Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 189: Canterbury Documents. William Thorne OSB, Chronicle (587-1375)
Description
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 189 is made up of two volumes. The first section is a collection of documents relating to Canterbury including a chronology, copies of Anglo-Saxon charters and papal letters copied in the later fourteenth century but with material added to in later years down to the reign of Henry VI. The second volume is one of two surviving copies of William Thorne's (fl. c. 1397) Chronicle (to 1375) (the other copy, to 1397, being in British Library, Add. MS 53710). The provenance of this manuscript is well attested. It was almost certainly acquired after the Dissolution from St Augustine's, Canterbury by the antiquarian John Twyne (c. 1501-81). Thereafter, a note in the manuscript records how it was in the possession of Thomas Twyne (1543-1613), John Twyne's son, and was given to Parker by Robert Breacher, a former monk of St Augustine's and royal chaplain to Elizabeth I.
- Contents
- List of keepers of the Kent coast in the reign of Edward III -- Explanation of the custom of 'gavelet' in the county of Kent -- Payment owed to the church of Sibertswold by the abbey of St Radegund -- List of the churches of St Augustine's abbey appropriated by Archbishop Simon Langham, April 1368 -- Declaration of Archbishop William Courtenay that his visit to St Augustine's abbey will not prejudice its future privileges, 1389 -- Chronology from the beginning of the world to 1378 -- History of Britain from antiquity to the death of Edward III -- Constitution of Pope Innocent on the chapters of the Benedictine order -- Fragment from a history of England and Scotland -- Archiepiscopal constitutions -- On the sale and tithe of wool -- Estimate of the lands and manors of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury -- List of counties of England with their castles, monasteries and priories -- Letter of Pope Boniface IV to Ethelbert, king of Kent on the foundation of Christ Church, Canterbury, dated 615 -- Chronicle (587-1375)
Bibliographic information
- M.R. James Date
- xiv and xii
- Downloadable James Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jg698tx6082/MS_189.pdf
- Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kb615bn3579/189.pdf
- Contains
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- List of keepers of the Kent coast in the reign of Edward III. 1r-1v
- Nasmith
- Custodes periculorum super coster. maris in com. Kant. XIII die Augusti anno regis Edwardi tertii XLIIIIto. 1r-1v
- Note
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(1r) In a xvth cent. hand
(1r) There are some notes on measures besides the matter described by Nasmith
(1v) In an earlier hand a note on St Augustine's Abbey - Incipit
- (1v) A sancto petro primo abbate usque ad aldhunum
- Explicit
- (1v) per archiepiscopum lanfrancum serpentina calliditate processus pentecostales amisit
- Explanation of the custom of 'gavelet' in the county of Kent. 1v-1v
- Nasmith
- Expositio cujusdam usagii in com. Kant. quod dicitur Gavelate. 1v-1v
- Note
- Items 2-5 are in a hand similar to that of item 1 except that a list (Ordinatio de vicariis cum appropriatione earundem videantur in fine libri) is in a hand of cent. xvi
- Payment owed to the church of Sibertswold by the abbey of St Radegund. 1v-2r
- Nasmith
- Pensio ecclesiae de Siberteswalde solv. per abbatiam sanctae Radegundis. 1v-2r
- Note
- Items 2-5 are in a hand similar to that of item 1 except that a list (Ordinatio de vicariis cum appropriatione earundem videantur in fine libri) is in a hand of cent. xvi
- List of the churches of St Augustine's abbey appropriated by Archbishop Simon Langham, April 1368. 2r-2r
- Nasmith
- Dimissio omnium ecclesiarum monasterii sancti Augustini appropriatarum facta per dominum Simonem Langham archiepiscopum Cantuariensem 18 Aprilis 1368. 2r-2r
- Note
- Items 2-5 are in a hand similar to that of item 1 except that a list (Ordinatio de vicariis cum appropriatione earundem videantur in fine libri) is in a hand of cent. xvi
- Declaration of Archbishop William Courtenay that his visit to St Augustine's abbey will not prejudice its future privileges, 1389. 2v-2v
- Nasmith
- Protestatio Willelmi Courtenay archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ne ingressus suus monasterii privilegiis deroget vel praejudicet in futurum. 2v-2v
- Note
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Items 2-5 are in a hand similar to that of item 1 except that a list (Ordinatio de vicariis cum appropriatione earundem videantur in fine libri) is in a hand of cent. xvi
Item 5 is dated 1389, 23 aprilis
- Chronology from the beginning of the world to 1378. 3r-15v
- Nasmith
- Chronologia quaedam ab orbe condito ad annum 1378. 3r-15v
- Note
- (3r) In a small hand
- Incipit
- (3r) Adam homo primus de limo terre extra paradisum in agro damasseno
- Note
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Apparently a Canterbury chronology
Ends - Explicit
- (15v) Anno (mo) iiic lxxviij urbanus 6 fit papa dominica in ramis palmarum
- History of Britain from antiquity to the death of Edward III. 16r-23r
- Nasmith
- Historia Britanniae a prima antiquitate ad mortem Edwardi III. 16r-23r
- Incipit
- (16r) Transactis a constitucione mundi iii ml viiic iii annis quidam Rex grecie nomine Cycropes cunctis regibus terre potentior habebat xxx filias
- Note
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Foundations of monasteries and donations to St Augustine's are noted
Ends with Edward III - Explicit
- (23r) iste regnauit li annis et Westmonasterii cum patribus suis sepelitur
- Constitution of Pope Innocent on the chapters of the Benedictine order. 23v-25v
- Nasmith
- Constitutio Innocentii papae de capitulis ordinis Sancti Benedicti celebrandis. 23v-25v
- Author
- Pope Innocent
- Note
- (23v) In another hand, 1st year of pontificate
- Incipit
- (23v) Regis pacifici qui regnat in celis
- Note
- f. 25r+25v blank
- Fragment from a history of England and Scotland. 26r-32r
- Nasmith
- Fragmentum cujusdam historiae Angliae et Scotiae. 26r-32r
- Note
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(26r) Double columns
(26r) Begins imperfectly with a note at topRegnum Scotorum est in occidentale parte britannie et regnum pictorum in aquilonali etc.
Text - Incipit
- (26r) occiso Thymgarus solus reg'. post istum Riuallo quo mortuo erat inter fratres et nepotes
- Note
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The same text as item no. 7: see f. 16v
(30r) After Edward III it adds - Explicit
- (30r) Ricardus filius Edwardi principis sub anno domini ml iiic lxxvij puer x annorum etate xvii kal. aug. in regem coronatus est
- Note
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On 29v are paragraphs omitted in the text. The latest referring to 1259
On f. 30r. Lists of kings from Ethelbert to Richard II, and archbishops from Augustine to Simon Langham
(31v) List of kings (and dioceses) in England at the time of Augustine
(32r) Counties and dioceses (cf. MS 301) - Rubric
- (32r) Contenta in decretali (another hand)
- Archiepiscopal constitutions. 32v-33r
- Nasmith
- Constitutiones archiepiscopales de eis quae parochiani tenentur invenire in ecclesiis; et de decimis per ecclesiarum rectores a suis parochianis petendis. 32v-33r
- Note
- (32v) Constitutions (1) of Robert and Walter. (2) Of Robert at Lambeth
- On the sale and tithe of wool. 33v-37r
- Nasmith
- De venditione et decimis lanae. 33v-37r
- Rubric
- (33v) Vendicio lane
- Note
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Extract from Rotulus placitorum 12 Edwardi II on dues of Abbot and Archbishop
(34r) Table of a book referring to St Augustine's: double columns
(36v) On the Cinque Ports
(36v) Number of churches etc. in England
(37r) Explanation of Sake, Soke etc. (also in MS 301)
- Estimate of the lands and manors of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury. 37v-37v
- Nasmith
- Terra maneriorum Sancti Augustini mensurata. 37v-37v
- Incipit
- (37v) In Rodrycheffeld ccl acras etc.
- Note
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(Twysden, Decem Scriptores col. 2202)
Chronological notes and note of death of Joh. Derby, monachus et sacrista monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantuarie. (1404 die S. liuini): qui de nouo fecit domum angularem ex opposito ecclesie Sancti Andree in cantuarie. Et decorauit et ornauit ecclesiam predicti monasterii cum xiii fenestris de opere lapideo et vitreo bene et suspicaciter (?) perfectis
- List of counties of England with their castles, monasteries and priories. 38r-45v
- Nasmith
- Comitatus Angliae, et castella abbatiae et prioratus in quolibet comitatu. 38r-45v
- Note
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(38r) A quire in a larger hand: first, a table with headings Longitudo. Latitudo. Pedes. Pollices (Twysden, 2203)
List of counties, monasteries, castles: monastic order specified
(45v) Note in another hand on money and measures
- Letter of Pope Boniface IV to Ethelbert, king of Kent on the foundation of Christ Church, Canterbury, dated 615. 45v-45v
- Nasmith
- Litera Bonifacii papae missa Ethelberto de prima fundatione ecclesiae Christi. 45v-45v
- Note
- (45v) Dated 615
- Incipit
- (45v) Domino excellentissimo atque precellentissimo filio
- Note
- In Claudius A. III and Cleopatra E. I. See Bohmer, Fälschungen Lanfranks, p. 145
- William Thorne OSB, Chronicle (587-1375). 46r-203v
- Nasmith
- Chronica fratris Wilhelmi Thorne, cui subnectuntur evidentiae donationum ecclesiae Christi Cantuarie. 46r-203v
- Author
- William Thorne OSB
- Note
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Hic liber primo mutuatus a Mag. Thoma Twine, sed postea datus fuit Matthaeo Cantuariensi per Mag (blank) Bracher (cum aliis quibusdam libris) quondam monachum Sancti Augustini qui fuit confessor in aula regia et verus possessor hujus libri
Headed in red - Rubric
- (46r) Cronice ff. Willmi Thorne
- Incipit
- (46r) Ualens labor et laude dignus per quem ignota noscuntur occultata ad noticiam patescunt etc.
- Note
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Annotated by some of the scribes of previous articles
Printed from this and another MS. by Twysden in Decem Scriptores 1757
On ff. 181v - 184r are inserted some later Placita (one of 19 Henrici VI): 184v - 185v blank
This copy ends f. 190r (on 1375) with the election of Michael de peccham (see notes on this election in MS 301)
Twysden's cap. xl, col. 2150, ends thus: maneria de oris et dene constat augmentata
This MS. reads: constat augmentata, and continues - Explicit
- (191r) Igitur defuncto abbate supra dicto regia licencia prehabita elegerunt per viam compromissi fratrem Michael de Pecham tunc camerarium virum prestantissimum die S. Albani anno supradicto
- Note
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This sentence does not appear to be in Twysden
On 190v has been a papal document: erased except the first words, Johannes Ep. seruus seruorum
(192r) Another hand - Incipit
- (192r) ffait assauoir de la ffraunchise lerceuesque de Canterbirs qil ad en Staplegate en lauant dit citee
- Note
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(Twysden 2204)
192r
On 192v - 194r (195r) in various hands are copies of documents - Rubric
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(193v) Breue regis (Ricardi) escaetori de kancia ... de seisina temporalium tempore vacacionis
(194r) Perambulacio balliuorum et comit. ciuit. Cantuarie 46 Edwardi III
(194v) Juramentem etc. Vicarii de Plumsted
(194v) Ordinacio Vicarii de litlebourne
(195r) Forma obligacionis camere pape - Note
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(Twysden 2206)
(195v) Document relating to Plumsted, dated 1387
195r (- 196r) sqq. are of cent. xii and are in a Christ Church hand. They contain Evidentiae ecclesiae Christi Cant. and are printed by Twysden 2207-2226
(196r) A number of Christ Church, Canterbury documents, mostly abbreviated Anglo-Saxon charters. See Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: S 1609, S 8, S 230, S 1610, S 19, S 22, S 1611, S 90, S 1612, S 38, S 1613, S 1430a, S 155, S 1259, S 160, S 111, S 1436, S 1615, S 1616, S 1617, S 1618, S 175, S 1619, S 186, S 1266, S 188, S 414, S 1623, S 1438, S 1625, S 286, S 1626, S 1627, S 1628, S 1629, S 1209, S 132, S 1614, S 398, S 1210, S 537, S 546, S 31, S 477, S 1632, S 1633, S 1212, S 1636, S 1503, S 1378, S 1638, S 905, S 1624, S 1639, S 1630, S 1634, S 1635, S 1640, S 1641, S 1642, S 1222, S 1221, S 1218, S 1637, S 1646, S 1643, S 1089, S 1047, S 1090, S 1645, S 1530, S 1631, S 1389, S 1644, S 959
(203r) The last leaf is a fragment
- List of keepers of the Kent coast in the reign of Edward III. 1r-1v
- TJames
- 67
- Stanley
- G. 7
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- MS 189
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