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Iohannes Cassianus, etc. — Hatfield Regis, Essex. Benedictine alien priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Melaine, Rennes (independent from ?1254).


Provenance: Hatfield Regis, Essex. Benedictine alien priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Melaine, Rennes (independent from ?1254).
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: Bodley 602 fols. 67–171
Author/Title: Iohannes Cassianus, etc.
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

Inscription at top of fol. 171v, partly cut away by binder: "liber prioratus de h[...]". The first letter of the name is almost certainly "h", the second probably "a", then one or two letters, then a descender, then two or three letters, followed by a space, then a descender, probably r, the two letters followed by a long downstroke, probably a mark of abbrevitation – ? read "hattfeld regis".

Date: s. xiii in.