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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 168: Documents Relating to Bishop Cox of Ely

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 168: Documents Relating to Bishop Cox of Ely

Description

Alternative title
Documents Relating to Bp Cox of Ely
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. circa 200
Date created
[ca. 1500 - 1599]
Language
Latin, English
Material
Paper
Height (mm)
300
Width (mm)
209
Writing
in various hands
Foliation
ff. i-viii + 1-38 + 38a + 39-210 + ix-x
Provenance
Stanley is responsible for calling this volume Misc. Y, and he is wrong. Parker's own Misc. Y, which contained chiefly medical tracts, is lost, and the present volume was given by Dr J. Jegon, Master from 1590 to 1602.
A note on the first page (f.viiir) reads:This booke conteyninge some fragments of that excellent man Richard Cox bishoppe of Elie, Roger Cox sonne to the B. gave to me J. Jegon.

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
  • 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
    (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
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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