Pages

The Andrew W.Mellon Foundation | The Neil Ker Memorial Fund

W. de Novo Burgo, Historia Anglorum; etc. — Newburgh, Yorkshire. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Newburgh, Yorkshire. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Stowe 62
Author/Title: W. de Novo Burgo, Historia Anglorum; etc.
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
Notes on evidence:

"Liber sancte Marie de Novo Burgo" (fol. 2v), s. xiii; (fol. 3r, at top), s. xiv.

Date: s. xii/xiii (c. 1200)
Ownership:

John Wells (fol. 2r), s. xvi.

Sir Henry Spelman bought it 1633 (fol. 2v).

Sir Roger Twysden (inside cover) = he had it in 1635 (13 June): see Sebright sale, 6. Apr. 1807, lot 1109.

Sir Thos. Sebright Bart. (ob. 1736).