| Date of origin | 15th-17th century |
| Material | Mixed |
| Dimensions | Width: 205mm | Height: 145mm |
| Notes |
This is a composite volume of four manuscripts bound together. A: ff. 1-41, 16th century (probably around 1520s-30s), paper B: ff. 1-56, second half of the 15th century, parchment C: ff. 1-2, 17th century, copied by Elias Ashmole, paper D: ff. 1-55, 17th century, paper Only parts A and C are listed here. |
| Folio | Content item | IMEV | Details |
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| Part A: 1r | Three medical recipes on the virtues of parsnips |
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| 2v | A petition for the payment of a debt owed to William Fitzwilliam by John Worte of the Queen's guard |
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| 2v | A record of a marriage dated 1602 |
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| 3r-31v | Erle of Tolous | 1681 | |
| 31v | Medical recipe for a poultice |
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| 32r | A critique of Papists |
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| 32r | Becon in the juell of joye |
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| 32v-33v | The hard and troubelsome lyfe of Willyam Fytzwillyam vj sone of John Fytzwillyam of Sprodbrought and Haddelsaye, from his chyeldhod |
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| 34r | Moral and religious proverbs |
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| 34v-35r | A short lyne howe to leade your lyfe |
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| 35r-38v | Prayers |
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| 39r | List of eight virtues |
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| 39v-40r | Verses on popes |
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| 40r | Paraphrase of James 3.13-18 |
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| 40v | The four properties in man's soul |
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| 41r | Draft of the verses on 39r-40v |
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| Part C, 2v-18r | Gamelyn | 1913 | Seventeenth-century copy by Ashmole. |