• Illuminated initial 'S'(elon), with a full border including an added white rose of York and the closed fetterlock in the lower border., La cité des dames

née Cecily Neville], duchess ofYork (b. 1415, d. 1495), Yorkist matriarch, and/or her husband RichardofYork, 3rd duke ofYork (b. 1411, d.1460), regent of France in 1436 and 1441-1445: includes the Yorkists badges of the white rose

• Miniature of angels supporting the coat of arms of George Neville, archbishop of York (f. 4v), and gold initial with tendrils in a white vine style extending into the margin and including a bird and a head, at the beginning of the dedication text., Collectio Sententiarum aurearum, Greek moral sayings, vol. 1

of angels supporting the coat of arms of George Neville, archbishop ofYork (f. 4v), and gold initial with tendrils in a white vine style extending into the margin and including a bird and a head, at the beginning

• Miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surrounded by the Garter with the motto, 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward IV's colours of red and blue, with two shields bearing the same arms differentiated by labels of three and five points for Edward's sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Richard, duke of York, two banners held by angels bearing the royal arms of England, and a Yorkist badge of white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit'; and an illuminated initial 'L'(e propre) with a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue., Decameron (Les cent nouvelles)

arms differentiated by labels of three and five points for Edward's sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Richard, duke ofYork, two banners held by angels bearing the royal arms of England, and a Yorkist badge of white ~rose-en-soleil~ with

• Calendar page for October, added obit of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, and wife of Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (2nd October 1484), 'Obitus illustrissime d[omi]ne / d[omi]ne Isabelle comitisse / Essex[ensis] consortis Henrici / Bourgchier comiti / Essex[ensis] l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali B? A[nn]o / D[omi]ni M[illesi]mo cccc mo lxxxiiii'., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

beginning of major Psalm divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister ofRichard, duke ofYork, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of

• Miniature of pagan priest worshiping an idol, and of a Christian mass in front of an altar, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crowned helm with mantling in Edward's colours of red and blue and surrounded by the Garter, with two escutcheons bearing the royal arms for his sons, Edward, the Prince of Wales and Richard, duke of York, two banners with the royal arms of England, and the Yorkist badge of the white ~rose-en-soleil~ with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit', with a puzzle initial 'D'(e ceulz), at the beginning of book 6., City of God (La cité de Dieu)

of Wales and Richard, duke ofYork, two banners with the royal arms of England, and the Yorkist badge of the white ~rose-en-soleil~ with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit', with a puzzle initial 'D'(e ceulz), at the beginning

• CP.F.355

1419 — 1419 People & Places Participant: Emmotte Role: plaintiff Details: female Notes: executrix ofRichard Ligeard Participant: JoanBunney [Bunny] Role: defendant Details: female; widow Location: Wakefield, All Saints (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Wakefield (Wakefeld) : undefined Location: York (Ebor) : undefined

• CP.G.885

Beatrice Baron [Baron] Role: defendant Details: female Participant: Richard Pickering [Pekeryng] Role: witness Details: male; 24 Location: York (Ebor) : city Participant: John Matthewson [Mathewson] Role: witness Details: male; 60 Participant: Richard Matthewson [Mathewson] Role: witness Details: male; 30 Participant:

• CP.F.45

widow of RichardThoresby [Thoresby] Role: defendant Details: female Location: York (Ebor') : undefined Notes: Executor of the testament ofRichard Thoresby. Participant: JohnLofthouse [Lofthous; Lofthows] Role: plaintiff Details: male Employment: merchant, marchand Notes: Executor of the testament ofRichard Thoresby.

• CP.F.75

Details: female Location: York (Ebor') : undefined Participant: JohnBeaumont [Beaumunde; Beuamonde; Bewmond] Role: witness Details: male Employment: skinner Location: York (Ebor') : undefined Participant: Richard Bridge [del Brygg; Bryg] Role: witness Details: male; 40 Participant: Sissota wife of RichardBridge [del

• CP.F.36

Employment: rector of the church of St Helen's, Fishergate Location: York, St Helen (fishergate) (Yorkshire) Place(s): York, St Helen (Fishergate) (Sancta Helena in Fyschergatate) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: JohnNewton [Neuton] Role: witness Details: male Participant: Elisota wife ofRichard Keighley

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

endyth a [part ] of þis book'. Fragment English ff. 25v-26v Three Workings of Man's Soul (IPMEP 5 ) 'A grete clerke richardof seynt victores'. Epistle on thought, thinking, and contemplation based on Richardof St. Victor's De Preparatione

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

C-text of Piers Plowman . Allen, H. E. 1927. Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole and Materials for his Biography , Modern Language Association of America Monograph series, 3, New York and London: Modern Language Associati on of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

A Bibliographical Manual , New York: Macmillan, rpt, New York: Peter Smith, pp. 185-186. Kirby-Miller, W. A. 1938. ‘ Scribal Dialects of the C and D Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales ’ , University of Chicago, PhD thesis, pp. 67-68.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Description of Man's Limbs (IMEV 4070 ) 'Whereof is mad al mankynde'. 'God of his mercy haue vs in mynde. Amen'. English Kail 1904, pp. 64-69. ff. 115r-116r Follies of the Duke of Burgundy (IMEV 1939 ) 'A remembraunce of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

‘ The Manuscripts of Trevisa ’ s Translation of the Polychronicon : Towards a New Edition ’ , Modern Language Quarterly , 51, 281-317. Waldron, R. 1991. ‘ Dialect Aspects of Manuscripts of Trevisa ’ s Translation of the Polychronicon

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

frere To preche and eek to begge it is no doute In which þer wente a lymytour aboute , A mersshy countre called holdernesse LOrdynges þer is in york schire , as I gesse Here begynneþ þe Somnours tale ,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

losengeour That plesen yow more bi my feith Than he that sothfastnesse vnto yow seith Redeth Ecclesiastre of flaterye Beth war ye lordes of hir treccherie This chauntecleer stood hie vpon his toos Strecchyng his nekke and heelde his eyen

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sche sterte Sche was so full of torment and of Rage Whan þat hire housbonde hadde lost his lyff Ful lowder þen dede hasdrubaldes wyff But soueraynly dame Pertelote schright Whan þey hadde seye of chaunteclere þe sight As maden

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, be my feith Than he that soothfastnesse , vn to ȝow seith Redeth Ecclesiast , of flaterie Beth war ȝe lordes , of here trecherie This Chauntecler stod hye , vp oon his toos Strecchynge his nekke , helde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sayn of Chauntecler þe sight Nought soueraignly dam pertelote schright Ful lowder þan did hasdrubaldes wyf Whan þat hir housebond had lost his lyf And þat þe Romayns had I brent Cartage Sche was so ful of torment and of