Special Collections & Archives: MS.F.4.12: Canterbury Diocese

LUL MS.F.4.12: Canterbury Diocese. Proceedings of courts. Bound 1566-86.

Physical description: On paper. 272 leaves (irregular contemporary foliation), 290 x 204 mm.

Contents: Original and office copies of written proceedings in the archdiaconal and diocesan courts of the Diocese of Canterbury.

Binding: Rebound by F. William Cock 1925, with the original blind-panelled binding laid over, with 5 of the original centre and corner bosses, and original sewing strips (fragments of an index of a work on canon law) pasted in.

Provenance: 17th century inscription: Sum ex libris Willelmi Pearsall.

Provenance: 'the Leicester bookseller' (note on purchase by F., William Cock).

Provenance c.1898-1948: Ex Libris F. William Cock. M.D F.S.A. (1858-1943) designed  by Frank L. Emanuel.

Provenance 1948-1948: The gift of Stella Permewan to the University of Liverpool, 1948. Accession no. G31057.

Published citations and unpublished notes:

• 2014: Karen Rushton, A History of the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Diocese of Canterbury 1566 - 1586 Based on the Cause Papers Bound within the Volumes MS F 4 12. Archaeologia Cantiana.134:263-282.
• Appendices (1: transcription and translation of a sample of cases; 2: index to all cases)
• 1950: C.E. Welch, A Calendar of a volume of Court proceedings of the Diocese of Canterbury in Liverpool University Library (MS.F.4.12). Unpublished, contact Special Collections & Archives for more information.