• The Cartulary beginning with the year 701 in which the abbey was founded. Aethelred, son of Penda and king of Mercia, supports Ecgwine in his efforts to dedicate an abbey to the Virgin Mary. Following entries tell of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly

• Illuminated initials and border with foliate decoration., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect Erased inscription (f. 65v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his name (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• Partial bar border in colours and gold with an initial 'C'(lerici) at the beginning of De vita et honestate clericorum., Miscellaneous texts of canon law

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'F'(et)., Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Calligraphic initial 'O'(n)., Various legal tracts

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Large puzzle initial 'Q'(ue)., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus)., Statutes (Henry III to Richard II), imperfect at the end (index Statuta)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'E'(dward)., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum (imperfect)) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'C'(om[m]e hugh le despenser)., Various documents and legal texts including a list of English counts, a list of English knights, statutes of king Edward III from the 1st to the 50th year of his reign (1327-1377), and statutes of king Richard II up to the 14th year of his reign (1391)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'B'(eati) at the beginning of the text., Sermons and religious miscellany

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

red ink. Verbum abbreviatum ?Willelmus Dambroke (?Sambroke), 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 115v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bsolucio)., Rosarium theologiae (Theological dictionary) (index Dictionarium theologicum locorum communium)

161v).Joseph Bentley: his name inscribed in the 16th or 17th century (f. 1v). Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): title written in his

• Partial bar border with puzzle initial 'Q'(uod vides, scribe)., Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end

in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

and Italian added by a 17th-century Italian hand (ff. 1*, 103).Unidentified heraldic bookstamp (f. 1).Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Decorated initial 'D'(ist) with pen-flourishing including a hybrid creature., Vetera statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)(ends imperfectly)

marginal annotations added upside down, 14th or 15th century (e. g. ff. 46v, 48v, 131v).John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with foliate motifs and a hybrid creature., Statuta Angliae (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms., Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

Decorated foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms. 1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating