• Coloured paraphs., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Paraphs John le Breton (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun)(attributed to) England

• Historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine., Cutting from a choir book

of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine. Italian cutting.This cutting is bound together with six other mounted cuttings and leaves as Add. 32058. To order

• Historiated initial with a battle scene., Fragment of a leaf of a Speculum maius (beginning of book 9)

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Initial 'A'(nti) with floral penwork decoration and decorated border., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

hand similar to those in Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. MS 585, which includes the Granarium of John Whethamstede, according to Howlett 1974 p. 199. 1 partial border and puzzle initial in blue and gold, with penwork flowers (f. 9). 1 puzzle

• Puzzle initial 'C' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

hand similar to those in Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. MS 585, which includes the Granarium of John Whethamstede, according to Howlett 1974 p. 199. 1 partial border and puzzle initial in blue and gold, with penwork flowers (f. 9). 1 puzzle

• CP.E.10

(benefice case or violation of church rights) Details:1 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1313 — 1320 People & Places Participant: Office Role: plaintiff Details: undefined Participant: John Bush [ Bussh] Role: defendant Details: male; master Notes:

• CP.E.11

Employment: chaplain Participant: John Raby [de Raby] Role: witness Details: male Participant: John Role: witness Details: male; clerk Employment: vicar of Hunsingore Participant: William Role: witness Details: male Employment: apparitor of the deanery of Boroughbridge Participant: John Baddington [ de

• CP.E.15

surname 'Janny'. Participant: Richard Peover [de Pevere] Role: witness Details: male Participant: JohnRadbrook [de Radebrok'] Role: witness Details: male Participant: John Hastem Hill [de Hastill] Role: witness Details: male Participant: AdamHastem Hill [de Hastill] Role: witness Details: male Participant: AdamCarl

• CP.E.12

Henelden) : undefined Location: Arncliffe (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Arncliffe ( Ernclyff, Orneclyff) : ecclesiastical parish Location: Beverley, St John (YorkshireEastRiding) Place(s): Beverley, St John ( Beverley) : ecclesiastical parish Location: Penistone (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Gunthwaite (Gundthwayt, Gunthwayt, Gunildth', Gunildthwayt) : fieldname Location:

• CP.E.9

Location: Penistone (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Gunthwaite (Gunildthwayt) : fieldname Participant: RobertDenby [de Deneby] Role: witness Details: male; 60 Participant: John son of John Role: witness Details: male; 40 Participant: JohnWest Thorpe [de Westhorp'] Role: witness Details: male; 60 Participant: SimonLenedinan [le

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

inscription tells us that after the book was bought for St. Mary's Priory, Coventry it was added to by Brother John of Grenborough. Various medical texts were then added over the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. Two separate books of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

London, British Library, MS Additional 37787, f. 71r. Latin ff. 95r-97r Prayer with note of 6,000 years' indulgence from Pope John. Latin Codex Parchment 165 120 mm 1 8 , ff. 71r-78v; 2 8 , ff. 79r-86v; 3 8 ,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

181, and single leaves after ff. 67, 83, 96, 135, 142, 164, 192. Unknown Fifteenth/sixteenth century: John Barns - f. 21, 61v, 106v - John (Ihon, Yon, Yan) Barns. Nineteenth century: Robert Higgins - f. 1r 'From the library of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

disciple'. Translation into French of the Elucidarius of Honorius Augustodunensis. French Meyer 1956, pp. 117-118. ff. 46v-51v Letter from Prester John to the emperor Frederic (Barbarossa) 'Prestre iohans par la grace de ihesu crist rois'. French ff. 52r-64r Robert Grosseteste

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1, p. 2. Hanna, R. 2002. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Medieval Manuscripts of St. John ’ s College, Oxford , Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 7-8. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M.