Identity area
Reference code
JCOL/Q/B/2
Title
Formularum liber
Date(s)
- 1400-1600 (Contents include copies of items dated 1519, 1554 and 1570.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume 11+ x 7+ in., 165 ff (and fragments); 41 lines to a page. Bound in otter- or seal-skin with the hair still on. A sheet of parchment encloses the paper pages. paper
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Former owners: John (?) Watson of Blith (d. 1430), Edmund Clifton of "Aula Regia Cantabr.", and Robert Cressy, Ll.B., an official of the Archdeacon of Nottingham; the last may have given it to the college. The name Robert Palmer also appears.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Lawyer's formulary; M. R. James's no. 19. James supplies a detailed list of the contents.