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Chronicon Anglie — Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Lansdowne 212
Author/Title: Chronicon Anglie
Type of evidence: inferred evidence
Notes on evidence:

On flyleaf a 17th-cent. note reads: "Liber monasterii Glastoniensis. E Bibliotheca Guilielmi Camdeni Clarenceux". The ascription to Glastonbury seems very doubtful – see catalogue.

Date: s. xv
Ownership:

1) W. Camden.

2) Sir James Ware (cat. (1648) Hist. MS. 3), who notes that the ascription to Glastonbury is "manu recentiori".

3) Henry, Lord Clarendon (CMA 2. 2, no. 4).

4) Duke of Chandos, sale 12 May 1746/47, lot 1149 to West.