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Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James...
Catalogue reference: MS 2001
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MS 2001
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Title (The name of the record)
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Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James Canceller's raylinge boke upon hys owne heade, called the pathe of obedyence: to teache hym hereafter how he shall sedicyously gyve fourth a pernicyouse disobedyence agaynst the crowne of thys realme, in stede of true obedyence'
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Date (When the record was created)
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16th Century
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Path of obedience by the Roman Catholic controversialist James Canceller was first published in about 1553.
Dedicatory epistle to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, dated from Canterbury, 6 July 1561 (ff. ii-iiiv), and epistle to the reader (ff. 1-2).
The manuscript was entered at the Stationers' Company by John Day, the printer (E. Arber, Trans. of the register of the Company of Stationers, i, 155), and ff. 1-2 are marked up for printing, but the work appears to have been laid aside.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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iv + 44 ff.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Vellum wrapper consisting of part of a leaf from a 13th cent. MS. 17 x 23 cm.
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Record URL
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Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James Canceller's raylinge boke upon hys owne heade, called the pathe of obedyence: to teache hym hereafter how he shall sedicyously gyve fourth a pernicyouse disobedyence agaynst the crowne of thys realme, in stede of true obedyence'