Genesis glo. — Rievaulx, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Rievaulx, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Add. 63077 |
| Author/Title: | Genesis glo. |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | (fol. 1r) 'Liber sancte Marie Rievale'. On fol. ir is the copy of a bond for £40 between Abbot William, Sir William Pickering of Oswaldkirk (d. 1542, who acquired considerable ex-monastic property), William Priestman, yeoman of Newtongrange (perhaps the tenant of Rievaulx of that name reported at the time of the suppression), and William Walton, yeoman of Newtongrange. William was abbot 1513–28. (Medieval binding.) |
| Date: | s. xii ex |
| Medieval Catalogue: | ?Z19.187 = Z20.177 Further details of medieval catalogues: |
| Ownership: | 'Richardum Gyllyne monachum Rievallys', i.e. Richard Hall, alias Gilling, monk of Rievaulx at surrender in 1538, later vicar of Laytham (Yorks); will dated 1 March 1565. 'Ricardus 1569' (front pastedown). At foot of fol. ir is the ex libris of John Dodsworth of Thornton Wetlass, probably the John Thornton born in 1569 who made his will in January 1640. Christie's sale 30 May 1984, lot 207.
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