File Peniarth MS 280 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - The Red Book of Caures Castle,

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Peniarth MS 280 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Title

The Red Book of Caures Castle,

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  • [1601x1666]. (Creation)

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116 pp. (foliated and paginated v pp. + 92 pp. + vi-xxiv pp.) : paper ; 314 x 191 mm. Half bound in Morocco.

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A transcript in the hand of Robert Vaughan of the Red Book of Caures Castle, comprising a journal of transactions relating to the estates of Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and later Duke of Buckingham between 30 August 1434 and 1454/6 [the 33rd year of Henry VI's reign].

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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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Latin, English.

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Finding aids

A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 1099; a description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), p. 35.

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Available on microfilm at the Library.

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Formerly Hengwrt MS 223.

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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 280 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls004442982

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Microform: $h - MEICRO PENIARTH MS 280.
  • Text: Peniarth MS 280 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..