MS 210

Summary

Described Thomas James 377; Bernard 378; Stanley, Libri ab alienis donati 13; Nasmith 210; James, Corpus 210; William Worcestre Itineraries: Edited from the Unique MS. Corpus Christi College Cambridge, 210, ed. John H. Harvey (Oxford, 1969), pp. xviii–xxi and plate facing title page (of pp. 218–219); Robinson, no. 145; Index of Images 67.

[A 28]

[1]

p. 37

Memorandum from pensance to seynt yves iotee .6. mile item from sent ives vsque lalant \havyn/ .2. myles item from lalant havyn to patystoo havyn item from patystoo havyn to barstaple item from barstaple to ilfercombe item from ilfercombe to briggewater item from bryggewater to vphylle item from vphylle to mynett item from mynehed to bristow.

List of stages and distances of the journey between Penzance and Bristol, in the hand of William Worcester. After Ilfracombe the order in which the towns appear seems haphazard. Printed Harvey, p. 34.

[2]

p. 39

Letter to William Worcester (who also used the name Botoner) from R. Botoner. Endorsement on recto (paginated 41). Thomas Kent and Sir John Paston are mentioned. Printed in full by James, Corpus. Also printed Harvey, p. 386. James Dallaway, Antiquities of Bristow in the Middle Centuries: Including the Topography by William Wyrcestre and the Life of William Canynges (Bristol, 1834), p. 18, identifies the writer as Worcester's son Richard.

[3]

p. 45

Memorandum mountez bay lyeth froe lesard yn the est party to ﹛the﹜ poynte of moushole yn the west party and the ch﹛ef﹜ rode of the bay for seemen that comyth tha﹛t﹜ way ys called gooveslake ouer ayenst newly﹛n﹜.

Note on St Michael's Mount, between two Latin entries by William Worcester, in a similar ink, but not in his hand. Printed Harvey, p. 102. The paper is brittle and is flaking. Unlike Worcester, the writer left no right margin, and the ends of the lines are now gone. The missing letters (in brackets) have been supplied from Harvey's edition.

[4]

p. 54

Memorandum to iohn mey wexmaker yn wynche strete that hys chyld speke with the potmaker of hanham to make .ij. pottys as he made last safe only the mouth to lesse by j quarter of an onch & aftir thys mesur of tree the mouth to bere the brede.