Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 408
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- MS 408
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- 1400 - 1499
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- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 408: John Capgrave OESA, De illustribus Henricis
- John Capgrave OESA, De illustribus Henricis || Liber Ioannis Capgrave de multis Henricis clarissimis ad Henricum VI. regem Angliae || Joh. Capgrave de illustribus Henricis
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- John Capgrave (1393-1464)
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- John Capgrave OESA
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- John Capgrave
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Summary: CCCC MS 408 contains a copy of John Capgrave OESA(13931464), De illustribus Henricis, a historical collection established around the theme of illustrious men named Henry. It is thought that this manuscript represents Capgrave's autograph version, intended for copying by scribes at the Austin friars' convent at King's Lynn, and was almost certainly written in 1446-7, since it records Henry VI's visit to King's Lynn in 1446 but not the death of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, in the following year. On the basis of the press mark, it has been stated that the manuscript was once at the Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds, although this has been disputed. It has also been argued that this manuscript was once in the collection of the historian, John Bale (1495-1563).
Contents :
1-139 - John Capgrave OESA, De illustribus Henricis || Liber Ioannis Capgrave de multis Henricis clarissimis ad Henricum VI. regem Angliae || Joh. Capgrave de illustribus Henricis
Note: Prima pars complectitur vitas Henrici I. Henrici II. Henrici III. Henrici IV. Henrici V. Henrici VI. (imperatorum Allemaniae)
Note: In secunda parte continentur vitae Henrici I. Henrici II. Henrici III. Henrici IV. Henrici V. Henrici VI. (regum Angliae)
Note: In tertia parte habentur vitae Henrici regis Dacorum. Henrici regis Franciae. Henrici filii Ricardi imperatoris. Henrici comitis Campaniae. Henrici fratris Ludovici. Henrici ducis Lancastriae. Henrici Bown comitis Hertfordiae. Henrici de Bello-Monte. Henrici le Spenser episcopi Norwicensis. Henrici Huntindunensis. Henrici de Gandauo. Henrici doctoris Paris
incipit: (1) Henrico dei gratia regi anglie et francie
Note: (1) ... frater iohannes ( capgrave added later above line in what is said to be Bale's hand Hingeston points out that the book once belonged to Bale) doctor minimus, etc.
Note: Ends
explicit: (139) et in puritate corporis et anime decedat. ad laudem domini nostri Ihesu Christi qui cum deo patre et spiritu sancto viuit et regnat in secula seculorum. amen
rubric: (139) ffeliciter per Capgrave
Note: This is one of two extant copies of the book, the other being Tiberius A. VIII. This one is the autograph of the author. The book was edited by F. C. Hingeston in 1858 for the Rolls Series. He gives a full account of it on pp. li-liii of his introduction
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