Middle Ages. 25 
William Horman, a native of Saltjbujj^ 
2^as educated at Winchefter fchool, and be- 
came a perpetual fellow of New College iit 
1477. In 1485 he was chofen ichool-» 
niafter and fellow of Eton, and at length 
eledled vice-provoft of the fame college^ 
He was a man of extenlive and various eru- 
dition. Among numerous productions, he 
left a book under the title of Hefharum 
Synonyma. He wrote indexes to the an- 
tient authors De re Ruftica: to Cato, Var-^ 
rOy Columella^ and Palladius, After feveral 
years of retirement, he died in 1535, and 
was buried in the chapel of the college. 
The writers, and the age, of the two fol- 
lowing manufcripts, are unknown. 
Liber de Herbisy in the library of Corpus 
Chrifti. 
Nomenclatura Vocabuhriim in Medicina 
r-eceptorumy proffer fifn etiam Herb arum*, in 
the library of Magdalen college. 
The underwritten, without any author's 
names, are in the Afhmolean library, with 
the annexed dates. 
Diverfe phyfical receipts with an Herbal, 
1438, N'7704. 
An 
