The Public Record Office Museum

Date:
1908
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/49
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Public Record Office Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    40. Inquisition taken by brother Geoffrey son of Stephen, bailiff of the Knights Templars, of all previous grants of pro- perty in England made to the Order. a.p. 1185. Latin. A volume of 65 leaves of parchment, with an addition of the time of King John on the 66th leaf, and 17 blank leaves at the end. This volume is remarkable for its very ancient binding. 41. Account of Robert de Wodehous, Controller of the Wardrobe. 8 Edward Il. [a.p. 1814-1815.] Latin. Bound in doe-skin. 42. Statutes made in Parliament from the Ist year of Edward III. to the 39th year of Henry VI. [a.p. 1460.| French. Illuminated. Ancient leather binding, with metal bosses. 43. The “ Abbreviatio’”’ of Domesday Book. [Thirteenth century.| Latin. Illuminated. The subjects represented on the fly-leaves are taken from the life of Edward the Confessor. The King charges Earl Godwin with causing the death of his brother Alfred. The Earl offers to prove his innocence. The King’s vision of the drowning of the King of Denmark. The King’s vision ot the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, The Miracle of the Eucharist. The King gives a ring to St. John the Evangelist disguised as a pilgrim,
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