The Chronicle of John of Worcester; by five Worcester scribes
including John of Worcester.
Provenance: Donated by Henry Parry (CCC 1607) in 1618.
Contents: The Chronicle of John of Worcester (ff. 1-pp. 396): ‘De
pontificali sede quomodo primitus statute sit Wigornie…’ (ff.
1-p. 3). Genealogies of the kings of the Franks/France and dukes of
Normandy/kings of England (p. 4). Lists of Roman consuls,
accompanied by annals (pp. 5-29). List of popes (pp. 29-34). A list
of patriarchs of Antioch, erased (p. 35). Lists of the 72
Disciples, Hebrew high priests and bishops of Jerusalem (pp.
36-38). Episcopal lists of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (pp. 39-45).
Regnal lists of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and kingdom of England
(pp. 47-54). Short computistical texts (p. 55). 19-year tables for
532 years with three cycles of annals in the margins (pp. 56-69).
Comparative tables of years from Creation (p. 70). Table for the
day of the week of 1 Jan for 532 years (p. 71). Bede, De Loci
Sanctis (pp. 72-77a). On the significance of the measurements of
the Cross (p. 77b). Marianus Scotus’s prologue and capitula (p.
77c-86). The main Chronicle (pp. 89-396). Annalistic notes
extracted from the chronicle and later sources in a 15th century
hand (pp. 397-8). Before f. 1 is an unnumbered parchment
binding-strip mounted on a guard.
