W. Malmesburiensis, Gesta Regum, Historia Novella — Exeter, Devon. Hospital of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist.
| Provenance: | Exeter, Devon. Hospital of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Additional 38129 |
| Author/Title: | W. Malmesburiensis, Gesta Regum, Historia Novella |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | At top of first leaf of text (s. xv ex.): "Liber hospitalis sancti Iohannis Exon."; at foot, pressmark in large Lombardic capitals: "FA" (probably in the same hand as BL Harley 3671). |
| Date: | s. xv in. |
| Pressmark: | FA |
| Ownership: | At foot of fol. 1r, apparently s. xvi: "Thom[...]" and "[...]lini Blaxton." "Liber Rogeri Twysden 1635." (Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet (1597–1672), historian and politician) Sir J. Sebright's sale 1807. Heber MS 1006. Phillipps 8239; sold Sotheby's 24–28 April 1911, lot 668. |
| Notes: | Gesta Regum, ed. Stubbs, RS, p. lxxxii – a useful copy of the latest recension. |