Anselmus, Epistole — Maidstone, Kent. Collegiate church of All Saints.
| Provenance: | Maidstone, Kent. Collegiate church of All Saints. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Cotton Claudius A.xi |
| Author/Title: | Anselmus, Epistole |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | 'Liber Collegii de Maidston'' (s. xvi). The same hand marked Bodley 794 for Maidstone and can plausibly be put around the time of the master William Grocyn's death, from whose estate the book was received via Thomas Linacre (see Willoughby, Collegiate Churches, pp. 350–51). This copy is 'the most extensive surviving manuscript witness' of Anselm's letters (S. Niskanen, The Letter Collections of Anselm of Canterbury (Turnhout 2011), 152–5). |
| Date: | s. xiii2 |
| Medieval Catalogue: | SC273.1 Further details of medieval catalogue: SC273. SECULAR INSTITUTIONS: Secular Colleges: Maidstone: Books received from the estate of William Grocyn, 1519 |
| Ownership: | Ownership inscriptions of: John de Grandisson (1292–1369), bishop of Exeter (fol. 9r). Grandisson explained in a long note (fol. 8r–v), dated 1364 'et etatis mee Lxxiiio', that he wished to give the book to the archbishop of Canterbury, who was then Simon Islip (d. 1366). Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), archbishop of Canterbury (fol. 9r). |