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Data Source: Jonas

• Anonyme | Droits de l'archevêque de Cantorbéry
  Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Verité est en cronicles trové que le roi Ethelbert dona l'avant dit lieu de Staplegate
  Folio 191r - 191v

Data Source: Parker on the Web

• Résumé : 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.

  
  

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  Langue(s) des textes : latin, français

  
  

  1r-1v - List of keepers of the Kent coast in the reign of Edward III || Custodes periculorum super coster. maris in com. Kant. XIII die Augusti anno regis Edwardi tertii XLIIIIto

  Note : (1r) In a xvth cent. hand

  Note : (1r) There are some notes on measures besides the matter described by Nasmith

  Note : (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

  
  

  1v-1v - Explanation of the custom of 'gavelet' in the county of Kent || Expositio cujusdam usagii in com. Kant. quod dicitur Gavelate

  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

  
  

  1v-2r - Payment owed to the church of Sibertswold by the abbey of St Radegund || Pensio ecclesiae de Siberteswalde solv. per abbatiam sanctae Radegundis

  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

  
  

  2r-2r - List of the churches of St Augustine's abbey appropriated by Archbishop Simon Langham, April 1368 || Dimissio omnium ecclesiarum monasterii sancti Augustini appropriatarum facta per dominum Simonem Langham archiepiscopum Cantuariensem 18 Aprilis 1368

  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

  
  

  2v-2v - Declaration of Archbishop William Courtenay that his visit to St Augustine's abbey will not prejudice its future privileges, 1389 || Protestatio Willelmi Courtenay archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ne ingressus suus monasterii privilegiis deroget vel praejudicet in futurum

  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

  Note : Item 5 is dated 1389, 23 aprilis

  
  

  3r-15v - Chronology from the beginning of the world to 1378 || Chronologia quaedam ab orbe condito ad annum 1378

  Note : (3r) In a small hand

  incipit : (3r) Adam homo primus de limo terre extra paradisum in agro damasseno

  Note : Apparently a Canterbury chronology

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (15v) Anno (mo) iiic lxxviij urbanus 6 fit papa dominica in ramis palmarum

  
  

  16r-23r - History of Britain from antiquity to the death of Edward III || Historia Britanniae a prima antiquitate ad mortem Edwardi III

  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

  Note : Ends with Edward III

  explicit : (23r) iste regnauit li annis et Westmonasterii cum patribus suis sepelitur

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Pope Innocent - author

  23v-25v - Constitution of Pope Innocent on the chapters of the Benedictine order || Constitutio Innocentii papae de capitulis ordinis Sancti Benedicti celebrandis

  Note : (23v) In another hand, 1st year of pontificate

  incipit : (23v) Regis pacifici qui regnat in celis

  Note : f. 25r+25v blank

  
  

  26r-32r - Fragment from a history of England and Scotland || Fragmentum cujusdam historiae Angliae et Scotiae

  Note : (26r) Double columns

  Note : (26r) Begins imperfectly with a note at topRegnum Scotorum est in occidentale parte britannie et regnum pictorum in aquilonali etc.

  Note : 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

  Note : (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

  Note : On f. 30r. Lists of kings from Ethelbert to Richard II, and archbishops from Augustine to Simon Langham

  Note : (31v) List of kings (and dioceses) in England at the time of Augustine

  Note : (32r) Counties and dioceses (cf. MS 301)

  rubric : (32r) Contenta in decretali (another hand)

  
  

  32v-33r - Archiepiscopal constitutions || Constitutiones archiepiscopales de eis quae parochiani tenentur invenire in ecclesiis; et de decimis per ecclesiarum rectores a suis parochianis petendis

  Note : (32v) Constitutions (1) of Robert and Walter. (2) Of Robert at Lambeth

  
  

  33v-37r - On the sale and tithe of wool || De venditione et decimis lanae

  rubric : (33v) Vendicio lane

  Note : Extract from Rotulus placitorum 12 Edwardi II on dues of Abbot and Archbishop

  Note : (34r) Table of a book referring to St Augustine's: double columns

  Note : (36v) On the Cinque Ports

  Note : (36v) Number of churches etc. in England

  Note : (37r) Explanation of Sake, Soke etc. (also in MS 301)

  
  

  37v-37v - Estimate of the lands and manors of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury || Terra maneriorum Sancti Augustini mensurata

  incipit : (37v) In Rodrycheffeld ccl acras etc.

  Note : (Twysden, Decem Scriptores col. 2202)

  Note : 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

  
  

  38r-45v - List of counties of England with their castles, monasteries and priories || Comitatus Angliae, et castella abbatiae et prioratus in quolibet comitatu

  Note : (38r) A quire in a larger hand: first, a table with headings Longitudo. Latitudo. Pedes. Pollices (Twysden, 2203)

  Note : List of counties, monasteries, castles: monastic order specified

  Note : (45v) Note in another hand on money and measures

  
  

  45v-45v - Letter of Pope Boniface IV to Ethelbert, king of Kent on the foundation of Christ Church, Canterbury, dated 615 || Litera Bonifacii papae missa Ethelberto de prima fundatione ecclesiae Christi

  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

  
  

  Intervenants :

  William Thorne OSB - author

  46r-203v - William Thorne OSB, Chronicle (587-1375) || Chronica fratris Wilhelmi Thorne, cui subnectuntur evidentiae donationum ecclesiae Christi Cantuarie

  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

  Note : 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

  Note : Printed from this and another MS. by Twysden in Decem Scriptores 1757

  Note : On ff. 181v - 184r are inserted some later Placita (one of 19 Henrici VI): 184v - 185v blank

  Note : This copy ends f. 190r (on 1375) with the election of Michael de peccham (see notes on this election in MS 301)

  Note : Twysden's cap. xl, col. 2150, ends thus: maneria de oris et dene constat augmentata

  Note : 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

  Note : On 190v has been a papal document: erased except the first words, Johannes Ep. seruus seruorum

  Note : (192r) Another hand

  incipit : (192r) ffait assauoir de la ffraunchise lerceuesque de Canterbirs qil ad en Staplegate en lauant dit citee

  Note : (Twysden 2204)

  Note : 192r

  Note : On 192v - 194r (195r) in various hands are copies of documents

  rubric : (193v) Breue regis (Ricardi) escaetori de kancia ... de seisina temporalium tempore vacacionis

  rubric : (194r) Perambulacio balliuorum et comit. ciuit. Cantuarie 46 Edwardi III

  rubric : (194v) Juramentem etc. Vicarii de Plumsted

  rubric : (194v) Ordinacio Vicarii de litlebourne

  rubric : (195r) Forma obligacionis camere pape

  Note : (Twysden 2206)

  Note : (195v) Document relating to Plumsted, dated 1387

  Note : 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

  Note : (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

  Note : (203r) The last leaf is a fragment