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- 1450-1500 (Creation)
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Given by Thomas Man, 21 Jan. 1685. The name of Richard Knagges appears several times, also those of Gregory Knagges, William Dickinson, "[L]ambarton of Canterbury", "Lambart" and "Marmadock".
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Letters of Poggio [Bracciolini] and others; M. R. James's no. 63. James lists the individual writers or recipients (most but not all are by Poggio). David Rundle (see publication note) says this volume "includes a series of Poggio letters not otherwise known to have had an English circulation" and "was clearly made for private use by someone whose name is Thomas Armin (reading the code at fol.27v)", of whom nothing further is known. The work is followed by a tract: Dilucidarium lemonocensis [= John Lemovicensis] de sompno pharaonis, consisting of 20 letters supposed to be written by actors in or observers of the story of Joseph and Pharaoh; it is dedicated to Theobald, King of Navarre. At the end of the volume are some domestic accounts, mentioning William Fairwether and servant Thomas Marcer, and the copy of a letter to Francis Tyrwhitt about a lawsuit involving "my brother Thomas Fairwether".
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Publication note
http://bonaelitterae.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dgrms3.pdf gives a commentary on Poggio including publication details of individual letters. This is an extract from David Rundle, 'Of Republics and Tyrants: aspects of quattrocento humanist writings and their reception in England, c. 1400 - c. 1460' (unpublished Dphil thesis, Univ. of Oxford, 1997). The tract De sompno pharaonis has been printed by J.C. Wagenseil (1690) and by J.A.Fabricius.