Nicholaus de Aquavilla, Sermones de tempore (as in Royal 8 F.iv) — Vale Royal, Cheshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Vale Royal, Cheshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Additional 21253 |
| Author/Title: | Nicholaus de Aquavilla, Sermones de tempore (as in Royal 8 F.iv) |
| Type of evidence: | i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership) |
| Notes on evidence: | 'Anianus dominus Abbas Valle crucis me possidet' (the first five words perhaps rewritten, the last two very faint); above, legible by u. v. light, is 'Jesus Maria dauit', and below 'Ennyngly Convey, Codyngton'. Document, probably a copy s. xvi, at end, relating the transfer of inhabitants from Valle Crucis to Stanstie by the founder of the abbey. |
| Date: | s. xv |
| Ownership: | '5o Aprilis 1633 John Edwards of stanstie oweth this booke'. Bought at Sotheby's, April 3 18[..], lot 271. |