THE CHARTULARY OF THE ABBEY OF DALE. 1 49 



ff. 178, 179. A list of abbots, with brief annotations as to each, 

 beginning " Memorandum et posteris nostris," in a 

 fourteenth century hand. It was apparently written 

 about 1438, when John Spondon, the sixteenth abbot, 

 began his rule. The seventeenth and eighteenth 

 abbots are entered by another pen. This list, with 

 translation, and various additional particulars as to the 

 abbots, was contributed by Mr. St. John Hope to the 

 fifth volume of the Journal of this Society in 1883. 



fo. 179''. Blank. 



ff. 180-187''. The old chronicle of the founding of Dale abbey, 

 by Thomas de Musca, a canon of the house. The 

 fragments on ff. 5 and 1 95 are almost certainly portions 

 of the original version in the handwriting of the com- 

 piler. This copy, when compared with the now indis- 

 tinct original fragments, has been somewhat carelessly 

 done ; nevertheless it is peculiarly interesting, and one 

 of the most vividly written and picturesque accounts 

 of the founding of any English religious house now 

 extant. A copy of it was made by Nicholas Charles, 

 Lancaster herald, in 161 1, which is to be found in the 

 Cotton MSS., Julius C. vii., ff. 265-268; there is a 

 later copy in Harl. MSS. 5804, ff. 278-284. It is 

 printed in Latin in Dugdale, but with many errors, 

 and was given in an English dress by Glover; but the 

 only good critical version, with a faithful translation, 

 is that which was given by Mr. St. John Hope in the 

 fifth volume of this Journal. 



ff. 188-194'^. List of tenants and rents, in an early sixteenth cen- 

 tury hand. 



fo. 195. Another fragment of the original chronicle. 



fo. 196. Fly leaf, with notes of accounts, nearly indecipherable. 



There are but few original charters of Dale extant ; but one, 

 in private hands, of John Grauncourt, the third abbot, who ruled 

 from 1233 to 1253, is a beautiful example of the deeds of that 



