high and low tones in which those syllables are to be sung. Towards the end of the volume are various forms of benedictions, written in the reign of Cnut, such as blessings of milk and honey, the Paschal lamb, new bread, holy water, &c.; a list of relics preserved at Hyde; a calendar of Saints, list of Abbots, &c.

On one of the blank leaves is the following entry in Mr. Astle's hand: "In the year 1710, this manuscript was in "the possession of Walter Clavel, Esq.; it was afterwards "the property of the Rev. Mr. North, from whom it came "to his executor, the Rev. Dr. Lort, who presented it to me in the year 1770. T. A.”

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At the commencement of the volume is an index, very neatly written in a modern hand, of the contents of this manuscript.

MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO
ENGLISH HISTORY: OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLES,

&c. &c.

Continued from page 206.

961 INDEX VIRORUM.-AUGMENTATION OFFICE.

2 vol. folio. Press II, No. 86-87 The two volumes so lettered on the back, consist, the first of 75, and the second of 36 written leaves. Both are in the handwriting of Dr. DUCAREL, and are entitled " A Draught

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of an Index Virorum, to several of the Charta Antiquæ in "the Augmentation Office, by Dr. Ducarel 1764 and 1765.

English History, Old English Chronicles, &c.

STATE PAPERS.

962 SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM'S TABLE BOOK, OR INDEX OF 8vo, red morocco. Press II, No. 84 The written leaves are 112; the writing is probably that of Thomas Lake, who was Sir Francis Walsingham's secretary and amanuensis. It contains " An index of all the written books in the chests, or abroad," relating to Treaties with France and Flanders, Scotland and Ireland, during the reign of Elizabeth; also a Repertory of Walsingham's Papers at home and abroad, relating to all his transactions with the above, and other countries.

Thomas Lake was afterwards knighted by James I, and appointed one of his Secretaries of State.

963 "A BRIEFE DECLARATION OF THE NUMBER OF ALL PROMOTIONS ECCLESIASTICALL, of whatsoever name or title, at the Taxation of First Fruits and Tenthes; with the yearlie value of eache Bishopricke, Deanery, and Archdeaconrie, and the Tenthe of the Cleargie in everie Diocesse."

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folio. Press II, No. 80

The written pages are 19; the writing is of the reign of
Charles I, in one hand down to the last page, which states
in modern writing that "there were 3845 livings, or appro-
"priate parsonages taken from the Church; which is more
"by 1126, than half of those that remain, and within 897 as
many as them all. For the Churches not appropriate are
"but 5439, through all England and Wales; so that the
"parishes of the Churches appropriate, contain near about
"one half of the kingdom; which is more, if Hierome in
"his epistle to Dardanus, (as I take it) deceive me not, than
"twice so much as all the land of Judæa, though we reckon
"the kingdom of Israel into it, but many times more than
"the kingdom of Judæa, which contained but the two tribes
"that stuck to God."

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The written pages are numbered from 1 to 60; the handwriting
is modern; the contents of thirteen volumes of manuscripts
are indexed in this volume, without any account of when
those manuscripts were written, or where they are preserved,
or to what collection they belonged.

They relate chiefly to the Ecclesiastical History of England
from the Conquest down to the reign of James II.

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965 AN ORIGINAL SCHEDULE OF THE GOODS AND CHATTELS AT MANCHESTER HOUSE, AS ASCERTAINED BY INDENTURE OF SALE, BEARING DATE 5TH APRIL, 34 CHARLES II.

ON VELLUM.

Press II, No. 44

Press II, No. 94 A long roll of parchment. It begins with the pictures, about 150 in number, then follows a great variety of furniture, and a schedule of debts due to the Hon. George Montague at the time of his death. Six seals pendant. 966 AN ENGLISH CHRONICLE IN OLD ENGLISH. 4to. The written leaves of this MS. are 189; it is divided into 229 chapters. The first title is in these words, " Here may a man here how Engelond was ferst called Albion, and through whom hit hadde the name." The last chapter is entitled, "How Kinge Edward had a grete battaile of the Spainguarders in the See fast by Wynchelsee, and of many other thinges." The large initials of the chapters are flourished along the margin in red and blue down to the end of the page.

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The writing, spelling, and the ornaments of this MS. are of the reign of Henry VI.

967 AN ENGLISH CHRONICLE IN OLD ENGLISH.

folio. Press II, No. 45

The written leaves are 195, exclusive of eight leaves of Church music at the end.

This is another copy of the preceding Chronicle. The whole is in one hand of the reign of Henry VI.

The title of the last chapter is inserted thus: "Howe "after the death of Kynge Henrye the IV, reygneyed his 66 sone that was bore at Monmouth in Walys, that was a "worthy Kynge, and a gratious man, and agrete Conqueror." ,968 AN ENGLISH CHRONICLE IN OLD ENGLISH. ON VELLUM. 4to. Press II, No. 46

The written leaves of this MS. are 134. It is a copy of the preceding work, in a different hand but of the same age.

The three last mentioned MSS. though copies of one and the same work differ in some respects, and the parts that are wanting in one copy, are supplied by another.

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969 AN ENGLISH CHRONICLE IN OLD ENGLISH.

4to. Press II, No. 47

The written leaves are 82; the binding, old oak.

This is a fourth copy of the preceding work, but differing in the arrangement and divisions of chapters.

The autograph of "Thomas Bromley, 1576," is several times repeated on an antiphonarium, on which the Church musical notes at the beginning and end, are older than the Chronicle, and are probably of the thirteenth century.

The last chapter is divided into three parts, the second of which is entitled, "Off the battell of Agyncourte and of the "worthie present that the Dolphin of Ffrance sent to King Henry V."

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970 MISCELLANEA HISTORICA. ON VELLUM.

folio. Press II, No. 43

The written pages are 184, all in one hand, of the thirteenth
century.

The contents are, 1, Historia Jerosolimitana, &c.; folio 59,
Historia Danica; folio 64, Daretis Historia Trojana;
folio 75, Apolonii Historia; folio 88, Alexandri Magni
Historia, &c. &c.; folio 112, Historia Britannica. This is
Geoffry of Monmouth's celebrated work, sometimes called
"The Brut," and beginning with the prologue
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multa et de multis," &c. &c.

971" ANCIENNE CHRONIQUE.”

ON VELLUM.

folio. Press II, No. 55

THIS FINE AND VALUABLE MANUSCRIPT CONSISTS OF 830
PAGES. The writing is of the fourteenth century, and in
the French language. No title is prefixed to the volume,
but it contains a collection of HISTORICAL ROMANCES, RE-
LATING TO THE GREEK AND TROJAN WARS. The
initial letters and some of the pages are profusely orna-
mented in gold and colours, and there are besides 38 minia-
ture drawings, very elaborately executed, representing
kings, courtiers, knights, sieges, battles, &c.

It is bound in hogskin, and the arms of some French noble-
man are stamped upon the cover.

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