• 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

• 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

• 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

• CP.E.253

Court:Curia Ebor Case:Appeals (tithes, tithes of corn from arable land, hay from meadow, tithes of wool, lambs, calves and milk from ewes and cows) Details:4 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; Has sentence Outcome:defendant wins; plaintiff makes an appeal Date: 13/06/1390

• CP.F.379

Ebor Case:Tithe (wool sheep calves hens bees corn hay) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1494 — 1494 People & Places Participant: ChristopherParsons [Parsones] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk Employment: rector of Slaidburn Participant: ThomasParker [Parcor]

• CP.E.45

193 Court:Curia Ebor Case:Tithe (sheaves of corn, hay, and gardens) Details:3 Pieces; Has deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 26/09/1338 — 17/10/1338 People & Places Participant: abbot and convent of Furness Role: plaintiff Details: male Location: Lancashire Place(s): Abbey

• CP.F.8

Court:Curia Ebor Case:Tithe (tithes of sheaves of corn, barley, oats, beans and peas) Details:6 Pieces; Has deposition; Has libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 10/10/1401 — 10/11/1401 People & Places Participant: ThomasBrancepeth [Brancepath; Brauncepath] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk Employment: rector

• CP.E.268

Court:Curia Ebor Case:Appeals (tithes, thraves of corn and hay) Details:14 Pieces; Has deposition; Has libel; Has sentence Outcome:plaintiff wins; defendants make appeal; judge confirms original sentence Date: 1355 — 04/07/1360 People & Places Participant: HenryGraystock [de Graystok] Role: plaintiff Details:

• 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

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Langfors 1917, p. 352; Stengel 1871, p. 23, and pp. 106-25. ff. 105r-109r Robert Biket Le lai du corn 'Le lai du corn' 'De vne auenture qui auint A la court al bon rei qui tint'. French Langfors 1917, p.