Sir J. Mandeville's Travels (in English) — St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.
| Provenance: | St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Egerton 1982 |
| Author/Title: | Sir J. Mandeville's Travels (in English) |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | 'On a leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the ancient cover of this MSS, and too friable and decayed to be separated from it and preserved, there was written: Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey at Saint Albons in thys yeare of our Lord MCCCCLXXXX The Sixt day of Apryll. Willyam Caxton. – Richard Tottyl 1579 Lond.': note by E. Hill M. D. 22 March 1803 (fol. 2r). |
| Date: | s. xv |
| Ownership: | Rev. Hugh Tuthill gave to Dr E Hill. 'Purchased of Mrs M Curtis of Clodagh Lodge, Prtlow 28 June 1865'. |