MS 343

Summary

Described Thomas James 327; Stanley 9. 3; Nasmith 343; James, Corpus 343; Wilkins 343.

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f. i (front flyleaf)

… the fyrste after the conqueste the eldest son of kynge henri the secunde and in the x^th yere of hys raygne hauyng non yssu was slayne wyth a quarell and ys buried at the brygge of ebrande beyonde the see in the yere of owre lorde god m c iiij^xx xix at westmynester …

f. ii^v (end flyleaf)

… how therle of warwike toke ye kyng edward prisoner and of his escape afterwarde and fledde into flaundres of his retourne ageyn into england and made the felde at …

A bifolium from a chronicle in English which was once the binding, is now folded around the quires, providing front and end flyleaves. It opens with an entry (acephalous) recording the death of Richard I in 1199 and the coronation of John. It ends with the flight of Edward IV to Flanders and his return to England in 1471 (atelous). His death in 1483 is however reported in the previous entry. Wells Rev. 8:2930 [75].

Other texts: No other copies of this text have so far been identified. It appears to be an abstract of the Polychronicon with additional material about the reigns of Edward III and Edward IV (Neil Coates pers. comm.).

MS s. xiv and xv. English s. xv ex. MS given to the College by Matthew Parker.