Sermones (partly in English) — Welbeck, Nottinghamshire. Premonstratensian abbey of St James.
| Provenance: | Welbeck, Nottinghamshire. Premonstratensian abbey of St James. |
| Location: | John Rylands Library , Manchester |
| Shelfmark: | Eng. 109 |
| Author/Title: | Sermones (partly in English) |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | 'Iste liber constat sancte marie de Welbe[k]. Si quis hunc librum a predicta Abathi[a] Alienaverit anatema sit. amen. Et scriptus erat Anno domini millesimo ccccmo xxxmo secundo.' (fol. 163v, now fol. 126v). Above the name of the abbey has been written – also in the 15th century: 'Domino Roberto Prestwold' (MRJ Cat., p. 306). The book is no. 109 in the Handlist of Engl. MSS. (1928), q. v. |
| Date: | 1432 |
| Ownership: | Charles Clark, Tolham Hall, Essex (s. xix). Rev. John Henley's sale (Paterson, lot 115) 21 June 1759. Edmund Treherne's sale (Sotheby lot 1688) 28 Nov. 1861 – see Seymour de Ricci's letter in Times Lit. Supp. 12 Feb. 1938. Ownership marks of John Wildon on fol. 78v (formerly fol. 91v), s. xv–xvi. 'Thomas Gibbon' at foot of fol. iii recto (? s. xvii–xviii). |