• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop standing at an altar, with two clerks at a lectern., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a seated king and bishop talking to one another., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Drawing of a knight on horseback., The romance poem 'Roberte the Devyll'

Drawing of a knight on horseback. ff. i and ii are book-plates affixed to the inside upper cover; f. iii is a note by Francis Douce on paper about the manuscript affixed to a paper flyleaf; f. iv is

• Decorated initial 'T'(his) at the beginning of the text., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (abbreviated version to 1419)

hands (ff. 105v-107v).'R. Br.', 16th century: inscription recording his gift of the manuscript to John Maylard 'John Maylard ex don. R: Br: Ric. Browne' (f. 1*v). John Maylard, 16th century: inscription, as above (f. 1*v). Johannes ?Vezchand, 15th century: inscription

• Puzzle initial 'T'(his) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue. Added 16th-century marginal decoration., The Poor Caitif (index The poor wretch; Poor Caitiff)

century: his common-profit book made from the proceeds of his estate: inscribed 'This book was maad of the goodis of John gamalin for a comy[n] p[ro]fite [th]at [tha]t p[er]soone [tha]t ha[th] [th]is book co[m]mittid to hi[m] of [th]e p[er]soone [tha]t

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering., Masses

brown ink in the margin of f. 1. Capitals marked in yellow. Masses ff. 1-8vMade for Alicia Ligh, widow of John Ligh, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, 15th century: inscribed 'Alicia Ligh nuper coniunx Johannis ligh De Chipnam, hunc librum scribi ac

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) with interlace patterns at the beginning of John., Gospels (ff. 1-139) and capitulare evangeliorum (ff. 139v-150)

interlace patterns at the beginning of John. Some neumes in the genealogies of Matthew (ff.10v-11) and Luke (?f. 76) (see Benoit-Castelli and Huglo, p. 174). Coloured canon tables with arches and pillars with capitals and bases in varying shapes, decorated

• Miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry, with a partial border containing the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, and a foliate initial 'H'(ye)., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illumianted initial ‘I'(n), with a partial bar border, and an added drawing of two interlaced gloves., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Text page., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illuminated initial ‘M’ in colours and gold with a partial bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Detail of a marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illuminated initial 'T'(o) with a partial bar and foliate border., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Drawing of a white horse in the lower margin of the folio, with a badge bearing the motto 'My trust ys'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Detail of an added drawing of a white horse in the lower margin of the folio, with a badge bearing the motto 'My trust ys'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Initials with pen-flourishing., Various texts including Ashendon's Summa de accidentibus mundi (ff. 1-98v)

red and blue. John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: these three manuscripts were sold as a separate volumes to Edward Harley with the rest of Batteley's collection through his nephew John Batteley (of the