London, British Library, MS Harley 2252
| Date of origin | Early 16th century |
| Place of origin | London |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 190mm | Height: 280mm |
| Notes |
Known as John Colyns' Commonplace Book. |
| Date of origin | Early 16th century |
| Place of origin | London |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | Width: 190mm | Height: 280mm |
| Notes |
Known as John Colyns' Commonplace Book. |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1v | From John Lydgate's 'Dietary' (fragmentary, 24 lines) |
824 | |
| 1v | Against harbouring a friar or a fart |
1148 | |
| 2r | Proverbial rhymes on nowghte |
1163 | |
| 2r | On the difference of weights |
Prose. |
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| 2r | Medical recipe for colic and 'the Stone' |
Prose. |
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| 2r | On the properties of good wine |
4175 | |
| 2v | Of Edward, Duke of Buckingham |
158.9 | |
| 3r | Proverbs |
432 | |
| 3v-8v | Names of Mayors of London |
Prose. |
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| 9r | The wards of London ('except occidentally') |
Prose. |
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| 9r | The wards of London (except 'orientally') |
Prose |
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| 9v | Guild Hall rates, 13th March 1473 |
Prose. |
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| 10r | Parish churches within the gates of the City of London |
Prose. |
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| 11r | Monestaries and colleges within the gates of the City of London |
Prose. |
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| 11r | Parishes without the gates and within the franchise |
Prose. |
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| 11r | Monestaries without the gates and within the franchise |
Prose. |
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| 11r | Parishes without the franchise in the suburbs |
Prose. |
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| 11v | Monasteries in the suburbs |
Prose. |
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| 12r-13v | A determination for appearance upon inquests devised by 25 Persons Elect by the 25 Aldermen in their wards. |
Prose. Dated 1519. |
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| 14r | Act of King Edward IV against 'galymen' |
Latin prose, with explanation in English. |
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| 14r | Ordinance in the City of London |
Prose |
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| 14v | By Henry VII to the Mayor of London |
English prose with the judgement of the magistrate in Latin |
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| 15 | To the King, honorable Lords, Burgesses and Commons of Parliament |
Prose. |
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| 16 | The effect of another Statute |
Prose. |
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| 17r | On the second son of Edward III |
Prose. |
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| 17r | On the third son of Edward III |
Prose. |
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| 17r | The title to the realm of France that Edward III had by Isabelle his mother, the wife of King Edward of Canarvan |
Prose. |
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| 18r-21r | Petition to the Lords of the King's Council on the misuse of certain weights |
Prose. |
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| 21v | Copy of an ordinance for the Good Rule of the Parish of Stocke in London |
Prose. Dated 1457. |
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| 22 | Legend |
Prose. |
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| 23-24 | Paraphrase of Psalm 130 |
2522 | |
| 25-27 | The Ruin of a Ream |
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| 28r-32r | The names of the knights, citizens, barons of the five ports and burgesses coming to parliament on 17th October 1478 |
Prose. |
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| 32v-33r | Indictment against Edmund Grey Clerke |
Prose. |
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| 33v-34r | The complaint of North to Cardinal Wolsey |
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| 34r-35 | The Acts of Parliament passed in February and March 1534 |
Prose. |
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| 36r | To the King, our Sovereign Lord |
Prose. Two petitions. |
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| 36v-37 | A brief chronicle of the Turkish reign and feats of war |
Prose. |
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| 38r | Note on conducting a law suit |
Prose. |
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| 38r | The progeny of the Earl of Arundel |
Prose. |
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| 39r-41v | Letter from King James of Scotland to Henry VIII |
Prose. Dated 1513. |
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| 42r-43r | Answer to the above letter |
Prose. |
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| 43v-45r | The Lamentation of the King of the Scots |
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| 45v-48r | Frances Dyngley of Manston's 'The Battle of Flodden Field' |
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| 48v-50r | Composition of all the offerings within the City of London and suburbs |
Prose. |
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| 50v-51r | A miracle of a knight called Sir Roger Wallysborow |
Prose. |
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| 51v-53v | Chronicle |
Prose. |
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| 54r-84r | Lyfe of Ipomydon | 2142 | Unique manuscript copy. 2346 lines. |
| 84v | On an inconsistent mistress |
2518 | |
| 84v | Do not wait to marry a rich wife |
3172 | |
| 84v | Why English people eat more than those of other nations |
Column 2, but also partially written in the inner margin from top to bottom. |
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| 85 | Story about the testament of a wise fool |
Prose. |
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| 86r-133v | Stanzaic Morte Arthur | 1994 | Unique copy. 3969 lines. |
| 133* | An enigma: the bond of love |
3703.3 | Leaf originally not counted. |
| 134r-139v | Skelton Lawryat, 'Parot' |
2263.5 | |
| 140r | On the inconstancy of his mistress |
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| 141 | Ezechyelys Prophete |
4253 | |
| 142r-146r | The Craft of Illumination |
Prose. |
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| 146v | Reply to a petition of merchants |
Prose. |
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| 147r-153r | Sceltonyus Lawreatus (John Skelton), 'Quis resurgat malyngnantes aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniquitatem nemo Domine' |
3903.5 | |
| 153v | John Skelton, Latin verse |
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| 153v | Prognostications from the day on which Christmas falls |
1411 | |
| 154 | Prognostications |
1989 | |
| 155r | Conclusion of a Relation of the dying Speeches of certain who were executed in the time of K. Henry VIII, the preceding leaf being purposely torne-out |
Prose. |
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| 155 | On the inconstance of Fortune |
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| 156 | On Cardinal Wolsey |
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| 157r, 160r-161r | Cosilium domini in eternam manet |
Two versions, the first incomplete. |
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| 158r-159r | John Skelton on Cardinal Wolsey |
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| 159v | Prognostications of the weather |
4040 | |
| 159v | Prognostications on the change of the moon |
Prose. |
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| 161v-162r | Ingens vero virtus mirabille tam in plantis etc |
Prose. |
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| 162v | Memorandum |
Dated 1570. |
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| 163-164 | Order on payments for knolling bells |
Prose. |
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| 165r | Order on payment of a priest |
Dated 1526. |
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| 165r | From 'Vitas patrum' |
Prose. |
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| 165v | Medical recipe |
Prose. |
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| 166r | Note on the diameter of the globe |
Prose. |
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| 166 | Precepts in -ly |
3087 | |
| 166v | The Lotte of St. Thomas Caunterbery |
A game. |
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| 166v | Note |