The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of ... Richard II ... and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq / Illustrated with notes, and a ... glossary. A MS. of the editor, of the same age and subject, with other congruous matters, are subjoined. [Dedication signed by the editor, S. Pegge the Elder].

Date:
1780
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Credit: The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of ... Richard II ... and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq / Illustrated with notes, and a ... glossary. A MS. of the editor, of the same age and subject, with other congruous matters, are subjoined. [Dedication signed by the editor, S. Pegge the Elder]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ x] is here given to the public, and the methods which: the Editor has purfued in bringing it to light. This vellum Roll contains 196 formule, or recipes, and belonged once tothe earl of Oxford?. The late James Welt efquire bought it at the Earl’s fale, when a part of his MSS were difpofed of; and on the death of the gentleman laft mentioned it came into the hands of my highly-efteemed friend, the prefent liberal and moft communicative poffeffor. It is prefumed to be one of the moft ancient remains of the kind now in being, rifing as high as the reign of king Richard II.*. However, it is far the largeft and moft copious collection of any we have; I {peak as to thofe times. To eftablith its authenticity, and even to ftamp an additional value upon it, it is the identical Roll which was prefented to queen Eliza- beth, in the 28th year of her reign, by lord Staf- ford’s heir, as appears from the following addrefs, or infcription, at the end of it, in his own hand-writ- ing: § Antiqauum hoc monumentum oblatum et mif- * fum eft majeftati veftrae vicefimo feptimo die menfis € Julij, anno regni veftri feeliciffimi vicefimo viij ab 4 I prefume it may be the fame Roll which Mr. Hearne men- tions in his Lib, Nig. Scaccarii, I. p- 346. See alfo three different letters-of his to the earl of Oxford, in the Brit. Muf, in the fecond of which he ftiles the Roll a piece of antiquity, and a very great rarity gndecd. Harl, MSS. N° 7523s © See the Proem, c 2 © humi-