Formularium, etc. — Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Add. 48179 |
| Author/Title: | Formularium, etc. |
| Type of evidence: | c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc. |
| Notes on evidence: | Written, admirably, on strong paper by a scribe who signed himself 'Abyndone'. Additions by him at the end consist in the acta of the chapter of Reading in 1410 and 1414 and decrees of Abbot Thomas Earley promulgated in 1410. The main body of the text contains also two formulary documents relating to Reading. |
| Date: | s. xv in. |
| Ownership: | The binding of s. xvii/xviii bears the initials H L below a coronet, identifying Henry Longueville. Sold from the collections of the Hon. Lady Anstruther-Gough-Colthorpe of Elvetham Hall. |