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[Prose and poetry, late 15th/early 16th century]

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Description: Poems and prose by William Lichfield, John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer and others. Also includes the Gospel of Nicodemus, excerpts from John Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon and a medical recipe.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 15th/early 16th century
Call number: mssHM 144
Provenance: An early possibly the first owner (the copyist himself?) had access to a manuscript which had belonged to the Augustinian monastery in Bisham Montague, Berkshire, and which was used for reinforcement in the binding. Other 16th century owners wrote their names in the book: f. ii, among many pentrials, "John thyll [second word erased]. John tylly owth for ii bowsylles of wy[cropped] the pres xxiiii d."; "Iste confessor domyni. Iste lyber pertenethe nicolaus serll"; on the inside of the front and back covers, "John Skynner" and "John Skynner of farnham." Manly and Rickert suggest that the note on f. 81 may be in the hand of William Thynne, who prepared editions of Chaucer's works in 1532 and 1542. The notes on ff. 1 and 9v appear to be written by John Stow who brought out a revised version of Thynne's edition of Chaucer in 1561. Belonged to a member of the Savile family. Sold by Ellis in that year to Henry Huth; sale of Alfred H. Huth to Quaritch. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington before 1925.

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