• Decorated initial 'R'(ev[er]ent) with foliate feathering including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres. One of 12 suriving complete copies of the text.Inserted paper leaves with title pages and text in English (ff. 1, 51, 82-83). f. 1* is a piece of

• Circular diagram against lightning; below, a diagram connected with solar and lunar cycles., Medical recipes and charms

quod I. ff. [] qui scripsit hoc (sic) librum apud Croydon'. Following this are several recipes in a misture of English and a Germanic language, possibly Flemish (f. 21r-v).Rychard Hakem, his name on a fragment attached to f. 1.John Theyer

• Drawing of a winged figure, drawing a bow, surrounded by fiends., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

by fiends. Includes John Mandeville, 'Voyage d'outre mer' in English translation (ff. 4-115v);The metrical romance 'Sir Gowghter' (ff. 116-131v);Saint Patrick's Purgatory: the vision of William Staunton, a native of the county of Durham, as seen by him on Friday, 20

• Text page., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

Mandeville, 'Voyage d'outre mer' in English translation (ff. 4-115v);The metrical romance 'Sir Gowghter' (ff. 116-131v);Saint Patrick's Purgatory: the vision of William Staunton, a native of the county of Durham, as seen by him on Friday, 20 Sept. 1409 (ff. 133-148v);The

• Drawing of Patrick as a bishop surrounded by souls in Purgatory, preceding the Saint Patrick's Purgatory., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

preceding the Saint Patrick's Purgatory. Includes John Mandeville, 'Voyage d'outre mer' in English translation (ff. 4-115v);The metrical romance 'Sir Gowghter' (ff. 116-131v);Saint Patrick's Purgatory: the vision of William Staunton, a native of the county of Durham, as seen by him

• null, Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

'Voyage d'outre mer' in English translation (ff. 4-115v);The metrical romance 'Sir Gowghter' (ff. 116-131v);Saint Patrick's Purgatory: the vision of William Staunton, a native of the county of Durham, as seen by him on Friday, 20 Sept. 1409 (ff. 133-148v);The Vision

• Detail of a miniature of a ruler granting clemency to prisoners., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Text page with coloured initials and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Coloured initial and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Full border and white vine initial 'G'(allia) at the beginning of Julius Caesar's De bello gallico., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um)., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Detail of a miniature of the prowess of Lepidus, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), at the beginning of book 3., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Lucretia, with a foliate initial 'V'(idere), at the beginning of book 6., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of a family, with a foliate initial 'V'(olubilis), at the beginning of book 7., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond