Twysden, Roger, Sir, -1672, Antiquary

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creatorOf DECRETUM GRATIANI; with marginal notes and references. Complete, except that the " paleae " are mostly wanting. At the end (f. 222) is a list of popes, with the names of the emperors contemporaneous with them, ending with the 16th year of Alexander I... British Library
referencedIn ANSELMI Epistolæ ccccxvii.: a transcript of Cotton MS. Claudius A. xi., containing the complete collection of St. Anselm's letters; made in 1670 under the inspection of Sir Roger Twysden, who certifies its correctness in an autograph note at the end.... British Library
referencedIn COPIES of letters and papers relating to a dispute between the town of Lydd and the Seven Hundreds (Cranbrook, Blackburn, Barkley, Great Barnfield, Selbrightenden, Rolvenden, and Tenterden), co. Kent, as to the charge of providing watchmen at "Denge ... British Library
referencedIn 1. " MODUS tenendi Parliamentum"; with a note at the beginning in the hand of Sir Roger Twysden (ob. 1672), referring to other copies in the library of Sir Thomas Cotton. f. 1. 2. A short treatise on the " Court of Parliament," beg. " This is the Kin... British Library
creatorOf HISTORIA ANGLORUM, to 1198, by William of Newburgh. In five books, each with a table of chapters; preceded by the author's dedicatory letter to Ernaldus, Abbot of Rievaulx, headed "Epistola Willelmi uiri religiosi canonici de nouoburgo prefacionalis ... British Library
referencedIn ROLLS of Parliament, I Rich. II. [ 1377 ]-39 Hen. VI. [1460]: transcripts, apparently made for Sir Roger Twysden, with notes, and extracts from other records, in his hand. Eight volumes.In the extracts by Sir R. Twysden are also included:-Vol. ii. (... British Library
referencedIn Vol. I. (ff. 283). 1628-1651. 1. Message of the King to the House of Commons concerning liberty of speech; [? circ. 1628]. Copy (18th cent.). f. 1. 2. Privy Council to the " Chiefe officers of the Towne of Colchester," commanding them to assist the o... British Library
creatorOf CHRONICLE of the Brut, in French. A version of the same class as Cotton MS. Cleop. D. vii. In the later reigns it combines passages peculiar to different MSS. of this class, e.g. Harl. 200 and the addition to the Cotton MS. The metrical introduction ..., 14th century British Library
referencedIn Breviary ('Stowe Breviary') British Library
creatorOf RELAZIONI and other papers relating to Italy and Spain 1620-1634: — 1. Memoir on the Venetian republic, addressed to Philip IV. of Spain in 1620 by Don Aloiso Cueva, Spanish Ambassador in Venice, dealing with (a) the possessions and dependencies of V... British Library
creatorOf 1. DIALOGUS de Scaccario [by Richard Fitz-Nigel, Bishop of London, 1189-1198]. Copied under the direction of Sir Roger Twysden in 1636 from a MS. on vellum, " optimae notae," in the possession of Sir Henry Spelman. The supposed authorship of Gervase ... British Library
creatorOf LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum p... British Library
referencedIn PROCEEDINGS in Parliament, 1-43 Eliz. [ 1558-1601 ], taken from the official and other Journals, by Sir Roger Twysden. At the beginning (f. 13) is the following note, among others, " This booke I collected and writ out of Sr Simonds D'Euse [D'Ewes] h... British Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Dungemarsh, Kent
Weymouth, Dorset
Reading, Berkshire
Basing House, Southton
Needwood Chase, Staffordshire
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Knowle, Kent
Coventry, Warwickshire
Luston, Herefordshire
Little Chart, Kent
Rome, Italy
Virginia, U.S.A.
New England, America
Jersey, Channel Islands
Great Chart, Kent
Valtelline, Italy
Shotover Forest, Oxfordshire
Kent, England
Colchester, Essex
Kent, England
Hereford, Herefordshire
Venice, Italy
Melcombe Regis, Dorset
Lydd, Kent
Stowood Forest, Oxfordshire
London, England
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