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English chronicle (in French) (inc.: 'Nus deuons sauer al commencement Ke le isle de bretaigne ...') — Sempringham, Lincolnshire. Gilbertine priory of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Sempringham, Lincolnshire. Gilbertine priory of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome, Italy
Shelfmark: Barberini 2689
Author/Title: English chronicle (in French) (inc.: 'Nus deuons sauer al commencement Ke le isle de bretaigne ...')
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Notes on evidence:

Nat. Libr. of Scotland 2728 is a copy made for B. H. Bright in 1823. Flyleaf memoranda show the provenance, e. g. (2728, fol. iv verso) note of the great rain in 1349 and the damage it did at Sempringham 'et mult des liures de lalmarie peris', and (2728, fol. vii recto) list of masters to Wm. of Beverley, d. 1396, succeeded by John of Hanworth.

Date: s. xiv
Notes:

Cf. Hardy, Materials, 3. 348.