Extracts from Inventories of Parish Churches taken in the 13th Century, in the Diocese of Salisbury. HESE Inventories are contained in the very valuable volume, so often referred to in the foregoing dissertation, and to which I shall be again indebted. It is preserved among the muniments of the Bishops of Salisbury. Commonly it is called the " Registrum Sancti Os mundi :" but it has no further claim to that title, than as having at the beginning a copy, the oldest I presume extant, of the famous consuetudinary drawn up by that Bishop. The remainder of the volume, amounting to four-fifths of the whole, is composed of various charters relating to the see of Salisbury, to the property of the Dean and Chapter, and to various privileges bestowed upon them following these, are the contemporary records of a Visitation held by the then Dean of Sarum, A. D. 1220; William de Wenda, who (says Le Neve) was elected in that year after, a number of other documents succeed, chiefly legal, and having reference to transactions during the episcopate of Bishop Poore: an account of the election of Bishop Bingham, successor to Poore: of the removal of the. church from Old to New Sarum: an inventory, (imperfect) of the ornaments of the Cathedral: and other matters. I do not pretend to give more than the faintest sketch of this most important book: but it certainly ought rather to be called the Register of Bishop Poore, than of Saint Osmund. The original manuscript is a small folio, upon vellum; of various hands, and dates; from about the year 1210 to 1240. I The following inventories of books, then belonging to many parish churches in the diocese of Salisbury, will be found peculiarly interesting, and illustrative of much that has been discussed in the Dissertation. omit all those items which do not refer to books: such as of the vestments, chalices, patens, &c. They are not connected with my present subject, and whilst I regret being obliged to pass them over, I leave them with the hope that some day they may be made public. I proceed now to these extracts. "Inventarium factum apud Sunning per W. decanum Sar. Anno Domini. M°.CC.xx°. Unum Missale novum absque epistolis, sine musica, et sine gradali: et aliud vetus Missale, in quo leguntur epistolæ, plenum, sine musica: liganda. Breviarium vetus absque musica, sufficiens. Antiphonarium vetus, minus sufficiens, et aliud novum, cum psalterio in principio, sufficiens, de dono Vitalis vicarii, sed ligandum. Gradale vetus, cum Tropario. Et aliud novum. Duo Psalteria vetera. 1. Textus coopertus argento, continens evangelia anni. 1. Troparius per se. 1. Ordinale. Quidam novus liber, continens missas privatas. 1. Manuale parvum. 1. Vetus Psalterium, ex una parte rubeum, ex altera, album habens crucem osseam extra." "Item est capella apud Rothescamp.-Isti sunt libri. Missale vetus, nullius pretii. Breviarium bonum cum Antiphonario, et Ymnarium et Collectarium cum notitia. Item unum Gradale parvum, vetus et nullius pretii et aliud novum in quaternis, in duobus voluminibus, cum Tropario imperfecto. Item Troparius parvulus, vetus. Psalterium vetus. Item Manuale. Ymnarius parvus." "Item est ibi capella apud Wokyngeham.-Isti sunt libri ejusdem capellæ. Unum Missale cum notula, sufficiens et unum Antiphonarium, sufficiens, cum Collectario et Capitularium, et Ymnarium. Item unum Missale vetus. Breviarium nullum. Unum Gradale minus sufficiens. Psalterium sufficiens. Item aliud Gradale vetus. Item aliud Missale vetus, litera Anglica. Unus quaternus continens lectiones et responsoria, de festivitate omnium sanctorum." "Item capella pertinens ad ecclesiam de Sunning: capella de Herst.-Hii sunt libri ejusdem capellæ. Unum Missale cum Tropario in fine, cum notula, sufficiens. Et unum Antiphonarium cum Collectario et Capitulario, et Ymnario, et Psalterio, in eodem volumine, et in fine, Legenda de communi sanctorum. Et unum Breviarium, scil. temporale et sanctorale in eodem volumine, minus sufficiens. Et unum Gradale vetus et cum Tropario, nullius pretii. Item Psalterium vetus, et Manuale vetus. Item unum Troparium parvum per se." "Item est ibi (capella) apud Sandhurst.-Isti sunt libri. Missale vetus sine notula. Antiphonarium vetus et insufficiens, quod est de Wokyngham. Breviarium nullum. Item Legenda ab adventu usque ad septuages. quæ est de Wokyngeham. Et unum Gradale sufficiens, et Psalterium debile." "Item est ibi capella apud Edburgefeld.-Hii sunt libri. Missale vetus sine nota. Manuale vetus. Antiphonarium vetus, et parvi pretii. Temporale Breviarii, in duobus voluminibus, vetus et attritum. Gra duale vetus et parvi pretii. Item parvus liber continens Capitularium, Collectarium et Ymnarium. Item parvus alius liber continens Ymnarium, et Venite: et intonationes Venitarii. Psalterium vetus nullius pretii." "Inventarium factum in ecclesia de Mera per W. decanum Sar. Anno Domini M°.CC.xx°. qui erat annus tertius pontificatus Ricardi Sar. episcopi: in vigil. S. Michaelis." "Hii sunt libri ecclesiæ de Mera. Unum Missale novum et sufficiens, cum nota sufficienti: et unum vetus cum nota, sufficiens. Unum Breviarium in duobus voluminibus. Duo Antiphonaria, unum novum in quo continetur Psalterium, et Collectarium, et Capitularium et Ymnarium: et aliud in quo continetur Collectarium, et Capitularium et Ymnarium. Item unum Gradale bonum et sufficiens, sed ligandum. Et aliud vetus cum Tropario parvi pretii. Unum Manuale et unum Psalterium nullius pretii. Item unum Gradale novum. Item liber vetussimus habens crucem superpositam super quam juratur." "Isti sunt libri ecclesiæ de Hegtredebir. Duo Missalia. Duo Gradalia. Unum Troparium. Unum Antiphonarium. Duo Breviaria nova: unum temporale et aliud sanctorum: et duo Breviaria vetera, unum temporale, et aliud sanctorum. Unum Psalterium parvi pretii. Unum Ordinale: et Pastorale Gregorii: Liber sermonum: Decreta Pontificum. "Anno Domini M°. CC°. xxvj°. visitavit W. decanus Sar. capellam de Cnuch. Hæc sunt ornamenta. Unum Missale vetus: parvum et nullius valoris. j. Breviarium vetus et insufficiens. j. Psalterium parvum, vetus. j. Gradale novum in quaternis cum Tropario. Item Collecta |