• Miniature of a papaver rubeum, or corn poppy plant; miniature of a peucedanum, or hog's fennel plant., Tractatus de herbis (Herbal); De Simplici Medicina (index Secreta Salernitana); Circa instans; Antidotarium Nicolai

papaver rubeum, or corn poppy plant; miniature of a peucedanum, or hog's fennel plant. This is the oldest copy of the Tractatus. Numerous miniatures of plants in colours, usually several on a page. Initials in red or blue, some with

• Bas-de-page scene of two men with flails threshing corn in sheaves., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

men with flails threshing corn in sheaves. Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar of Sarum use (ff. 71v-83), canticles (ff. 280v-302) and litany (ff. 302v-318).Catchwords and quire signatures. 223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in tinted drawing, generally two

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men with flails threshing corn in sheaves., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

of two men with flails threshing corn in sheaves. Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar of Sarum use (ff. 71v-83), canticles (ff. 280v-302) and litany (ff. 302v-318).Catchwords and quire signatures. 223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in tinted drawing,

• Miniature of Ino ordering the sowing of boiled corn, in 'L'Épître Othéa'., Various works (also known as 'The Book of the Queen'), including 'Cent balades' (ff. 4-21), 'Le Débat du livre des ii amans' (ff. 58v-71), 'Le Livre des iii jugements' (ff. 71v-81), 'L'Épître Othéa' (ff. 95-141v), 'Le Duc des vrais amants' (ff. 143- 177v), 'Le Livre du chemin de long estude' (ff. 178-219v), 'Le Livre de la pastoure' (ff. 221-236v), 'Le Livre des Épîtres sur le Roman de la rose' (ff. 237-254), 'La Cité des dames' (ff. 288v-374), etc.

the sowing of boiled corn, in 'L'Épître Othéa'. In two volumes.Possibly with some passages in the hand of Christine de Pizan, or certainly produced under her supervision.Formerly bound as a single volume: catchword (f. 177v), in vol. 1, which gives

• Detail of a miniature of Ceres sowing corn, in 'L'Épître Othéa'., Various works (also known as 'The Book of the Queen'), including 'Cent balades' (ff. 4-21), 'Le Débat du livre des ii amans' (ff. 58v-71), 'Le Livre des iii jugements' (ff. 71v-81), 'L'Épître Othéa' (ff. 95-141v), 'Le Duc des vrais amants' (ff. 143- 177v), 'Le Livre du chemin de long estude' (ff. 178-219v), 'Le Livre de la pastoure' (ff. 221-236v), 'Le Livre des Épîtres sur le Roman de la rose' (ff. 237-254), 'La Cité des dames' (ff. 288v-374), etc.

miniature of Ceres sowing corn, in 'L'Épître Othéa'. In two volumes.Possibly with some passages in the hand of Christine de Pizan, or certainly produced under her supervision.Formerly bound as a single volume: catchword (f. 177v), in vol. 1, which gives

• "Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone [and] speketh of the wayes of the holy londe towarde Jherusalem, [and] of marueyles of Ynde [and] of other dyuerse cou[n]trees.", Mandeville, John, Sir., page 137.
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what he wyll / for that yere an other man hath the goodes as corn beeste of that countree are all thynge vnder locke & other / but they haue flesshe for they ete glad Neuertheles in that lon of

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 139.
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therfore I is come and this aleynTo grynde our corn and cary it agaynI pray you spede vs heyn in that ye mayIt shal be do quod Sykyn be my fayWhat wil ye do whylis it is in hondBe god

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 141.
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therfore I is come and this aleynTo grynde our corn and cary it agaynI pray you spede vs heyn in that ye mayIt shal be do quod Symkyn be my fayWhat wil ye do whylis it is in hondBe god

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 80.
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only of the Ryuer nylus / and is ryche of corn of fruyt and of Marchandyse· Petr{us} capitulo· 94¶ Egypte ayenst kynde of other londes whan it hath plente of corn. it is bareyn of pasture· And grasse groweth after¦ward

• "Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]maånmentes ...", Peter, of Blois, ca. 1135-ca. 1212., page 224.
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thus Praye ye to god that he wyl send trewe werkemen in∣to his corn. That is to say amō∣gis his people / For ther is moch corn and moch people to be tau∣ght / But fewe werkemen of pre¦chours to

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

stounde To go to Mille , and seen hir corn ygrounde And hardily , they dorste leye hir nekke The Millere , sholde noght stelen hem half a pekke Of corn by sleighte , ne by force hem reue And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

leue but a litel stounde To go to mille and seen hir corn y grounde And hardily thei durst ley hir nekke The Miller shold not stele hem halfe a pekke Of corn bi sleight ne bi force hem reue

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

þe clerkes weren aferd And bad his wijf go knede it in a cake He half a buisschel of here corn haþ take And whan þe Meller seigh þat þei were gon Toward þe fen boþe alayn and eek Iohn

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

a lite stoūde To gon to melle to sen here corn I groūde And hardely þey durste leyn here nekke The mellere schulde not stele hē half a pekke Of corn be sleyghte ne be forse hē reue And at

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

stounde , To go to melle and see here corn I grounde And hardily þey dursten ley here nekke , The meller schuld nat stel hem half a pekke Of corn by sleighte ne by force hem reue And atte

• Benefice of TREASURERSHIP OF WELLS CATHEDRAL (BW.BA.WC.04)

40 marks or rather more than 40 marks, that is a portion comparable with the mediety of the tithes of corn held by the abbey of Mont St Michel). For the vicarage see also BW.WE.IL.20. In addition, a pension of

• Benefice of BRISTOL, ST WERBURGH (WO.GL.BR.05)

A1/11 p.75 Excluded from the moiety £ 4. 6s. 8d. 6.5 1 St Werburgh's stood on the north side of Corn Street until its demolition in 1879. F.Neale, 'William Worcestre: Bristol Churches in 1480' in Historic Churches and Church Life

• Benefice of BRISTOL, ALL SAINTS (WO.GL.BR.07)

1 All Saints stands next to the High Cross, on the south side of High Street at its junction with Corn Street. F.Neale, 'William Worcestre: Bristol Churches in 1480' in Historic Churches and Church Life in Bristol, ed. J.H.Bettey (Bristol

• Benefice of MARTOCK (BW.WE.IL.20)

had the patronage and presented a vicar: EEA10 107-8, 177-9. While the abbey retained a mediety of the tithes of corn of the church (see RegShrews1 190, RegShrews2 674), the patronage, perhaps of the whole church, had passed to the

• Benefice of BATTISFORD (NW.SF.BO.24)

assessment since it was appropriated to the Hospitallers. It was valued at 10 marks in 1338, though the tithes of corn of the church (decima garbarum ecclesie) were given a separate value of 10l.: LarkingHospit 84. L.B.Larking, The Hospitallers in

• An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century, Morris, Richard, e...

seldum, and fecheð hire fode ðer ge it mai finden, gaddreð ilkines sed boðen of wude and of wed, Of corn and of gres, ðat ire to hauen es, haleð to hire hole, ðat siðen hire helpeð ðar ge wile

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

to corn, and of oo corn comeþ an eere, and in oo eere ben many cornes. So it is in holi Chirche of Crist , and corn þat comeþ of him. Crist is bi sum proprete oo wheet corn among

• The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles ...

Bradfeld at þe puryficacion of our lady þat tyme next folowyng: and as yet they have non delyverid of the corn afore rehersyd. Howe be it they be boundyn by obligacion unto my saide servaunt in þe sum of x.

• The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles ...

in vj. bz: avenarum ij. s. Itm., soope iiij. d. Summa totalis—xix. s. j. d. facta apud Stonor die lune proximo ante festum Sancti Alphegi et soluta eodem die. On two other leaves there are accounts for corn and brewing.

• Three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St. Benet and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns. Regula. English (Middle English) Be...

fro witsunday be past, Wedinsday & friday sal þai fast, Bot if þai oþer swink or swete In hay or corn with trauel grete. And if þai non slike trauel done, On þos days sal þai fast to none. And

• Letter

my prest was at 3ou at durh a m touchyng an Arest at was made of þe teynd hay & corn at hilton qhilke was like to hafe bene lost þat was made . be a man of myne callid

• Agreement

a bull] xij swyne for barder ij sowys J bore xxiiij score ewys xl lambern and also al+the croppe of corn and gresse þat þ e forsayd Robert hath wyth-Jnne the Town & feld of Russheton 3eldyng to the same

• Prognostics, terms of association

goode The soner fayer & goode also Old folke schall haue grete who wome n & childryn n bestys & corn n Shuld multyplye and non n be for-lorn n The child þ t is borne þ t day Shall

• General Sentence of Excommunication in English

holy kirk destorblen . or with-holden ty3es of wynnyng es of Marchaundyse . or wynnyng of Men of craft or corn . or hay . wol . or lomp . Gos . or gryse . or of any other thing

• Alchemical treatise

e whygt of . j . wete corn . & fol. 40rweyg it . the n tak an yrn & het yt tyl yt be rede hote . & lete thys whete corn wygt lye y e r vpon y

• Book of Ruth

by, on Emalec was bred and born. He had a wyfe, heyght Neomy, and in ther tyme fell defawt of corn. Semly suns had thei two: the on was named Chelon, And that other of thoo, he was named Maalon.

• The Northern Homily Cycle: Homily 12, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

it awaye. And he ansuerd and said, “Naye, For suagat spil mi corn ye maye, Yef ye draw up the darnel smalle, Ye mai draw up the corn witalle, Bot lates it til hervest stande, And I sal say til

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 2, Right as a Ram’s Horn

Beleve he beryth wytnes, The Scribes and Fareseys hath left ther frewardnes And wedyd the cokyll clen oute of the corn. Thus be we governed, for soth as I gesse, Conveyed by lyn . . . AMEN. Righteousness; (see note)

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 40, Vanity

fro. We labour ryght deuly with gret besynes, We dyge, we delve, we saw, we scher also, We geder the corn hom for other mens ryches. We have full seldom any restfull gladnes, Bot labour in poverté to the tyme

• Plowman Writings: Song of the Husbandman

65 70 Ich herde men upo mold make muche mon, Hou he beth itened of here tilyynge: Gode yeres and corn bothe beth agon; Ne kepeth here no sawe ne no song synge. 1 Nou we mote worche, nis ther

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

manslauht is icome, , Whij hungger and derþe on eorþe þe pore haþ vndernome,, Whij bestes ben þus storue, whij corn haþ ben so dere,, ȝe þat wolen abide, listneþ, and ȝe muwen here, þe skile., I nelle liȝen for

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

When þou hast laten þi liues ende.’, Vp into heuen anon sche steyȝe, , þer sche is quen & leuedi corn., þe clerk his eiȝen fast he wreiȝe,, He wende his siȝt were forlorn. , When it was day, ful

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

gle., Were wimen out of lond ywent,, Al our blis were brouȝt on kne, Wel lawe:, Hou schuld men ani corn repe,, þer no sede is souwe?, Feir & swete is wimannes viis,, þe man, þat wil hem wele bihold,,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

þider went þe Maudelain -, þat Godes angels hadde ywrouȝt., In þat stede no grewe riȝt nouȝt,, Gras, water, frout, corn no tre;, þerbi men miȝt it wite & se, þat Ihesu, þat sche loued so miche,, He fedde hir

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

þe steward slain, & hou he schuld spousy to mede, þat ich maide worþli in wede, þat was so comly corn., Sir Amiloun liȝt of his stede, & gan to chaungy her wede, As þai hadde don biforn., ‘Broþer,’ he