Legal document, in a professional hand, signed by the first Baron Lumley, containing an acquittance for 2500 pounds received from Edward Greville for the manor of Mickleton in Gloucestershire.
Description:
Attached seal (worn)., Docketed in later hands., Part of Phillipps MS 40459. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Signed: "Lumley.", and Signed: "Ric. Lewkenor."
Subject (Geographic):
Gloucestershire (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Greville, Edward,--Sir,--1542-1616., Lewkenor, Richard,--1542-1616., Lumley, John Lumley,--Baron,--1534?-1609., and Lumley, John Lumley,--Baron,--1534?-1609--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Land tenure--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript on parchment of Virgil's Aeneid, book 1, lines 513-543 and 547-576.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin., Layout: single column of 31 lines on recto, 30 lines on verso., Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica, with ascenders sometimes notched, and uncial d and tall d., and The leaf is from a small format pocket-sized manuscript. Trimming affects text at the top of the page, and text on verso is faded and obscured in places by staining.
Subject (Name):
Virgil.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript indenture, on parchment, detailing an agreement between the Prior and canons of the Augustinian priory of Bromehill on the one part and the Mayor, burgesses, merchants and residents of the town of Thetford on the other part. The indenture concerns the rights to income from the annual Prior's fair at Bromehill, including rights to the toll, stallage and pickage fees.
Description:
Annotated in a later hand, possibly that of the Norfolk antiquary Thomas Martin., Docketed in a sixteenth-century? hand: the indentur of Bromehyll ffeyes., Formerly owned by Thomas Martin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 26 lines. Head of document indented., Script: secretary script., and With: Seal of the Prior and Canons of Bromehill Priory, in green wax, containing a pyramid between a star, below, and a crescent moon, above.
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)--Early works to 1800. and Thetford (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians--England., Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England), and Martin, Thomas,--1697-1771--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Fairs--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Markets--England--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Monasteries and state--England.
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least seven hands, containing the text of the wills of Jankyn (or John) Smyth and his wife, Margaret Odeham, detailing their bequests to the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, as well as to other religious foundations, and the funeral expenses for Smyth. Also included are the grant of probate for Smyth's second will, dated 1481; and lists of lands donated by the couple, by name and location.
Description:
Binding: contemporary binding of tawed white leather over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four leather thongs. Remains of clasp; brass pin and mount on lower cover., Decoration: Rubricated. Large blue initial with red penwork (f. 8)., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns, mostly of 32 lines., Numerous marginal annotations in both contemporary and later hands., and Script: manuscript is in at least seven hands.
Subject (Geographic):
Bury St. Edmunds (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Finance--Early works to 1800., Odeham, Margaret,--1492., Smyth, Jankyn,--1481., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Charitable bequests--Early works to 1800., Endowments--Catholic Church., Legacies--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, of the books of the Bible from Proverbs through the Apocalypse.
Description:
Binding: modern goatskin., Decoration: red and blue penwork initials., Ex libris Ronald A. Coates; Eric Millar; Brian S. Cron. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., Script: small gothic script., and With an Oxford pledge note for the Selton Loan Chest dated 1469 and the mark of the stationer John More. There is also a note by M. Paris, possibly Master Thomas Paris of Oriel College.
Subject (Name):
Coates, Ronald A.--Autograph., Cron, Brian S.--Ownership., Millar, Eric George--Bookplate., Oriel College., and University of Oxford.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--Latin., Bible.--Latin--Versions--Vulgate., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Universities and colleges--Great Britain.
Manuscript on paper, incomplete, containing a catalogue of acts of Parliament from approximately 1488 to 1610 ("septimo Jacobi Reg."). Formerly part of a larger volume; the leaves are numbered 280-370.
Description:
Binding: disbound., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: secretary script.
Subject (Topic):
Law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Session laws--England--
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of a portion of Seneca, De Beneficiis, Book 4, Chapter 7.
Description:
Decoration: initial E in red ink with green tendrils., From the collection of A. G. and M. Hammond, MS 29 (2). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 27 lines., Page is trimmed slightly at one edge, affecting the text., and Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica.
Subject (Name):
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus,--ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single book hand, of a complete text of this commentary on the Ten Commandments.
Description:
Binding: nineteenth-century brown leather; marbled endpapers., Bookplate: Allan Heywood Bright, pasted on front pastedown., Bookplate: George Dunn of Woolley Hall, pasted on front pastedown., Decoration: marginal notes in red ink with blue penwork. One historiated initial, in full color, depicting a horned Moses holding the tablets of the Law., Layout: double columns of 47 lines each., Previously owned by Thomas Thorpe; Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps MS 2316); George Dunn; Allan Heywood Bright. Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Christie's London sale, 2014 July 16, lot 3) on the Edward J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014., Script: gothic textura., Stencilled crest of Sir Thomas Phillipps stamped on recto of first flyleaf., and Tipped in: printed catalog description of manuscript from Henry Young & Sons.
Subject (Name):
Bright, Allan Heywood,--1862-1941--Bookplate., Dunn, George,--1864-1912--Bookplate., Grosseteste, Robert,--1175?-1253., and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Ten commandments--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked., Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., Ex libris Lord William Howard; from the collections of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence and Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", and Script: each work in a different professional book hand.
Subject (Name):
Howard, William,--Lord,--1563-1640--Autograph. and Upton, Nicholas,--1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry--Great Britain., Chivalry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Heraldry--Great Britain., Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Nobility--Great Britain., and Nobility--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.