Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 168: Documents Relating to Bishop Cox of Ely
Description
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 168 contains a miscellany of sixteenth-century transcriptions of a wide variety of written work including letters, speeches, prayers, poems, proverbs, historical notes, Anglo-Saxon laws and more. The volume is commonly associated with Bishop Richard Cox of Ely (c.1500-81) who also served as tutor and then as almoner to Henry VIII's son, Edward. As M. R. James points out, W. Stanley's identification of this manuscript as Parker's 'Misc Y' is inaccurate. This volume was, in fact, donated by Dr John Jegon, probably after 1600.
- Contents
- The location of places derived from the church fathers and others -- Notes on church history 603 AD - 1509 AD -- Laws of Cnut, Ethelred, Edgar, Edmund, Athelstan, Ine and Alfred -- Poems on the butcher of Paris -- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely exhorting the parishioners of every parish to be charitable to their poor neighbours: dated Dodington 12 July, 1569 -- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely to the ministers of every parish to certify the names of those that refuse to come to church and receive the sacraments: dated Somersham 13 November 1569 -- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely enjoining the ministers to use only the catechism set forth in the book of service, dated Somersham 7 August 1572 -- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely to the ministers of his diocese to be diligent in catechising, dated Ely-palace March 1, 1572 -- Letter from the council to Bishop cox of Ely, requiring him to enforce the observance of uniformity in religion thro' his diocese, dated Greenwich 7 November 1573 -- Letter from Richard Cox, bishop of Ely to the several parishes to enforce the observance of uniformity in religion -- Coronation oath -- A prayer for the beginning of every year in the queen's reign -- Form and order of the psalmes -- Epitaph of pope Sixtus V -- Historical notes beginning in 1558 -- Poems in Latin and English -- English verses -- Speech of Cromwell earl of Essex at his execution -- Prayer to be said before the Mass -- Indulgence granted to the confraternity of St Christopher and St George in the city of York
Bibliographic information
- M.R. James Date
- xvi
- Downloadable James Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:py432dz4728/MS_168.pdf
- Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ds346mg5941/168.pdf
- Contains
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- The location of places derived from the church fathers and others. 1r-56r
- Nasmith
- Loci communes ex patribus, &c. collecti. 1r-56r
- Note
- Collected from Fathers and medieval writers
- Notes on church history 603 AD - 1509 AD. 56v-63v
- Nasmith
- Notae historicae ordine chronologico dispositae de rebus ecclesiasticis ab anno 603 ad annum 1509. 56v-63v
- Note
- Mostly on the Popes
- Laws of Cnut, Ethelred, Edgar, Edmund, Athelstan, Ine and Alfred. 64r-66v
- Nasmith
- Leges Canuti, Ethelredi, Edgari, Edmundi, Adelstani, Inae et Aluredi. 64r-66v
- Note
- (4 pp.) called by Liebermann (p. xxii) Corpus
- Poems on the butcher of Paris. 67r-102v
- Nasmith
- Carmina in Lanienam Parisiensem. 67r-102v
- Rubric
- (67r) In perfidiam et crudelitatem quam Carolus nonus Galliae Rex in Christianos exercuit
- Note
- A series of 8 Latin poems: the first begins
- Incipit
- (67r) Fama fuit Moscum furiis urgentibus armaAduersus ciues expediisse suos
- Note
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(72r) Two pages, one with swan-marks (?) of Roger, Richard, John, Jane Cox, Eliz. Whithed, and Brame
(73r) The other with miscellaneous notes
(73v) 27 blank leaves
- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely exhorting the parishioners of every parish to be charitable to their poor neighbours: dated Dodington 12 July, 1569. 103r-103r
- Nasmith
- Letter exhorting the parishioners of every parish to be charitable to their poor neighbours, sent by order of council: dated Dodington 12 July, 1569. 103r-103r
- Author
- Bishop Cox of Ely
- Note
- Items 5-11 occupy 5 pp.
- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely to the ministers of every parish to certify the names of those that refuse to come to church and receive the sacraments: dated Somersham 13 November 1569. 103r-103r
- Nasmith
- Letter to the ministers of every parish to certify unto him the names of those that refuse to come to church and receive the sacraments, sent by order of council: dated Somersham 13 November 1569. 103r-103r
- Author
- Bishop Cox of Ely
- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely enjoining the ministers to use only the catechism set forth in the book of service, dated Somersham 7 August 1572. 103v-103v
- Nasmith
- Letter enjoining the ministers to use only the catechism set forth in the book of service, and to certify unto him quarterly the names of such parents as refuse permitting their children to learn it, dated Somersham 7 August 1572. 103v-103v
- Author
- Bishop Cox of Ely
- Letter of Bishop Cox of Ely to the ministers of his diocese to be diligent in catechising, dated Ely-palace March 1, 1572. 104r-104r
- Nasmith
- Letter to the ministers of his diocese to be diligent in catechising, dated Ely-palace March 1, 1572. 104r-104r
- Author
- Bishop Cox of Ely
- Letter from the council to Bishop cox of Ely, requiring him to enforce the observance of uniformity in religion thro' his diocese, dated Greenwich 7 November 1573. 104r-104v
- Nasmith
- Letter from the council to the bishop, requiring him to enforce the observance of uniformity in religion thro' his diocese, dated Greenwich 7 November 1573. 104r-104v
- Note
- Wilkins, Concilia IV 279
- Letter from Richard Cox, bishop of Ely to the several parishes to enforce the observance of uniformity in religion. 105r-115v
- Nasmith
- Letter from the bishop to the several parishes on this occasion. 105r-115v
- Author
- Richard Cox, bishop of Ely
- Note
- (105v) Blank leaves
- Coronation oath. 117r-117r
- Nasmith
- Juramentum regis quando coronatur. 117r-117r
- A prayer for the beginning of every year in the queen's reign. 117r-117r
- Nasmith
- Another prayer for the beginning of every year in the queen's reign. 117r-117r
- Form and order of the psalmes. 120r-161v
- Nasmith
- The forme and order of the psalmes as they were used to be songe in the house of the late right reverend father Richard Cox sometime L. B. of Ely. 120r-161v
- James
- Metrical Psalms. 120r-161v
- Rubric
- (120r) Munday morning Psal. 1
- Incipit
- (120r) That man is bleste that hath not gone etc.
- Note
-
(122v) Ends with Thursday morning
(123r) Blank leaves
- Epitaph of pope Sixtus V. 171r-173v
- Nasmith
- Epitaphia papae Sixti. 171r-173v
- Historical notes beginning in 1558. 174r-194r
- Nasmith
- Notae historicae incipientes A. D. 1558. 174r-194r
- Note
- Scattered over several leaves: may be of interest
- Poems in Latin and English. 194v-199v
- Nasmith
- Carmina Latina et Anglicana. 194v-199v
- Note
- Includes several poems to Queen Elizabeth, an epitaph for Richard Cox etc.
- English verses. 204r-208v
- Nasmith
- English verses with the following burdens. 204r-208v
- Note
- (1)
- Incipit
- (204r) Hold back thy tonge at meat and meal;Speake but few wordes, bestow them well
- Note
- (2)
- Incipit
- (204v) The black shepe is a perylous beast,Cujus contrarium falsum est
- Note
- (3)
- Incipit
- (205r) Say well and do well they are things twayne;Thryse happye is he, in whom both raygne
- Note
- (4)
- Incipit
- (205v) My derlyng dere long have I sowght,Lost is my labour, she is clere nowght
- Note
- (5)
- Incipit
- (207v) Lorde wounde my fleasshe with thy feareFor I feare thy judgements
- Note
- (6)
- Incipit
- (208r) For he that by wyll doth rule his witteDoth oftymes loose when he shulde knitte
- Note
- These verses were printed in the Percy Society's publications (H. P. S.), vol. XIII, no. 50, 1844, by James Goodwin
- Speech of Cromwell earl of Essex at his execution. 209r-210r
- Nasmith
- Speech as I conjecture of Cromwell earl of Essex at his execution. 209r-210r
- Incipit
- (209r) Masters I am come hither to dye
- Note
- (2 pp.)
- Prayer to be said before the Mass. 210v-210v
- Nasmith
- Oratio dicenda ante missam. 210v-210v
- Note
- Items 26, 27. On one page, the last
- Indulgence granted to the confraternity of St Christopher and St George in the city of York. 210v-210v
- Nasmith
- Indulgentia concessa confraternitati S. Christophori et Georgii in civitate Eboraci. 210v-210v
- The location of places derived from the church fathers and others. 1r-56r
- TJames
- vac.
- Stanley
- Misc. Y
- Location
- https://purl.stanford.edu/xq506mq0193
- MS 168
- Repository
- UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
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