Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 189: Canterbury Documents. William Thorne OSB, Chronicle (587-1375)

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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)

Description

Alternative title	Chronica Will. Thorne etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 203 + 8
Date created	[ca. 1300 - 1399]; [ca. 1100 - 1199]
Language	Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material	Vellum
Layout	various numbers of lines to a page
Height (mm)	290
Width (mm)	195
Collation	a(4) 1(14) (11 canc.) 2(12) 3(12) \| 4(8) \| 5(12)-9(12) (+ 11*) 10(12) (+ slip) 11(12)-15(12) 16(8) \| 17(6) \| 18 (three) \| 19(8) (8 a fragment) \| b(4).
Writing	in various hands
Foliation	ff. a + i-iv + 1-112 + 112a + 113-203 + v-viii + b
Provenance	The note given by Nasmith (Hic liber primo mutuatus etc.) is in a Parkerian hand on f. 1r. It implies that the home of the book was St Augustine's Abbey.
Additions	The eight flyleaves (ff. ir-ivv, vr-viiiv) are from a xiiith cent. MS. of quaestiones in double columns, first and last pages pasted over with paper.
2 fo.	episcopum fore

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv and xii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jg698tx6082/MS_189.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kb615bn3579/189.pdf
Contains	Title 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 (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 Title 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 Title 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 Title 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 Title 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 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 Title 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 Apparently a Canterbury chronology Ends Explicit (15v) Anno (mo) iiic lxxviij urbanus 6 fit papa dominica in ramis palmarum Title 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 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 Title 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 Title Fragment from a history of England and Scotland. 26r-32r Nasmith Fragmentum cujusdam historiae Angliae et Scotiae. 26r-32r Note (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 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 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) Title 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 Title On the sale and tithe of wool. 33v-37r Nasmith De venditione et decimis lanae. 33v-37r Rubric (33v) Vendicio lane Note 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) Title 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 (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 Title 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 (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 Title 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 Title 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 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 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 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 (Twysden 2204) 192r On 192v - 194r (195r) in various hands are copies of documents Rubric (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 (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
TJames	67
Stanley	G. 7
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tf079gs7238
Location	MS 189
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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