• CP.F.309

male Participant: ThomasBurgh [Burgh; Burghe] Role: defendant Details: male Notes: The debt appears to have been owed to the late John Burgh, presumably a relative of the defendant. Participant: HenryHulk [Hulke] Role: witness Details: male; 36 Location: Kingston Upon Hull,

• CP.F.286

wife of JohnGray [Gray; Grey] Role: plaintiff Details: female; Daughter of John Norman Participant: JohnNorman [Norman] Role: defendant Details: male Employment: merchant Notes: Executor of the testament of John Norman of New Malton. Participant: JohnNorman [Norman] Role: testator Details: male;

• CP.F.304

Halsham (YorkshireEastRiding) Place(s): Halsham (Halsham, Halseham, Halshame) : ecclesiastical parish Notes: Executrix of the testament of her late husband, Sir John Constable, knight. Participant: RandolphConstable [Constable] Role: witness Details: male; 36; esquire Location: Swine (YorkshireEastRiding) Place(s): Swine (Swyne in Holdernes)

• Detail of the bottom border of the folio with a bas-de-page scene of a messenger delivering a letter to a man seated at a desk., 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

• Historiated initial 'D'., 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 the left-hand border., 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

• Decorated initials 'A'(nimis nostris) and 'Q'(uerenti mihi sepenumero)., De temporibus (ff. 1-48), Historia (ff. 51-69v)

Decorated initials 'A'(nimis nostris) and 'Q'(uerenti mihi sepenumero). ff. 49-50 are blank paper leaves, apart from headers in brown ink. Full border in orange and purple ink with 1 large initial in red with orange and purple penwork decoration

• Detail of a coat of arms with a mermaid holding a mirror., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

Lee' (ff. 17, 20, 25) and 'George Lee Michall' in pencil: 18th century (f. 24v). Inscribed in the same hand 'John Lee' in pencil: 18th century (ff. 24v, 26v).Various inscriptions (ff. 77, 145).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

otherwise in good condition. Unknown Among other scribbles on f. 28v are ' John Huntyndyne ' [? ] and 'J H' (fifteenth century); also 'R. Wermestr'' and 'John Wyalke'. On f. 57v is a short account (fifteenth century) of monies