Egidius Romanus; Boetius — Ashridge, Buckinghamshire. House of Bonshommes of St Mary the Virgin (and of the Holy Blood).
| Provenance: | Ashridge, Buckinghamshire. House of Bonshommes of St Mary the Virgin (and of the Holy Blood). |
| Location: | Huntington Library, San Marino (CA, USA) |
| Shelfmark: | EL 9 H.9 |
| Author/Title: | Egidius Romanus; Boetius |
| Type of evidence: | i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership) |
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| Notes on evidence: | 'Liber Fra. Combe ex coenobio Ash[ ] ex dono Avunculi ibidem abbatis domini Thomae Waterhouse' (fol. 1r, s. xvii). Thomas Waterhouse, last rector, lived at Hempstead Bury with his nephew Richard Combes (d. 1595) whose son was Francis Combes (?1554–1625). |
| Date: | s. xiv ex |
| Ownership: | Richard Combes (d. 1595), nephew of Thomas Waterhouse, the last rector. Francis Combes (?1554–1625), son of Richard. Sir Richard Combes, descendant of Richard Combes, gave this book to John Egerton, 2nd earl of Bridgewater (1622–1686). Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House. L : CC : B : 2/13 (fol. 1r). |