Extends from 1066 to 1346. Extremely valuable for last hundred years, covered partly by Walter, partly by other hands. CXIV CHRONICLES OF LONDON. Various chronicles; consult No. XXVI for 1844, 1846, 1858; also No. XXXI for Munimenta Gildhalla Londoniensis, ed. H. T. Riley. CXV This contains laws, regulations, etc., as well as city transactions. Valuable from a political, economical, and social, as well as legal standpoint. BRACTON: De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, ed. T. Twiss. No. XXXI. 1878-83. Also several other texts. Translation. CXVI Indispensable for law of the thirteenth century. BRACTON'S NOTE BOOK. Ed. by T. W. Maitland. London, 1887. This work is of great importance, not only because of its being the first book on "case-law," but for the light it throws on the life of the thirteenth century. CXVII CORRESPONDENCE: Royal and other Historical Letters illustrative of the reign of Henry III., ed. W. W. Sherley. No. XXXI. 1862-66. Of the reign of Henry IV., ed. F. C. Hingeston: No. XXXI. 1860. Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry VII., ed. J. Gairdner: No. XXXI. Letters of Bishop Grosseteste, illustrative of the Social Condition of his Time, ed. H. R. Luard: No. XXXI. CXVIII Papal Letters are in several editions. See No. XXIV, II, I. MONUMENTA BRITANNICA ex Autographis Romanorum Pontificum. Covers period 1216-1759; ed. by Marini. These letters are extremely valuable. They present information not elsewhere obtainable. CXIX ROBERT OF AVESBURY: Roberti de Avesbury, Historia de mirabilis gestis Edward Tertii, ed. Hearne, Oxon. 1720. Especially good for relations of England with France prior to the battle of Crécy. CXX HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON: Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdeni, ed. C. C. Babington. No. XXXI. Translation by Trevisa, ed. by Babington, Churchill, and Lumby, accompanies text. Text also in No. LXIII d. Contemporary source for first half of the fourteenth cen tury. CXXI CAPGRAVE'S CHRONICLE: The Chronicle of England from the Creation to 1417, by John Capgrave, ed. F. C. Hingeston. No. XXXI. 1858. CXXII Very valuable for period 1328-1388. THE BOOK OF THE NOBLE HENRYS: Johannis Capgrave Liber de Illustribus Henricis, ed. F. C. Hingeston. No. XXXI. 1858. Translation by same ed. The work is valuable for its later portion only. CXXIII CXXIV THOMAS ELMHAM'S LIFE OF HENRY V.: Thomæ de Elmham Vita et Gesta Henrici Quinti, Anglorum Regis, ed. T. Hearne. 1732. Also in No. XXXI. For other lives consult No. XXXVIII, 1846, also Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis, Vita Henrici Quinti, Regis Angliæ, ed. by Hearne. 1716. Of some value for period. CXXV THE CONCORDANCE OF HISTORIES: The New Chronicle of England and France, in two parts, by Robert Fabyan, ed. H. Ellis. 1811. CXXVI Valuable for history of London during War of the Roses. JOHN AMUNDESHAM'S ANNALS: Johannis Amundesham, Monachi Monasterii S. Albani, ut videtur, Annales, ed. Riley in No. XXXI. For period 1421-1440. CXXVII JOHN WHETHAMSTEDE'S REGISTER: Registrum Abbatia Johannis Whethamstede, Abbatis Monasterii Sancti Albani, iterum susceptæ, ed. Riley in No. XXXI. 1452-1461. The time of the War of the Roses. CXXVIII Letters and Papers illustrative of the Wars of the English in France during the Reign of Henry VI, ed. J. Stevenson. No. XXXI. 1861, 1864. This collection includes the Annals and Collections of William of Worcester, the Chronicle of Jean le Bel; the collection is continued by the same editor in Narratives of the Expulsion of the English from Normandy. 1449-50. No. XXXI. 1863. CXXIX Valuable source. The French text is translated. FROISSART'S CHRONICLES: Chroniques, qui traitent des merveilleuses emprises... en France, Angleterre, Bretaigne, Burgogne, Escosse, Espagne, Portingal et ès Autres Parties, ed. J. A. C. Buchon. Paris, 1835. Many translations and editions. CXXX Most interesting. Covers period 1326-1400. MONSTRELET'S NARRATIVES: Chroniques d'Enguerrand de Monstrelet, ed. J. A. Buchon. Paris, 1826. Several translations, one by T. Johnes. London, 1849 (Bohn). Begins where Froissart ends. Terminates 1467. CXXXI HISTORIE OF THE ARRIVAL OF EDWARD IV. in England and the Finall Recouerye of his Kingdomes from Henry VI., ed. J. Bruce. No. XXVI. 1838. Valuable contemporary account. CXXXII PASTON LETTERS. Ed. by J. Gairdner. editions. 1872-75. Other 1422-1500. Light on social life of period. Overrated source. The prefaces of the editor are more valuable than the sources. CXXXIII CONTINUATION OF THE CROYLAND CHRONICLE: Petri Blesensis continuatio ad Historiam Ingulphi. Gale, Fell and Fulman's Scriptures; also elsewhere. Translations. H. T. Riley. London, 1854 (Bohn). Important for reign of Edward IV. Not to be confounded with the Ingufian forgery. CXXXIV PECOCKS REPRESSOR: The Repressor of over much Blaming of the Clergy, ed. C. Babington. No. XXXI. 1860. This work indicates the theological movement of the fifteenth century. CXXXV LITTLE BUNDLE OF TARES: Fasciculi Zizaniorum Magistri Johannis Wyclif cum Tutico, ascribed to T. Netter; ed. W. W. Shirley. No. XXXI. 1858. The contemporary account of the rise of Lollardy. Strongly anti-Lollard. CXXXVI WYCLIF'S WORKS. These have appeared in many editions and by various editors. Among them, Select English Works, ed. T. Arnold. 1871. The English Works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted, ed. F. D. Matthew. No. XXXVII. 1880. CXXXVII MORE'S EDWARD V AND RICHARD III: Historie of the pitifull life and unfortunate death of Edward the Fifth. Also, The History of Richard the Third. In various editions; also in Kennett's Complete History of England. London, 1719. Considered by S. R. Gardiner as a contemporaneous ac count. CXXXVIII Grants, etc. From the Crown during the Reign of Edward The Fifth from the Original Docket-Book and Two Speeches for Opening Parliament, ed. J. G. Nichols. 1854. Of some value for a period not well illustrated. SECTION 7.—THE TUDOR PERIOD CXXXIX MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY VII., ed. W. Campbell. No. XXXI. 1873, 1877From original documents. Furnishes valuable material for the study of the reign. CXL POLYDORE VIRGIL: Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglica Histori Libri Vigintiseptem. Basel, 1534. Also in No. XXVI. Translation, first VIII books, in No. XXVI. CXLI Very high authority from the time of Henry VI., where contemporay record becomes scanty. Somewhat biassed, violently opposed to Wolsey, but otherwise accurate. Should be read in connection with No. CXLVIII. BERNARD ANDRÉ: Historia Regis Henrici Septimi a Bernardo Andrea Tholosate conscripta, necnon alia quædam ad eundem regem spectantia, ed. J. Gairdner. XXXI. 1858. No. Best contemporary record of reign of Henry VII. It is to be found in Memorials of Henry VII, ed. J. Gairdner. No. XXXI, 1847. This work contains other valuable material. CXLII VENETIAN RELATION: A Relation, or rather a true account, of the Isle of England; with sundry particulars of the customs of these People and of the Royal Revenues under Kng Henry the Seventh about the year 1500. Translation. No. XXVI. 1847. CXLIII Political, commercial, financial data of reign of Hen. VII. STATE PAPERS OF THE TUDOR PERIOD. The collection of manuscripts is extremely large. It has been indexed and epitomized in the various Calendars which have been issued by the Record Commission under the following title: Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII.; Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, and James I.; Calendar of State Papers, |