• CP.F.298

chaplain of Slaidburn Location: Slaidburn (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Slaidburn (Slaitburn) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: ThomasSydale [Sydall; Sydalle] Role: defendant Details: male; clerk Employment: chantry chaplain of Slaidburn Location: Slaidburn (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Slaidburn (Slaitburn) : ecclesiastical parish Location: York (Ebor') : diocese

• CP.F.297

Participant: RobertBarra [Barra] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk; master Employment: rector of the parish of Middleton on the Wolds Location: York (Ebor') : diocese Place(s): Middleton On The Wolds (YorkshireEastRiding) Middleton on the Wolds (Medilton) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: prior

• CP.F.308

Ripon (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Ripon (Rypon) : undefined Location: Pickhill (YorkshireNorthRiding) Place(s): Pickhill (Pykhall, Pikall, Pykhull) : ecclesiastical parish Location: Kirby Knowle (YorkshireNorthRiding) Place(s): Kirby Knowle (Kirkby Knoll) : ecclesiastical parish Location: York (Ebor') : city Location: York (Ebor') : diocese

• CP.F.288

Riding Place(s): Howdenshire (Hovedenshir, Hovedenshire) : undefined Location: Durham : city Place(s): DurhamDurham Cathedral (ecclesia cath' Dunelm') : undefined Location: York : city Place(s): YorkYork Minster (ecclesia cath' Beati Petri) : undefined Location: London : city Place(s): LondonSt Paul's Cathedral,

• CP.F.307

male; 38 Location: Langton (YorkshireEastRiding) Place(s): Langton (Langton) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: JohnDalton [Dalton] Role: witness Details: male; master Location: York (Ebor') : undefined Participant: WilliamMarshall [Marshall] Role: witness Details: male Location: Terrington (YorkshireNorthRiding) Place(s): Terrington (Teryngton) : ecclesiastical parish

• Miniature of the horoscope diagram for the day in which the world was created, including a world map within an astrological chart and personifications of winds, surrounded by 12 triangles with symbolic scenes representing aspects of life associated with the twelve astrological houses. The world map is a loose copy of the world map printed by Francesco Rosselli in Florence in 1492-3, which was copied from Henricus Martellus map (Additional 15760 f. 69)., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

anglie et fra[n]/cie regem septimu[m]'; completed, possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth of York, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed

• Calligraphic initial 'L'(iber de optimo fato) at the beginning of William Parron's dedication., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

anglie et fra[n]/cie regem septimu[m]'; completed, possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth of York, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed

• Historiated initial 'S'(apientissime) of king Henry VII enthroned, with Tudor roses and the royal arms of England in the border., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

anglie et fra[n]/cie regem septimu[m]'; completed, possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth of York, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed

• Detail of a miniature of Imagination taking leave of the knight, with the city of Halle in the background, with a full trompe l'oeil border including a bird and an owl., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose of York and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(vous) of Henry VII receiving the book from the writer., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose of York and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada , New York: Bibliographical Society of America; New York: Kraus Reprint, 1962, p. 248. Dutschke, C. W. 1989. Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole and Materials for his Biography , Modern Language Association of America Monograph series, 3, New York and London: Modern Language Association of America, 364-366. Hanna, R. 1989. ‘ Sir Thomas Berkeley and his Patronage ’

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

in Croft, P. J., Hofman, T., and Horden, J., ed, Index of English Literary Manuscripts: 1450-1625 , London: Mansell; New York: Bowker, I, pt 2, pp. 323-324. Cooper, H., 2000. ‘ Opening up the Malory Manuscript ’ , Wheeler, B.,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Notes , 70, 473-6 . Robbins, R. H., ed, 1959. Historical Poems of the XIVth and XVth Centuries , New York: Columbia University Press. Russell, G. and Kane G., ed, 1997. Piers Plowman : the C version: Will ’ s

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole and Materials for his Biography , Modern Language Association of America Monograph series, 3, New York and London: Modern Language Associati on of America, pp. 388-389, 393, 404. Arnold, T., ed, 1869-71. Select English Works