'58' is written in the hand of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (d. 1771) with a note referring to a manuscript in the possession of [Joseph ] Ames (d. 1759). Eighteenth/nineteenth century - the names of Matthew Lee and Thomas Huckell
Pope Blaunt'. Flyleaf, f. 1r - bookplate ofRic[hard ] Rawlinson. Flyleaf, f. iv - 'Brutes chronicle ms Tho: Pope Blount eq. owner'. F. 16r 'of the countye of ... Thomas Lewis of Syntonn ' - sixteenth century. F. 23r
4 mm. Scribe of ff. 149v-167r writing in a regular Anglicana Formata, very similar to scribe of ff. 118r-149v. Use of the same ink colour, but the aspect of this hand is more rounded. The strokes of the letters are