• Decorated initial 'D'(olor), at the beginning of the De compunctione cordis., De compunctione cordis, De die iudicii et de resurrectione, De beatitudine animae, De paenitentia, De luctaminibus and De die iudicii; patristic excerpts

83-84v).Added notes in English 14th-century hand (f. 2v).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Drawing of a cleric imposing a penance on a man, in the margin of the chapter 'Hec penitencia est inponenda ei, qui matrem occiderit'., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Miniature of Innocent IV writing, with another pope kneeling before a cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, with a full border, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

amen. amen' (f. 221v).Inscribed 'Radulphus', 14th century (f. 1).Added running titles for rubrics and marginal glosses, 14th-century English hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 422' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Historiated initial 'V' of a celebration of a mass, at the beginning of book 3., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

amen. amen' (f. 221v).Inscribed 'Radulphus', 14th century (f. 1).Added running titles for rubrics and marginal glosses, 14th-century English hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 422' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Foliate initial 'C'(lemens) with a medallion of a portrait of the author, pope Clement I, at the beginning of the text., Collectio Lanfranci

(f. 249).The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, inscribed 'Lib[er] monast[er]ii Sa[ncti] Petri Gloucestr[ie]', 14th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Concilia venerat[a]' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1029' (f. 1), acquired by the

• Drawing of a chalice with a host in the upper margin of chapters 'Non nisi a ieiunis hominibus sacramenta celebrentur altaris' and 'Ante missarum solempnia, circa horam nonam decantata nulli, in Quadragesima comedere licet.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Drawing of an altar in the upper margin of the chapter 'Vestimenta sacra et vasa pre vetustate consumpta incendantur, et cineres eorum in loca occulta proiciantur.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Initial 'Q'(uando) with a descender in the form of a human head., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umanum) with display script, at the beginning of the text., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Marginal drawings of an altar and a chalice in the upper margins., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Penwork initial 'Q'(uidam)., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Text page with a note referring to a fragment beginning, 'Gif hwa smeað hwæt se moyses wære…', which is not found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies., Catholic Homilies

be identified with Robert Beale, clerk to the Council c. 1572-1601: inscribed with his name (f. 4).Both parts:The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi

• Text page with stitching., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominis at the beginning of the first homily of Cesarius)., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'E'(xhortatur) at the beginning of Eusebius' homily., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'I'(n) decorated with zoomorphic form and extending into partial bar border., Pharetra, in four books

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Initial 'G'(regorius) with foliate and zoomorphic decoration., Pharetra, in four books

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Puzzle initial 'G'(regorius) with pen-flourishing and partial border., Pharetra, in four books

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Diagram listing the seven divisions of England, the Heptarchy, listed on the left: Kent, Wessex, Mercia, etc. In the next column are the counties (Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Sussex, etc.), and in the last column the bishoprics (Canterbury, Rochester, Salisbury, Chichester, etc.)., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Genealogical table of the kings of England., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the