• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 12056 British Library, London 93 images.

and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 12056 Source Library British Library, London Description TREATISE, in oldEnglish, of the virtues of Herbs;â€"Medicinal receipts;â€"Old English version of Lanfrane of Milan's larger work on the art of Surgery. Imperfect at the

• MS Royal 17 D. II British Library, London 41 images.

10 in. x 7½ in. A. D. 1543-1547. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1189'; not in the old catalogues. Source Microfilm Collection British Literary Manuscripts from the British Library, London; Series I: English Renaissance: Literature from the Tudor Period to the

• MS Part Six: Titus Titus A. xxvi British Library, London 296 images.

Alexis; in oldEnglish verse. 145. The lines "Erthe oute of erthe," &c. f. 153 8 8. Merita missæ; in oldEnglish verse. 154. 9 9. The fifteen joys of our Lady; translated out of French into oldEnglish verse,

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 10,626 British Library, London 19 images.

10,626 Source Library British Library, London Description FRAGMENT, Consisting of eight leaves, of the lives of the Saints, in oldEnglish verse. On vellum of the xvith cent. It is a portion of the A.. Ms. 10,301. Folio. Source Microfilm

• MS Royal 12 A. XV British Library, London 7 images.

Lumley. Bound with the preceding. Lumley cat. f. 359; not in the old catalogues. Source Microfilm Collection British Literary Manuscripts from the British Library, London; Series I: English Renaissance: Literature from the Tudor Period to the Restoration, c.1500-c.1700; Parts 4-6

• Preface

calendar were, for the most part, transcribed for the old Record Commission more than sixty years ago. On the dissolution of that Commission its labours terminated abruptly and no steps were taken to utilise these transcripts, of which a great

• BibliographyOther works consulted

1923. - English Life in the Middle Ages . Oxford, 1926 (1945). - English Trade in the Middle Ages . Oxford, 1931. Stubbs, W. The Constitutional History of England , 5th ed. Oxford, 1891 (1926). Tengvik, G. OldEnglish Bynames

• Memorials1395

their meddling with any old work to sell. And in the same manner, the old workers shall not work upon anything but old leather for sale, on pain of forfeiting such work; except in mending old boots and shoes, that

• Abbreviations

o., ob. obolus, halfpenny. ODan Old Danish. OE OldEnglish. OF Old French. OG Old German. OHG Old High German. OLG Old Low German. ON Old Norse. ONF Old North French. OScand Old Scandinavian. OSw(ed) Old Swedish. Ports Portsoken ward.

• Foreword

and it has been necessary to search all the English episcopal registers in the hope of finding exchanges of benefices between English and Welsh clergy. Information has come from almost every English diocese, even from York and Durham in the