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Guide to the Chaucer Research Project Records 1886-1965

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Chaucer Research Project. Records

Dates:

1886-1965

Size:

128 linear feet (153 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

The Chaucer Research Project began in 1924 when University of Chicago Professors of English, John Mathews Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Rickert (1871-1938), launched a systematic study of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Their goal was to produce an authoritative text of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales by painstakingly collecting, photographing, collating, and studying all existing Chaucer manuscripts. The project grew to encompass the compilation of sources of information on Chaucer's life and on the times in which he lived. This work, which began in 1927, continued for one decade under the direction of Manly and Rickert, was continued by Lilian J. Redstone until 1941, was interrupted by World War II, and resumed by professors Martin M. Crow and Clair C. Olson in 1947. Crow and Olson published the final edition of the Chaucer Life-Records in 1966. The Chaucer Research Project records date from 1886 to 1965, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1925 to 1954. The collection includes notes, reports, correspondence, photostatic copies of medieval manuscripts, clippings, drafts of the Chaucer Life-Records, card files, charts, lists, drawings, photographs, lantern slides, and artifacts.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

One set of cards in Series II, The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales, is on loan to the University of Oklahoma in support of the Variorum Chaucer Project. Inquiries about access to cards D1265-D1664 should be directed to the project offices in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Oklahoma. http://www.ou.edu/variorum/.

Restrictions on Use

The glass negative in box 135 is broken and should be handled with care.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Chaucer Research Project. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

Historical Note

The Chaucer Research Project began in 1924 when University of Chicago Professors of English, John Mathews Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Rickert (1871-1938), launched a systematic study of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Their goal was to produce an authoritative text of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales by painstakingly collecting, photographing, collating, and studying all existing Chaucer manuscripts. Manly and Rickert had already worked together during World War I on cryptography for the War Department. They applied their collective linguistic and analytical skills to the study of Chaucer's works with the same fervor as they had given to cryptographic problems during the war. At the University of Chicago, a Chaucer textual laboratory was organized in Wieboldt Hall where a team of graduate students analyzed photostatic copies of Chaucer manuscripts for details such as lettering styles, paper marking, and ink in order to establish the manuscripts' provenance. During six months of each year, Manly and Rickert traveled to Europe to examine original manuscripts held in public and private collections for details such as ink changes, erasures, binding, and trimming that may not have been apparent in the photostatic copies in their laboratory. Their work resulted in an eight-volume edition, The Text of the Canterbury Tales, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1940.

Simultaneously with the work on the edition of the Canterbury Tales, the Chaucer Research Project grew to encompass the compilation of sources of information on Chaucer's life and on the times in which he lived. This work, which began in 1927, continued for one decade under the direction of Manly and Rickert, who employed researchers in Britain and the United States to discover and evaluate the great mass of material. Their intention was to reevaluate, and move beyond, manuscripts examined by the Chaucer Society for their multi-volume work, Life Records of Chaucer (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1900). The collections of the various City Companies of London, the Public Record Office, the British Museum, the Guildhall Library, the Bodleian Library, the Society of Antiquaries, the College of Arms, the Ipswich Public Library, and others were examined for all possible sources of information on Chaucer's life, as well as for collateral information that would place his life in the proper historical setting. The researchers ultimately decided to abandon the Chaucer Society's strict chronological arrangement of material, and instead group records first by subject matter, then by date.

Numerous scholars at the University of Chicago and abroad were employed for the project. British historian and archivist, Lilian J. Redstone (1885-1955), oversaw research conducted in Britain and on the Continent. Her father, Vincent B. Redstone, and sister, Mabel I. Redstone, researched Chaucer's ancestry. Catherine M. Jamison studied legal documents, Chaucer's Petherton connections, Chaucer's associations with the House of Lancaster, and the records of his descendants. Mabel H. Mills utilized exchequer resources to research Chaucer's annuities and his jobs as Controller of the Customs in the port of London and Clerk of the King's Works. In Chicago, Miss M. K. Dale, Lydia Marshall, Ramona Bressie, Florence White, Ruth Jackson, Mabel Dean, James R. Hulbert, Martin M. Crow, and others, labored in the Wieboldt laboratory.

In 1935, Edith Rickert and Lilian Redstone began to prepare a draft of the Chaucer Life-Records. Sadly, Rickert died in 1938, followed shortly by Manly's death in 1940. The bulk of the life-records manuscript preparation therefore fell to Lilian Redstone. She completed her draft in 1941. World War II interrupted the project for six years. In 1947, Professor of English, Martin M. Crow (1901-1997; PhD Chicago 1934), began a preliminary survey of the Chaucer Research Project records. He invited University of the Pacific Professor Clair C. Olson (1901–1972; PhD Chicago, 1938) to assist in this endeavor in 1950. The two had already worked together in the Wieboldt laboratory, and they had collaborated in 1941 to complete Edith Rickert's Chaucer's World (Columbia University Press). Crow and Olson spent years refiling, indexing, checking, cross-referencing, analyzing, and editing the Chaucer Research Project records. Crow spent several weeks in 1952 interviewing Lilian Redstone in her home in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England about the project. Lilian Redstone died in 1955. After 19 years of labor (on top of the 20 years of work that came before it), Crow and Olson published the Chaucer Life-Records in 1966 (Oxford, Clarendon Press).

Scope Note

The Chaucer Research Project records date from 1886 to 1965, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1925 to 1954. The records are divided into six series.

Series I, Manuscript Reproductions, contains photostatic copies of manuscripts related to the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, and photostatic copies of manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The photostatic reproduction process was introduced in 1911, and uses a paper sensitized with a gelatin-based emulsion containing silver salts to produce white lines on a black background. The Chaucer Research Project utilized this process to produce high-quality manuscript reproductions for study, generated directly from original manuscripts in public and private collections throughout Europe and the United States. This series is further subdivided into three subseries:

Subseries 1, Photostatic Copies of Manuscripts, contains a general assortment of photostatic manuscripts collected to train the staff of the Project and for analysis. Photostats include examples of English paleography for the 14th and 15th centuries, and manuscripts pertaining to scribes, scriveners, and the book trade of the period.

Subseries 2. Frederic Ives Carpenter Collection of Photostatic Copies of Manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is a set of positive photostats of manuscripts of the Tales. Shortly after the death of Frederic Ives Carpenter, formerly a member of the University of Chicago Department of English, his widow approved the assignment of his bequest of $10,000 to the Department for acquisition of a complete collection of photostatic negatives and positives of manuscripts of the Tales. This money enabled Professors Manly and Rickert to acquire for the research project some 12,000 sheets of photostats and also provided for a duplicate set of positives which is now deposited in the British Museum. These photostats are arranged alphabetically according to the customary names of the manuscripts, and are then grouped in the same order in which the tales appear in the manuscripts concerned. For a detailed description of the methods of arrangement, see "Origin and Development of Our Plan" in Manly and Rickert's The Text of the Canterbury Tales, vol. I, pp. 1-9.

Subseries 3, Hengwrt Chaucer Facsimile, contains positive photostats of the Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript, a late 14th-century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales held in the National Library of Wales. In 1939, John M. Manly and Edith Rickert produced an article about the manuscript, "The Hengwrt Manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales," for the first issue of The National Library of Wales Journal. Thanks to Manly and Rickert, the Hg manuscript is used by most Chaucerians now as the starting point for reconstructing the authorial holograph. The subseries includes an envelope containing ultra-violet light images of some leaves - a technique proposed by Manly and Rickert following their code-breaking work in World War I.

Series II, The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales, contains index cards. In preparing their edition of The Canterbury Tales, Manly and Rickert devised a special method of collation which made it possible to expedite the work by clearly setting forth the difference among the 84 complete manuscripts and fragments. 3 x 5 cards were used to record a line-by-line, word-for-word corpus of variants in all the extant manuscripts. For details of the collation methods used, see the introduction to Volume II of The Text of the Canterbury Tales, pp. 1-45.

The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales cards are arranged alphanumerically. The University of Chicago does not hold the entire set of variant cards produced during the Chaucer Research Project. Some cards were never completed during the Chaucer Research Project. Some cards were shared among scholars and never returned to the original project records before coming to the archives. One set of cards for the Friar’s Tale – cards D1265-D1664 - is on loan to the Variorum Chaucer Project at the University of Oklahoma. Inquiries about access to cards D1265-D1664 should be directed to the project offices in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Oklahoma. http://www.ou.edu/variorum/.

The Corpus of Variants of the Canterbury Tales cards originally included the following tales:

Cards A – SOME NOT HELD

• General Prologue

• Knight’s Tale

• Knight-Miller link

• Miller’s Tale

• Miller-Reeve link

• Reeve’s Tale

• Cook’s Tale [never completed]

Cards B – SOME NOT HELD

• Man of Law’s Tale headlink

• Man of Law’s Tale prologue

• Man of Law’s Tale

• Shipman’s Tale

• Shipman-Prioress link [Lines 1624-1880]

• Prioress’ Tale

• Prioress-Thopas link

• Tale of Sir Thopas

• Thopas-Melibeus link

• Tale of Melibeus [Tale of Melibee]

• Melibeus-Monk link

• Monk’s Tale

• Monk-Nun’s Priest link

• Nun’s Priest’s Tale [Lines 3957-4652. Lines 3958-4000 missing.]

Cards C

• Physician’s Tale [Lines 1-328]

• Physician-Pardoner link

• Pardoner’s prologue

• Pardoner’s Tale

• Epilogue

• Pardoner-Shipman spurious links

Cards D – SOME WITH UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

• Wife of Bath prologue [Lines 1-1264]

• Wife of Bath’s Tale

• Wife of Bath-Friar link

• Friar’s Tale

• Friar-Summoner link [Lines 1665-2294]

• Summoner’s Tale

Cards E – NOT HELD

• Clerk’s Tale

• Merchant’s Tale

• Squire’s Tale headlink

Cards F

• Squire’s Tale [Lines 1-672]

• Squire-Franklin link

• Franklin’s Tale

• Canon’s Yeoman-Physician spurious link

Cards G – NOT HELD

• Second Nun’s Tale

• Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

Cards H

• Manciple’s prologue [Lines 1-362]

• Manciple’s Tale

Cards I

• Parson’s Tale

• Chaucer’s Retraction

Series III, The Chaucer Life-Records, contains correspondence, notes, card files, indices, reports, schedules, charts, clippings, receipts, drawings, manuscript drafts and other material pertaining to the administration of the project and the production of the Chaucer Life-Records. Materials are arranged into six subseries.

Subseries 1, General Administrative Records, Miscellaneous Notes and Reports, contains bibliographic and background material, agendas and schedules, lists, reports, and correspondence relevant to the overall management of the project. The subseries also contains undated notes and reports that do not clearly fit within Subseries 2 or 3.

Subseries 2, The Life-Records, consists of research material compiled circa 1927-1937 under Manly and Rickert's direction. This includes photostatic copies of original documents, transcripts, notes, and in some instances the pertinent correspondence of the research workers on particular problems. The records are arranged by subject matter and within each subject matter group according to date of record of events. Oversize material has been moved to box 73. This material was used in preparing the Chaucer Life-Records, originally contemplated by Manly and Rickert, continued by Ms. Lilian J. Redstone (head of their London research team), and completed by professors Martin M. Crow and Clair C. Olson.

Subseries 3, The Supplementary Life-Records, was compiled by Lilian and Vincent Redstone and donated after Lilian's death. The materials were given to the University Library in September, 1955 by Miss Mabel I. Redstone of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Miss Redstone was secretary and research assistant to her late father, Vincent E. Redstone, who directed research on Chaucer's ancestry, and sister of the late Lilian J. Redstone, who headed Manly and Rickert's London research team. The supplementary material was collected and arranged by Miss Lilian J. Redstone and was in her possession until her death early in 1955.

This material consists of transcripts from pertinent documents in British historical records, such as the Chancery Rolls, the Husting Rolls, and similar collections now preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, the Guildhall Library, and other British repositories.

Like material in Subseries 2, the supplementary life record material is non-literary in character and does not concern Chaucer the poet but Chaucer the government official and the man. Although this new material often duplicates material in Subseries 2, the duplicates have been retained because of the complexity of organization and rarity of the material. The original arrangement of files on ancestry, associates, places, and miscellaneous subjects have been retained. Oversize material has been moved to boxes 89 and 90. Many of the persons and places involved are of minor importance, and the material concerning them consists only of a few sentences.

Subseries 4, Lilian J. Redstone Manuscript Draft of Chaucer Life-Records, contains notes, lists, and manuscripts drafts prepared by Lilian J. Redstone for a new edition of the life records of Chaucer (succeeding the edition published by the Chaucer Society, London, 1900). The manuscript is organized roughly in final form with preface, detailed table of contents, partially complete annotation, and exhaustive bibliography of documents. Along with much commentary on the nature of the records, this preparatory draft contains verbatim transcripts of all newly discovered records as well as of the greater part of the records published in the Chaucer Society's edition. Redstone's manuscript was later revised and published by Martin M. Crow and Clair C. Olson in 1966 (Oxford, Clarendon Press). Oversize materials have been moved to box 96.

Subseries 5, Vincent B. Redstone's Notes on the Chaucer Life-Records, contains notes, reports, correspondence, and indices maintained by Lilian J. Redstone's father, Vincent B. Redstone, throughout his research for the project. Materials are arranged in rough chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.

Subseries 6, Card Files for the Chaucer Life-Records, contains 12 sets of card file notes or indices created during the project's initial phase under the direction of Manly and Rickert, and later during the revision and publication process for the Chaucer Life-Records under the direction of Crow and Olson. The card files are grouped into these two distinct phases of the project:

Sub-subseries 1: Card Files, circa 1920-1951

Sub-subseries 2: Card Files, circa 1952-1965

Series IV, Reference and Published Material for Chaucer Research Project Laboratory, contains a small amount of material used to train project researchers, as well as books and offprints associated with project researchers. This includes a spelling dictionary created by Mabel Dean, and heavily-annotated copies of the Chaucer Society's Life-Records of Chaucer. Material in this series is arranged chronologically.

Series V, Photographs and Lantern Slides, contains photographs, negatives, and lantern slides of Chaucer Research Project staff, as well as manuscripts, seals, and places associated with Chaucer.

Series VI, Artifacts, contains reproductions of Canterbury pilgrim objects, reproductions of family seals, a manuscript fragment, and an unidentified brick fragment.

Related Resources

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Bacon, Sir Nicholas. Collection of English Court and Manorial Documents

Boyer, Blanche. Papers

Bressie, Ramona. Papers

Canterbury tales: manuscript, [1440-1460]. Ms 564

Carpenter, Frederic Ives. Papers

Hammond, Eleanor P. Papers

Manly, John Matthews. Papers

Mills, Mabel Helmer

Rickert, Edith. Papers

Rickert, Margaret. Papers

University of Chicago. Department of English. Records

University of Chicago. Division of the Humanities. Research Grants. Records

University of Chicago Press. Records

Negative microfilm copies of parts of this collection are stored with the Department's microfilms. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.

Martin M. Crow, "Materials for a New Edition of the Chaucer Life Records," The University of Texas Studies in English, XXXI (1952), 1-12.

Martin M. Crow and Clair C. Olson, editors, Chaucer Life-Records from Materials Compiled by John M. Manly and Edith Rickert with the Assistance of Lilian J. Redstone and Others. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966.

Griffith, Dudley David. A Bibliography of Chaucer. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1926.

Eleanor Prescott Hammond. Chaucer: A Bibliographical Manual. New York: Macmillan, 1908.

James Root Hulbert. "Chaucer's Official Life." PhD dissertation, University of Chicago, 1912, 2 copies.

Alfred Allen Kern. "Ancestry of Chaucer." PhD dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1906.

John M. Manly and Edith Rickert, The Text of the Canterbury Tales (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1940), vol. I, pp. 356-360.

Sir William McCormick, The McCormick Manuscript of the Canterbury Tales (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1933), pp. 327-333;

John R. Tatlock and Acton Kennedy. A Concordance to the Complete Works of Chaucer. Washington: The Carnegie Institute, 1927.

Subject Headings

INVENTORY

Series I: Manuscript Reproductions

Subseries 1: Photostatic Copies of Manuscripts

Box 1   Folder 1

Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 1   Folder 2

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 15th-century

Box 1   Folder 3

Add 34360

Box 1   Folder 4

Add 9832

Box 1   Folder 5

Arch 4.40.E44, Sion ABC

Box 1   Folder 6

Ashmole 59

Box 1   Folder 7

Ashmole 360, Chaucer's astrolabe

Box 1   Folder 8

Bodley 638

Box 1   Folder 9

Bodley 638 [1/2]

Box 1   Folder 10

Bodley 638 [2/2]

Box 1   Folder 11

Corpus 198

Box 1   Folder 12

Digby 181

Box 1   Folder 13

Emmanuel College, Cambridge I.2.10

Box 1   Folder 14

Emmanuel College, Cambridge I.3.17

Box 1   Folder 15

Français 902

Box 2   Folder 1

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 176

Box 2   Folder 2

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 203

Box 2   Folder 3

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 209

Box 2   Folder 4

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 230

Box 2   Folder 5

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 669

Box 2   Folder 6

Hatton 73

Box 2   Folder 7

Hatton 73

Box 2   Folder 8

Land Misc. 416

Box 2   Folder 9

Land 740

Box 2   Folder 10

Landsdowne 699

Box 2   Folder 11

Naples

Box 2   Folder 12

Rawl C86

Box 2   Folder 13

Rawl poet 163

Box 2   Folder 14

Sloane 1009 15978

Box 2   Folder 15

St. John's College, Cambridge E2

Box 2   Folder 16

St. John's College, Cambridge 57

Box 2   Folder 17

St. John's College, Cambridge 97

Box 2   Folder 18

St. John's College, Cambridge 109

Box 2   Folder 19

St. John's College, Cambridge 189

Box 2   Folder 20

St. John's College, Cambridge 237

Box 2   Folder 21

Tanner 346

Box 2   Folder 22

Trinity College, Cambridge B.14.15

Box 2   Folder 23

Trinity College, Cambridge B.14.40

Box 2   Folder 24

Trinity College, Cambridge B.14.45

Box 2   Folder 25

Trinity College, Cambridge B.14.54

Box 2   Folder 26

Trinity College, Cambridge B.15.39

Box 2   Folder 27

Trinity College, Cambridge G.7.23

Box 2   Folder 28

Trinity College, Cambridge O.2.40

Box 2   Folder 29

Trinity College, Cambridge R.3.19 [1/3]

Box 2   Folder 30

Trinity College, Cambridge R.3.19 [2/3]

Box 2   Folder 31

Trinity College, Cambridge R.3.19 [3/3]

Box 2   Folder 32

Trinity College, Cambridge R.3.19

Box 2   Folder 33

Trinity College, Cambridge R.3.20

Box 3   Folder 1

Trinity College, Cambridge R.14.51

Box 3   Folder 2

University Library, Cambridge Dd1.17

Box 3   Folder 3

University Library, Cambridge Dd.3.85

Box 3   Folder 4

University Library, Cambridge Dd.5.46

Box 3   Folder 5

University Library, Cambridge Dd.14.30

Box 3   Folder 6

University Library, Cambridge Dd.14.42

Box 3   Folder 7

University Library, Cambridge Ff.1.14

Box 3   Folder 8

University Library, Cambridge Ff.1.33

Box 3   Folder 9

University Library, Cambridge Ff.1.6

Box 3   Folder 10

University Library, Cambridge Ff.1.6

Box 3   Folder 11

University Library, Cambridge Ff.5.30

Box 3   Folder 12

University Library, Cambridge Ff.5.35

Box 3   Folder 13

University Library, Cambridge Gg.4.5

Box 3   Folder 14

University Library, Cambridge Gg.4.19

Box 3   Folder 15

University Library, Cambridge Hh.4.12

Box 3   Folder 16

University Library, Cambridge Ii.1.36

Box 3   Folder 17

University Library, Cambridge Ii.2.8

Box 3   Folder 18

University Library, Cambridge Ii.3.12

Box 3   Folder 19

University Library, Cambridge Ii.3.21

Box 3   Folder 20

University Library, Cambridge Ii.4.5

Box 3   Folder 21

University Library, Cambridge Ii.4.5

Box 3   Folder 22

University Library, Cambridge Ii.4.18

Box 3   Folder 23

University Library, Cambridge Ii.6.10

Box 3   Folder 24

Paleography material - Chiefly letter books and P and M Rolls [1/3]

Box 3   Folder 25

Paleography material - Chiefly letter books and P and M Rolls [2/3]

Box 3   Folder 26

Paleography material - Chiefly letter books and P and M Rolls [3/3]

Box 4   Folder 1

Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 4   Folder 2

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 15th-century

Box 4   Folder 3

Add 16165

Box 4   Folder 4

Add 22139

Box 4   Folder 5

Add 28617

Box 4   Folder 6

Add 28617

Box 4   Folder 7

Add 34360

Box 4   Folder 8

British Library Ms Add 16165

Box 4   Folder 9

British Library Harley 78

Box 4   Folder 10

British Library Harley 372

Box 4   Folder 11

British Library Harley 2251

Box 4   Folder 12

British Library Harley 7333

Box 4   Folder 13

British Library Harley 7578

Box 4   Folder 14

Cotton Cleopatra D.VII

Box 4   Folder 15

Lambeth 344

Box 5   Folder 1

Phillipps

Box 5   Folder 2

Phillipps

Box 5   Folder 3

Phillipps 5

Box 5   Folder 4

Plimpton negative

Box 5   Folder 5

Royal 19 C XI

Box 5   Folder 6

O/N 32789 Royal 19 C VII

Box 5   Folder 7

University Library, Cambridge Kk 1.5.5a

Box 5   Folder 8

University Library, Cambridge Kk 4.26.190b

Box 5   Folder 9

University Library, Cambridge Kk 5-19

Box 5   Folder 10

Maps of London and Paris

Box 5   Folder 11

Chaucer Life-Records material

Box 5   Folder 12

Chaucer background material - John Hanley, some miscellaneous

Box 6   Folder 1

Oxford poem in Ellesmere Manuscript

Box 7   Folder 1

Brut Chaucer

Box 7   Folder 2

Brut Chaucer [1/3]

Box 7   Folder 3

Brut Chaucer [2/3]

Box 7   Folder 4

Brut Chaucer [3/3]

Box 7   Folder 5

Paleography material - Miscellaneous early 14th-century and late 15th-century manuscripts

Box 7   Folder 6

Paleography material - Ancient petitions - Parl Rolls, 1386-1437

Box 8   Folder 1

Paleography material - Manuscript in English, 1425-1449

Box 8   Folder 2

Paleography material - Pages from manuscripts in English, 1340-1424

Box 8   Folder 3

Paleography material - Manuscript pages selected for ornament

Box 8   Folder 4

Paleography material - English and Latin, 1433, 1465, 1468 and undated

Box 8   Folder 5

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, 1451-circa 1500

Box 8   Folder 6

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, 1400-1450

Box 8   Folder 7

Paleography material - Manuscripts in London English, late 14th and early 15th centuries

Box 8   Folder 8

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, late 14th century and 15th century

Box 9   Folder 1

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, late 14th century and early 15th century

Box 9   Folder 2

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, 15th century, identified by hands

Box 9   Folder 3

Paleography material - Manuscripts in French, late 14th century, early 15th century

Box 9   Folder 4

Paleography material - Manuscripts in English, 1389-1449

Box 9   Folder 5

Paleography material - Latin records, 15th century

Box 9   Folder 6

Paleography material - Latin manuscripts, astrological, medical, etc.

Box 9   Folder 7

Paleography material - Facsimiles of manuscripts in Latin, 14th-15th centuries

Box 9   Folder 8

Paleography material - Manuscripts in French and Latin, 15th century

Box 9   Folder 9

Paleography material - French letters, undated, some with transcripts

Box 9   Folder 10

Paleography material - 14th and 15th-century manuscripts

Box 9   Folder 11

Paleography material - 14th and 15th-century manuscripts, with some background material

Box 9   Folder 12

Paleography material - Miscellaneous manuscripts and notes

Box 10   Folder 1

Paleography material - Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 10   Folder 2

Paleography material - Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 10   Folder 3

Canterbury Tales - Printed - O/N28893 G 11587(1)

Box 10   Folder 4

Miscellaneous Chaucer manuscripts, including transcripts and notes [1/3]

Box 10   Folder 5

Miscellaneous Chaucer manuscripts, including transcripts and notes [2/3]

Box 10   Folder 6

Miscellaneous Chaucer manuscripts, including transcripts and notes [3/3]

Box 11   Folder 1

Flyleaves

Box 11   Folder 2

Folios 7-54v, A, Pro-Cook's T +If, pages 9-56

Box 11   Folder 3

Folios 7-54v, A, Pro-Cook's T +If, pages 57-104

Box 11   Folder 4

Folios 55-93r, pages 105-181 - Man-of-Law, Wife of Bath, Friar, Summoner

Box 12   Folder 1

Folios 93v-149r, pages 182-244 - Clerk, Merchant, Squire, Franklin, Physician, Pardoner

Box 12   Folder 2

Folios 93v-149r, pages 245-293 - Clerk, Merchant, Squire, Franklin, Physician, Pardoner

Box 12   Folder 3

Folios 149v-191r, pages 294-375 - Shipman, Prioress, Thopas, Melibeus, Monk, Nun's Priest

Box 12   Folder 4

Folios 191v-238v, pages 376-470 - end of Nun's Priest, Second Nun, Canon's Yeoman, Manciple, Parson

Subseries 2: Frederic Ives Carpenter Collection of Photostatic Copies of Manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Box 13   Folder 1

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Prologue-Knight (includes index)

Box 13   Folder 2

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Miller's Prologue-Man of Law

Box 13   Folder 3

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Clerk

Box 13   Folder 4

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Clerk-Merchant Link-Frankleyn

Box 13   Folder 5

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Doctor-Melbius (includes index)

Box 13   Folder 6

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Melbius-Monk Link-Canon's Yeoman

Box 13   Folder 7

Ad1 - Additional 5140 - Manciple's Head Link-Retractions

Box 14   Folder 1

Ad2 - Additional 25718 - Knight-Miller (includes index)

Box 14   Folder 2

Ad2 - Additional 25718 - Man of Law's Head Link-Pardoner

Box 14   Folder 3

Ad2 - Additional 25718 - Clerk's Head Link-Melibeus

Box 14   Folder 4

Ad3 - Additional 35286 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 14   Folder 5

Ad3 - Additional 35286 - Reeves Prologue-Summoner

Box 14   Folder 6

Ad3 - Additional 35286 - Second Nun-Franklin

Box 14   Folder 7

Ad3 - Additional 35286 - Physician-Monk

Box 14   Folder 8

Ad3 - Additional 35286 - Nun's Priest Prologue-Parson

Box 15   Folder 1

Bo1 - Bodley 414 - Prologue-Man of Law's Head Link (includes index)

Box 15   Folder 2

Bo1 - Bodley 414 - Man of Law-Clerk

Box 15   Folder 3

Bo1 - Bodley 414 - Franklin's Prologue-Sir Thopas

Box 15   Folder 4

Bo1 - Bodley 414 - Melibeus' Prologue-Manciple

Box 15   Folder 5

Bo1 - Bodley 414 - Parson's Prologue-Retraction

Box 15   Folder 6

Bo2 - Bodley 686 - Prologue-Cook (includes index)

Box 15   Folder 7

Bo2 - Bodley 686 - Man of Law's Head Link-Clerk

Box 15   Folder 8

Bo2 - Bodley 686 - Merchant's Prologue-Second Nun

Box 16   Folder 1

Bw - Barlow 20 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 16   Folder 2

Bw - Barlow 20 - Cook's Prologue-Merchant

Box 16   Folder 3

Bw - Barlow 20 - Wife of Bath's Preamble-Franklin

Box 16   Folder 4

Bw - Barlow 20 - Second Nun-Sir Thopas

Box 16   Folder 5

Bw - Barlow 20 - Thopas-Melibeus Link-Names, etc.

Box 16   Folder 6

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Table of Contents - Miller (includes index)

Box 16   Folder 7

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Reeve's Prologue-Summoner

Box 16   Folder 8

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Clerk's Prologue-Sir Thopas

Box 17   Folder 1

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Melibeus-Franklin (includes index)

Box 17   Folder 2

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Man of Law's Head Link - Canon's Yeoman

Box 17   Folder 3

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Parson's Prologue - Parson

Box 17   Folder 4

Ch - Christ Church 152 - Churl and Bird, Lydgate, Thebes

Box 17   Folder 5

Cn - Cardigan - Prologue-Man of Law (includes index)

Box 17   Folder 6

Cn - Cardigan - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Clerk

Box 17   Folder 7

Cn - Cardigan - Merchant's Prologue-Sir Thopas

Box 17   Folder 8

Cn - Cardigan - Melibeus' Prologue-Parson

Box 17   Folder 9

Cn - Cardigan - Non-Chaucerian material

Box 18   Folder 1

Cp - Corpus 198 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 18   Folder 2

Cp - Corpus 198 - Cook's Prologue-Friar

Box 18   Folder 3

Cp - Corpus 198 - Summoner's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 18   Folder 4

Cp - Corpus 198 - Physician-Melibeus

Box 18   Folder 5

Cp - Corpus 198 - Monk's Prologue-Parson

Box 18   Folder 6

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Prologue-Knight (includes index)

Box 19   Folder 1

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Miller's Prologue-Merchant

Box 19   Folder 2

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Clerk

Box 19   Folder 3

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Franklin's Prologue-Pardoner (includes index)

Box 19   Folder 4

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Shipman-Melibeus

Box 19   Folder 5

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Monk's Prologue-Parson's Prologue

Box 19   Folder 6

Cx1 - Caxton 1478 - Parson-Retraction

Box 20   Folder 1

Cx2 - Caxton 1484 - Prologue-Cook (includes index)

Box 20   Folder 2

Cx2 - Caxton 1484 - Man of Law's Head Link-Franklin

Box 20   Folder 3

Cx2 - Caxton 1484 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 20   Folder 4

Cx2 - Caxton 1484 - Physician-Monk

Box 20   Folder 5

Cx2 - Caxton 1484 - Nun's Priest Prologue-Retractions

Box 20   Folder 6

D1 - Delamere - Prologue-Squire (includes index)

Box 21   Folder 1

D1 - Delamere - Squire-Franklin Link-Sir Thopas

Box 21   Folder 2

D1 - Delamere - Melibeus' Prologue-Parson's Prologue

Box 21   Folder 3

D1 - Delamere - Parson-Retractions, Non-Chaucerian material

Box 21   Folder 4

Dd - Cambridge Dd 4-24 - Prologue-Man of Law's Prologue (includes index)

Box 21   Folder 5

Dd - Cambridge Dd 4-24 - Man of Law-Merchant's End Link

Box 21   Folder 6

Dd - Cambridge Dd 4-24 - Squire's Head Link - Melibeus

Box 21   Folder 7

Dd - Cambridge Dd 4-24 - Monk's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 22    Folder 1

Ds - Devonshire - Prologue-Knight (includes index)

Box 22    Folder 2

Ds - Devonshire - Miller's Prologue-Man of Law

Box 22    Folder 3

Ds - Devonshire - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Clerk's Head Link

Box 22    Folder 4

Ds - Devonshire - Clerk-Merchant

Box 22    Folder 5

Ds - Devonshire - Merchant's End Link-Pardoner's Prologue (includes index)

Box 22    Folder 6

Ds - Devonshire - Pardoner-Monk's Prologue

Box 23   Folder 1

Ds - Devonshire - Monk-Canon's Yeoman Prologue

Box 23   Folder 2

Ds - Devonshire - Canon's Yeoman-Retractions

Box 23   Folder 3

En1 - Egerton 2726 - Prologue-Cook's Prologue (includes index)

Box 23   Folder 4

En1 - Egerton 2726 - Cook-Merchant

Box 23   Folder 5

En1 - Egerton 2726 - Merchant's End Link-Melibeus' Prologue

Box 23   Folder 6

En1 - Egerton 2726 - Melibeus-Second Nun

Box 23   Folder 7

En1 - Egerton 2726 - Canon's Yeoman Prologue-Retractions

Box 24   Folder 1

En2 - Egerton 2863 - Knight-Gamelyn (includes index)

Box 24   Folder 2

En2 - Egerton 2863 - Man of Law's Head Link-Summoner

Box 24   Folder 3

En2 - Egerton 2863 - Clerk's Prologue-Shipman

Box 24   Folder 4

En2 - Egerton 2863 - Prioress' Prologue-Parsons' Prologue

Box 24   Folder 5

En2 - Egerton 2863 - Parson

Box 24   Folder 6

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 24   Folder 7

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Reeve's Prologue-Summoner

Box 24   Folder 8

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Clerk's Prologue-Franklin

Box 25   Folder 1

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Prologue-Miller

Box 25   Folder 2

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Reeve's Prologue-Summoner

Box 25   Folder 3

En3 - Egerton 2864 - Clerk's Prologue-Franklin

Box 25   Folder 4

Fi - Fitzwilliam - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 25   Folder 5

Fi - Fitzwilliam - Cook's Prologue-Franklin

Box 25   Folder 6

Fi - Fitzwilliam - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Second Nun

Box 26   Folder 1

Fi - Fitzwilliam - Canon's Yeoman's Prologue-Monk

Box 26   Folder 2

Fi - Fitzwilliam - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Retractions

Box 26   Folder 3

Gg - Cambridge Gg-4-27 - Prologue-Man of Law (includes index)

Box 26   Folder 4

Gg - Cambridge Gg-4-27 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Shipman

Box 26   Folder 5

Gg - Cambridge Gg-4-27 - Prioress-Manciple

Box 26   Folder 6

Gg - Cambridge Gg-4-27 - Parson's Prologue-Parliament of Foules

Box 26   Folder 7

Gg - Cambridge Gg-4-27 - Temple of Glass, Chaucer's Pedigree

Box 27   Folder 1

Gl - Glasgow - Prologue-Prioress (includes index)

Box 27   Folder 2

Gl - Glasgow - Monk's Prologue-Summoner

Box 27   Folder 3

Gl - Glasgow - Second Nun-Franklin

Box 27   Folder 4

Gl - Glasgow - Parson's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman, Colophon

Box 27   Folder 5

Ha1 - Harley 1239 - Knight-Franklin (includes index)

Box 27   Folder 6

Hl1 - Harley 1704 (Prioress), Hl2 - Harley 2251 (Prioress), Hl3 - Harley 2382 (Prioress and Second Nun), Hl4 - Harley 5908 (Clerk)

Box 28   Folder 1

Ha2 - Harley 1758 - Prologue - Gamelyn (includes index)

Box 28   Folder 2

Ha2 - Harley 1758 - Man of Law's Head Link-Wife of Bath

Box 28   Folder 3

Ha2 - Harley 1758 - Friar's Prologue-Pardoner's Prologue

Box 28   Folder 4

Ha2 - Harley 1758 - Pardoner-Monk

Box 28   Folder 5

Ha2 - Harley 1758 - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Retractions

Box 28   Folder 6

Ha3 - Harley 7333 - Prologue-Cook (includes index)

Box 28   Folder 7

Ha3 - Harley 7333 - Man of Law's Head Link-Franklin

Box 28   Folder 8

Ha3 - Harley 7333 - Second Nun-Melibeus

Box 28   Folder 9

Ha3 - Harley 7333 - Monk's Prologue-Parson

Box 29   Folder 1

Ha4 - Harley 7334 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 29   Folder 2

Ha4 - Harley 7334 - Reeve's Prologue-Summoner

Box 29   Folder 3

Ha4 - Harley 7334 - Clerk's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 29   Folder 4

Ha4 - Harley 7334 - Physician-Monk

Box 29   Folder 5

Ha4 - Harley 7334 - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Retractions

Box 29   Folder 6

Ha5 - Harley 7335 - Knight-Reeve (includes index)

Box 29   Folder 7

Ha5 - Harley 7335 - Man of Law's Head Link-Summoner

Box 30   Folder 1

Ha5 - Harley 7335 - Second Nun-Merchant

Box 30   Folder 2

Ha5 - Harley 7335 - Merchant's End Link-Pardoner

Box 30   Folder 3

He - Helmingham - Knight-Man of Law's End Link (includes index)

Box 30   Folder 4

He - Helmingham - Squire-Summoner

Box 30   Folder 5

He - Helmingham - Clerk's Prologue-Physician

Box 30   Folder 6

He - Helmingham - Physician-Pardoner Link-Monk

Box 30   Folder 7

He - Helmingham - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Parson

Box 31   Folder 1

Hk - Holkham 667 - Knight-Canon's Yeoman (includes index)

Box 31   Folder 2

Hk - Holkham 667 - Manciple's Prologue-Wife of Bath

Box 31   Folder 3

Hk - Holkham 667 - Clerk's Prologue-Melibeus

Box 31   Folder 4

Ht - Hatton Donat 1 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 31   Folder 5

Ht - Hatton Donat 1 - Man of Law's Head Link-Franklin

Box 31   Folder 6

Ht - Hatton Donat 1 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Pardoner's Prologue

Box 31   Folder 7

Ht - Hatton Donat 1 - Pardoner-Melibeus

Box 32   Folder 1

Ht - Hatton Donat 1 - Monk's Prologue-Retractions

Box 32   Folder 2

Ii - Cambridge Ii 3-26 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 32   Folder 3

Ii - Cambridge Ii 3-26 - Cook's Prologue-Merchant

Box 32   Folder 4

Ii - Cambridge Ii 3-26 - Merchant's End Link-Clerk

Box 32   Folder 5

Ii - Cambridge Ii 3-26 - Second Nun-Melibeus

Box 32   Folder 6

Ii - Cambridge Ii 3-26 - Monk's Prologue-Retractions

Box 33   Folder 1

La - Lansdowne 851 - Prologue-Cook (includes index)

Box 33   Folder 2

La - Lansdowne 851 - Gamelyn-Summoner

Box 33   Folder 3

La - Lansdowne 851 - Clerk's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 33   Folder 4

La - Lansdowne 851 - Physician-Monk's Prologue

Box 33   Folder 5

La - Lansdowne 851 - Monk-Retractions

Box 33   Folder 6

Lc - Lichfield - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 33   Folder 7

Lc - Lichfield - Cook's Prologue-Merchant

Box 33   Folder 8

Lc - Lichfield - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Franklin

Box 34   Folder 1

Lc - Lichfield - Second Nun-Sir Thopas

Box 34   Folder 2

Lc - Lichfield - Melibeus' Prologue-Parson's Prologue

Box 34   Folder 3

Lc - Lichfield - Parson-Retractions

Box 34   Folder 4

Ld1 - Laud 600 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 34   Folder 5

Ld1 - Laud 600 - Reeve-Summoner

Box 34   Folder 6

Ld1 - Laud 600 - Clerk's Prologue-Squire

Box 34   Folder 7

Ld1 - Laud 600 - Squire-Franklin Link-Prioress

Box 34   Folder 8

Ld1 - Laud 600 - Sir Thopas' Prologue-Parson

Box 35   Folder 1

Ld2 - Laud 739 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 35   Folder 2

Ld2 - Laud 739 - Reeve's Prologue-Merchant

Box 35   Folder 3

Ld2 - Laud 739 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Clerk

Box 35   Folder 4

Ld2 - Laud 739 - Merchant's End Link-Sir Thopas

Box 35   Folder 5

Ll1 - Longleat 257 - Longleat 257 - Knight-Clerk (includes index)

Box 35   Folder 6

Ll2 - Longleat 29 - Longleat 29 - Parson, copy 1

Box 35   Folder 7

Ll2 - Longleat 29 - Longleat 29 - Parson, copy 2

Box 36   Folder 1

Ln - Lincoln - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 36   Folder 2

Ln - Lincoln - Cook's Prologue-Friar

Box 36   Folder 3

Ln - Lincoln - Summoner's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 36   Folder 4

Ln - Lincoln - Physician-Melibeus

Box 36   Folder 5

Ln - Lincoln - Monk's Prologue-Parson

Box 36   Folder 6

Ma - Manchester Eng. 113 - Prologue-Man of Law (includes index)

Box 36   Folder 7

Ma - Manchester Eng. 113 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Franklin

Box 37   Folder 1

Ma - Manchester Eng. 113 - Physician-Canon's Yeoman

Box 37   Folder 2

Ma - Manchester Eng. 113 - Manciple's Prologue-Retractions, Non-Chaucerian material

Box 37   Folder 3

Mc - McCormick - Reeve's Prologue-Shipman (includes index)

Box 37   Folder 4

Mc - McCormick - Prioress' Prologue-Monk

Box 37   Folder 5

Mc - McCormick - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Summoner

Box 37   Folder 6

Mc - McCormick - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 37   Folder 7

Mg - Morgan - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 37   Folder 8

Mg - Morgan - Reeve's Prologue-Wife of Bath's Prologue

Box 38   Folder 1

Mg - Morgan - Wife of Bath-Second Nun

Box 38   Folder 2

Mg - Morgan - Canon's Yeoman's Prologue-Monk

Box 38   Folder 3

Mg - Morgan - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Pardoner's Prologue, copy 2

Box 38   Folder 4

Mm - Cambridge Mm 2-5 - Prologue-Gamelyn (includes index)

Box 38   Folder 5

Mm - Cambridge Mm 2-5 - Shipman-Merchant

Box 38   Folder 6

Mm - Cambridge Mm 2-5 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Nun's Priest

Box 38   Folder 7

Mm - Cambridge Mm 2-5 - Second Nun-Melibeus

Box 38   Folder 8

Mm - Cambridge Mm 2-5 - Manciple's Prologue-Retractions

Box 39   Folder 1

Ne - New College D.314 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 39   Folder 2

Ne - New College D.314 - Cook's Prologue-Wife of Bath

Box 39   Folder 3

Ne - New College D.314 - Friar's Prologue-Second Nun

Box 39   Folder 4

Ne - New College D.314 - Canon's Yeoman's Prologue-Melibeus

Box 39   Folder 5

Ne - New College D.314 - Monk's Prologue-Retractions

Box 39   Folder 6

Nl - Northumberland - Prologue-Man of Law (includes index)

Box 40   Folder 1

Nl - Northumberland - Squire-Clerk

Box 40   Folder 2

Nl - Northumberland - Merchant's End Link-Canon's Yeoman

Box 40   Folder 3

Nl - Northumberland - Beryn-Melibeus

Box 40   Folder 4

Nl - Northumberland - Monk's Prologue-Parson

Box 40   Folder 5

Ph1 - Phillips 6570 - Pardoner-Melibeus (includes index)

Box 40   Folder 6

Ph1 - Phillips 6570 - Parson I-Retractions

Box 40   Folder 7

Ph1 - Phillips 6570 - Urry note on Morell-Thurston

Box 40   Folder 8

Ph2 - Phillips 8136 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 40   Folder 9

Ph2 - Phillips 8136 - Man of Law's Prologue-Clerk

Box 41    Folder 1

Ph2 - Phillips 8136 - Franklin's Prologue-Prioress

Box 41    Folder 2

Ph2 - Phillips 8136 - Sir Thopas' Prologue-Manciple

Box 41    Folder 3

Ph2 - Phillips 8136 - Parson's Prologue-Parson

Box 41    Folder 4

Ph3 - Phillips 8137 - Knight-Man of Law (includes index)

Box 41    Folder 5

Ph3 - Phillips 8137 - Man of Law's End Link-Friar

Box 41    Folder 6

Ph3 - Phillips 8137 - Summoner's Prologue-Pardoner

Box 41    Folder 7

Ph3 - Phillips 8137 - Sir Thopas' Prologue-Parson

Box 41    Folder 8

Ph4 - Phillips 8299 - Clerk

Box 42   Folder 1

Pp - Pepys - Melibeus-Parson (includes index)

Box 42   Folder 2

Pp - Pepys - Retractions

Box 42   Folder 3

Pp - Pepys - Retractions

Box 42   Folder 4

Ps - Paris Anglais 39 - Prologue-Wife of Bath's Prologue (includes index)

Box 42   Folder 5

Ps - Paris Anglais 39 - Wife of Bath-Manciple

Box 42   Folder 6

Pw - Petworth - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 42   Folder 7

Pw - Petworth - Reeve's Prologue - Man of Law's End Link

Box 43   Folder 1

Pw - Petworth - Squire-Summoner

Box 43   Folder 2

Pw - Petworth - Clerk's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 43   Folder 3

Pw - Petworth - Physician-Nun's Priest

Box 43   Folder 4

Pw - Petworth - Manciple's Prologue-Retractions

Box 43   Folder 5

Py - Physicians - Prologue-Knight (includes index)

Box 43   Folder 6

Py - Physicians - Miller's Prologue-Squire

Box 43   Folder 7

Py - Physicians - Squire-Franklin Link-Wife of Bath

Box 43   Folder 8

Py - Physicians - Friar's Prologue-Clerk

Box 44   Folder 1

Py - Physicians - Franklin's Prologue-Pardoner's Prologue (includes index)

Box 44   Folder 2

Py - Physicians - Pardoner-Monk's Prologue

Box 44   Folder 3

Py - Physicians - Monk-Manciple

Box 44   Folder 4

Py - Physicians - Parson's Prologue-Parson

Box 44   Folder 5

Ra1 - Rawlinson Poet 141 - Knight-Reeve (includes index)

Box 44   Folder 6

Ra1 - Rawlinson Poet 141 - Cook's Prologue-Clerk

Box 44   Folder 7

Ra1 - Rawlinson Poet 141 - Shipman-Monk

Box 44   Folder 8

Ra1 - Rawlinson Poet 141 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Manciple

Box 45   Folder 1

Ra2 - Rawlinson Poet 149 - Prologue-Man of Law's Head Link (includes index)

Box 45   Folder 2

Ra2 - Rawlinson Poet 149 - Man of Law's Prologue-Gamelyn

Box 45   Folder 3

Ra2 - Rawlinson Poet 149 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Canon's Yeoman

Box 45   Folder 4

Ra2 - Rawlinson Poet 149 - Physician-Monk

Box 45   Folder 5

Ra2 - Rawlinson Poet 149 - Nun's Priest-Retractions

Box 45   Folder 6

Ra3 - Rawlinson Poet 223 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 45   Folder 7

Ra3 - Rawlinson Poet 223 - Cook-Clerk's Prologue

Box 46   Folder 1

Ra3 - Rawlinson Poet 223 - Clerk-Melibeus

Box 46   Folder 2

Ra3 - Rawlinson Poet 223 - Nun's Priest-Retractions

Box 46   Folder 3

Ry1 - Royal 17.D.XV - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 46   Folder 4

Ry1 - Royal 17.D.XV - Cook's Prologue-Wife of Bath's Prologue

Box 46   Folder 5

Ry1 - Royal 17.D.XV - Wife of Bath-Second Nun

Box 46   Folder 6

Ry1 - Royal 17.D.XV - Canon's Yeoman's Prologue-Sir Thopas

Box 46   Folder 7

Ry1 - Royal 17.D.XV - Melibeus' Prologue-Parson

Box 47   Folder 1

Ry2 - Royal 18.C.II - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 47   Folder 2

Ry2 - Royal 18.C.II - Reeve's Prologue-Wife of Bath

Box 47   Folder 3

Ry2 - Royal 18.C.II - Friar's Prologue-Pardoner

Box 47   Folder 4

Ry2 - Royal 18.C.II - Shipman-Nun's Priest

Box 47   Folder 5

Ry2 - Royal 18.C.II - Manciple-Retractions

Box 47   Folder 6

Se - Arch. Selden B.14 - Prologue-Miller (includes index)

Box 47   Folder 7

Se - Arch. Selden B.14 - Reeve's Prologue-Merchant

Box 47   Folder 8

Se - Arch. Selden B.14 - Merchant's End Link-Melibeus

Box 48   Folder 1

Se - Arch. Selden B.14 - Monk's Prologue-Pardoner

Box 48   Folder 2

Se - Arch. Selden B.14 - Franklin's Prologue-Retractions

Box 48   Folder 3

Sl1 - Sloane 1685 - Prologue-Gamelyn (includes index)

Box 48   Folder 4

Sl1 - Sloane 1685 - Man of Law's Prologue-Wife of Bath

Box 48   Folder 5

Sl1 - Sloane 1685 - Friar-Canon's Yeoman

Box 48   Folder 6

Sl1 - Sloane 1685 - Canon's Yeoman-Physician Link-Nun's Priest

Box 49   Folder 1

Sl2 - Sloane 1686 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 49   Folder 2

Sl2 - Sloane 1686 - Cook's Prologue-Wife of Bath

Box 49   Folder 3

Sl2 - Sloane 1686 - Friar's Prologue-Franklin

Box 49   Folder 4

Sl2 - Sloane 1686 - Second Nun-Manciple

Box 49   Folder 5

Sl3 - Sloane 1009 - Melibeus

Box 49   Folder 6

Tc1 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.3 - Prologue-Clerk (includes index)

Box 50   Folder 1

Tc1 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.3 - Wife of Bath's Prologue-Melibeus

Box 50   Folder 2

Tc1 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.3 - Monk's Prologue-Parson

Box 50   Folder 3

Tc2 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15 - Prologue-Reeve (includes index)

Box 50   Folder 4

Tc2 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15 - Cook's Prologue-Friar

Box 50   Folder 5

Tc2 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15 - Summoner's Prologue-Second Nun

Box 50   Folder 6

Tc2 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15 - Physician-Monk

Box 50   Folder 7

Tc2 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.15 - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Retractions

Box 51    Folder 1

Tc3 - Trinity College Cambridge R.3.19 - Monk

Box 51    Folder 2

To - Trinity College Oxford 49 - Prologue-Reeve's Prologue (includes index)

Box 51    Folder 3

To - Trinity College Oxford 49 - Reeve-Clerk

Box 51    Folder 4

To - Trinity College Oxford 49 - Squire's Prologue, "Marchaunt"-Pardoner

Box 51    Folder 5

To - Trinity College Oxford 49 - Man of Law's Head Link-Monk

Box 51    Folder 6

To - Trinity College Oxford 49 - Nun's Priest's Prologue-Retractions

Box 52   Folder 1

Fragment - Ar - Arundel 140 - Melibeus (includes index to other fragments)

Box 52   Folder 2

Fragment - Do - Douce d.4 - Prologue

Box 52   Folder 3

Fragment - Ee - Cambridge EE 2-15 - Man of Law

Box 52   Folder 4

Fragment - Hn - Huntington HM144 - Melibeus and Monk

Box 52   Folder 5

Fragment - KK - Cambridge Kk.1.3 - Prioress

Box 52   Folder 6

Fragment - Me - Merthyr - Nun's Priest

Box 52   Folder 7

Fragment - Np - Napes XIII.B.29 - Clerk

Box 52   Folder 8

Fragment - Ox - Oxford - Manchester English 63 and Rosenbach

Box 52   Folder 9

Fragment - Pl - Plimpton

Box 52   Folder 10

Fragment - Si - Sion College L.40.2.E.23 - Clerk's Prologue - Summoner

Box 52   Folder 11

Fragment - Caxton 1478

Subseries 3: Hengwrt Chaucer Facsimile

Box 53   Folder 1

Hg - Hengwrt N.L.W. MS. 312 D. - Prologue-Reeve (includes index and photostats of manuscript corners)

Box 53   Folder 2

Hg - Hengwrt N.L.W. MS. 312 D. - Cook's Prologue-Nun's Priest

Box 53   Folder 3

Hg - Hengwrt N.L.W. MS. 312 D. - Manciple's Prologue-Franklin

Box 53   Folder 4

Hg - Hengwrt N.L.W. MS. 312 D. - Second Nun-Pardoner

Box 53   Folder 5

Hg - Hengwrt N.L.W. MS. 312 D. - Shipman-Parson

Series II: The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales

The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales cards are arranged alphanumerically. The University of Chicago does not hold the entire set of variant cards produced during the Chaucer Research Project. Some cards were never completed during the Chaucer Research Project. Some cards were shared among scholars and never returned to the original project records before coming to the archives. One set of cards for the Friar’s Tale – cards D1265-D1664 - is on loan to the Variorum Chaucer Project at the University of Oklahoma. Inquiries about access to cards D1265-D1664 should be directed to the project offices in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Oklahoma. http://www.ou.edu/variorum/.

The Corpus of Variants of The Canterbury Tales cards originally included the following tales:

Cards A – SOME NOT HELD

• General Prologue

• Knight’s Tale

• Knight-Miller link

• Miller’s Tale

• Miller-Reeve link

• Reeve’s Tale

• Cook’s Tale [never completed]

Cards B – SOME NOT HELD

• Man of Law’s Tale headlink

• Man of Law’s Tale prologue

• Man of Law’s Tale

• Shipman’s Tale

• Shipman-Prioress link [Lines 1624-1880]

• Prioress’ Tale

• Prioress-Thopas link

• Tale of Sir Thopas

• Thopas-Melibeus link

• Tale of Melibeus [Tale of Melibee]

• Melibeus-Monk link

• Monk’s Tale

• Monk-Nun’s Priest link

• Nun’s Priest’s Tale [Lines 3957-4652. Lines 3958-4000 missing.]

Cards C

• Physician’s Tale [Lines 1-328]

• Physician-Pardoner link

• Pardoner’s prologue

• Pardoner’s Tale

• Epilogue

• Pardoner-Shipman spurious links

Cards D – SOME WITH UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

• Wife of Bath prologue [Lines 1-1264]

• Wife of Bath’s Tale

• Wife of Bath-Friar link

• Friar’s Tale

• Friar-Summoner link [Lines 1665-2294]

• Summoner’s Tale

Cards E – NOT HELD

• Clerk’s Tale

• Merchant’s Tale

• Squire’s Tale headlink

Cards F

• Squire’s Tale [Lines 1-672]

• Squire-Franklin link

• Franklin’s Tale

• Canon’s Yeoman-Physician spurious link

Cards G – NOT HELD

• Second Nun’s Tale

• Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

Cards H

• Manciple’s prologue [Lines 1-362]

• Manciple’s Tale

Cards I

• Parson’s Tale

• Chaucer’s Retraction

Box 53a

Cards A1-A399, General Prologue

Box 53b

Cards A400-A858, General Prologue

Box 53c

Cards A3109-A3499, Miller’s Tale [Cards A859-A3108 not held]

Box 53d

Cards A3500-A3854, Miller-Reeve’s link

Box 53e

Cards B1625-B1880, Shipman-Prioress link and Prioress’ Tale [Cards B1-B1624 not held]

Box 53f

Cards B4000-B4499, Monk-Nun’s Priest’s link and Nun’s Priest’s Tale [Cards B1881-B3999 not held]

Box 53g

Cards B4500-B4652, Monk-Nun’s Priest’s link and Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Box 53h

Cards C1-C328, Physician’s Tale and Physician’s Tale-Pardoner’s link

Box 53i

Cards D1-D399, Wife of Bath prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale

Box 53j

Cards D400-D799, Wife of Bath prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale

Box 53k

Cards D800-D1264, Wife of Bath prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale

Box 53l

Cards D1665-D1999, Friar-Summoner link and Summoner’s Tale [Cards D1265-D1664 (Friar’s Tale) with Variorum Chaucer Project at the University of Oklahoma]

Box 53m

Cards D2000-D2294, Friar-Summoner link and Summoner’s Tale [Cards E not held]

Box 53n

Cards F1-F399, Squire’s Tale, Squire-Franklin link, and part of Franklin’s Tale

Box 53o

Cards F400-F672, Squire’s Tale, Squire-Franklin link, and part of Franklin’s Tale [Cards G not held]

Box 53p

Cards H1-H299, Manciple’s prologue and Manciple’s Tale

Box 53q

Cards H300-H362, Manciple’s prologue and Manciple’s Tale [Cards I not held]

Series III: The Chaucer Life-Records

Subseries 1: General Administrative Records, Miscellaneous Notes and Reports

Box 54   Folder 1

Chaucer Life-Records - Research plans and methods, 1934-1952

Box 54   Folder 2

Bibliographical materials - Lists of sources, 1927-1934

Box 54   Folder 3

Bibliographical materials - Lists of sources, 1927-1941

Box 54   Folder 4

Bibliographical materials - Lists of sources made by Ramona Bressie, 1928

Box 54   Folder 5

Bibliographical materials - Names and places, 1927-1952

Box 54   Folder 6

Agenda [1/2], 1927 and undated

Box 54   Folder 7

Agenda [2/2], 1909, 1926

Box 54   Folder 8

Agenda - Chaucer chronology, list of names, etc., 1926-1933

Box 54   Folder 9

Agenda - Prep for Press, 1931-1933

Box 54   Folder 10

Agenda - Progress reports; General lists not referring to a particular Chaucer search, undated

Box 54   Folder 11

Chaucer schedules, 1928-1931 and undated

Box 54   Folder 12

Chaucer schedules - British Museum manuscripts, 1928-1933 and undated

Box 55   Folder 1

Chaucer schedules - Chancery, 1928 and undated

Box 55   Folder 2

Chaucer - Records used - Exchequer, A, 1931 and undated

Box 55   Folder 3

Chaucer - Records used - Exchequer, B, 1928-1933 and undated

Box 55   Folder 4

Chaucer - Records used - Exchequer, C, 1931-1933 and undated

Box 55   Folder 5

Chaucer - Records used - Exchequer, D, 1931 and undated

Box 55   Folder 6

Chaucer schedules - Legal, 1931-1936 and undated

Box 55   Folder 7

Chaucer schedules - Local sources - Including London City sources, Bodleian, John Rylands Library, Bishops registers, Corporation records, 1927-1934

Box 55   Folder 8

Chaucer schedules - Public Record Office - Miscellaneous sources used, 1929-1933 and undated

Box 55   Folder 9

Lists - Topics searched, sections prepared, 1934-1940 and undated

Box 55   Folder 10

Lists and indexes, undated

Box 55   Folder 11

List of photostats taken at Ipswich, 1926

Box 55   Folder 12

Miscellaneous background material, 1925 and undated

Box 56   Folder 1

Campbell Headings [1/4], undated

Box 56   Folder 2

Campbell Headings [2/4], undated

Box 56   Folder 3

Campbell Headings [3/4], undated

Box 56   Folder 4

Campbell Headings [4/4], undated

Box 56   Folder 5

Correspondence and notes [1/3], 1924-1936

Box 56   Folder 6

Correspondence and notes [2/3], 1906-1926

Box 56   Folder 7

Correspondence and notes; Clippings and program about University of Chicago Rockefeller Chapel dedication [3/3], 1926-1932

Box 57   Folder 1

Correspondence and reports, 1925-1951

Box 57   Folder 2

Correspondence and transcription, 1926-1935 and undated

Box 57   Folder 3

Correspondence, 1928-1936

Box 57   Folder 4

Correspondence, 1929-1934

Box 57   Folder 5

Correspondence and notes regarding photostats/rotographs [1/2], 1932-1933

Box 57   Folder 6

Correspondence and notes regarding photostats/rotographs [2/2], 1925-1931

Box 57   Folder 7

Research account - Correspondence, statements, invoices, 1934-1941

Box 57   Folder 8

Correspondence, 1947-1951

Box 57   Folder 9

Correspondence - Redstone, 1928-1934

Box 57   Folder 10

Correspondence - Lilian J. Redstone, 1935-1936

Box 57   Folder 11

Correspondence and notes - Redstone - Finances, 1925-1934

Box 57   Folder 12

Correspondence - Redstone and Bressie, 1929-1932

Box 57   Folder 13

Correspondence - Redstone and Manly [1/2], 1927-1937

Box 58   Folder 1

Correspondence - Redstone and Manly [2/2], 1927-1937

Box 58   Folder 2

Correspondence and expense reports - Redstone to Manly and Rickert, 1929-1938

Box 58   Folder 3

Correspondence - Redstone and Mills [1/2], 1935

Box 58   Folder 4

Correspondence - Redstone and Mills [2/2], 1927-1935

Box 58   Folder 5

Correspondence and receipts - Redstone and Rickert [1/2], 1925-1936

Box 58   Folder 6

Correspondence and receipts - Redstone and Rickert [2/2], 1925-1936

Box 58   Folder 7

Correspondence - Redstone and Rickert, 1934-1938

Box 58   Folder 8

Correspondence relating to Life-Records work and reports - Letters to Edith Rickert, 1925-1931

Box 58   Folder 9

Notebooks - Manuscripts examined - Edith Rickert, 1925 and undated

Box 59   Folder 1

Miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1934-1936 and undated

Box 59   Folder 2

Notes, circa 1935

Box 59   Folder 3

Miscellaneous notes, 1934-1954 and undated

Box 59   Folder 4

Notes [1/2], September 1938

Box 59   Folder 5

Notes [2/2], September 1928

Box 59   Folder 6

Notes, 1952

Box 59   Folder 7

Miscellaneous note cards, undated

Box 59   Folder 8

Notes and reports, undated

Box 59   Folder 9

Notes on Chaucer's journey of 1368, October 1927

Box 59   Folder 10

Notes on scriveners and bookbinders [1/3], 1928-1931 and undated

Box 60   Folder 1

Notes on scriveners and bookbinders [2/3], undated

Box 60   Folder 2

Notes on scriveners and bookbinders [3/3], 1929 and undated

Box 60   Folder 3

Notes on Clerk of the Works from Wb. 105, 1936

Box 60   Folder 4

Names associated with Chaucer - Notes, undated

Box 60   Folder 5

Notes on rotographs of various Canterbury Tales manuscripts, undated

Box 60   Folder 6

Professor R. S. Crane - Records of parcels sent, invoices, correspondence, 1939-1941

Box 60   Folder 7

Reports - Catherine Jamison, 1928-1935

Box 60   Folder 8

Correspondence - Catherine Jamison, 1928-1934

Box 60   Folder 9

Mabel H. Mills - Reports, 1928-1929

Box 60   Folder 10

Mabel H. Mills - Reports, 1929

Box 60   Folder 11

Miscellaneous searches and reports by Redstone et al., 1925-1953

Box 61   Folder 1

Lilian J. Redstone - Reports, 1928-1929

Box 61   Folder 2

Miscellaneous notes, Redstone and correspondence, 1934 and undated

Box 61   Folder 3

of material sent by Mabel I. Redstone to Martin M. Crow, 1954

Box 61   Folder 4

Clippings - Revival of Court of Chivalry, Scrope and Grosvenor controversy, 1937-1954

Box 61   Folder 5

Clippings, 1952

Box 61   Folder 6

Clippings, 1952

Box 61   Folder 7

Notes, correspondence, clippings - Sent by Mabel I. Redstone to Martin M. Crow in 1954, 1934-1936

Box 61   Folder 8

Notes and correspondence - Sent by Mabel I. Redstone to Martin M. Crow in 1954, 1937-1940

Box 61   Folder 9

Lilian J. Redstone - Biographical information, obituaries and tributes, memorial service program, 1955

Box 61   Folder 10

Report - Chaucer as Controller in the Port of London, 1935

Box 61   Folder 11

Magna Carta - Instructions as to form, January 30, 1935

Box 61   Folder 12

Instructions regarding Customs, January 30, 1935

Box 61   Folder 13

Printed matter, etc. - Notes to be used in Prep for Press, undated

Box 61   Folder 14

Progress report, list of sections, prefatory notes, position sheets, errata, tables of contents, 1935-1936

Box 61   Folder 15

Receipt, 1935

Box 61   Folder 16

Materials for research in Middle English; Suggestions on Ms reading, undated

Box 61   Folder 17

Report - Lord Delamere's manuscript of The Canterbury Tales, undated

Subseries 2: The Life-Records

Box 61   Folder 18

The name of Chaucer - Connections of early Chaucers, 1927-1933

Box 61   Folder 19

Possible signatures of Geoffrey Chaucer, undated

Box 61   Folder 20

Chaucer seal and arms, 1927-1933

Box 61   Folder 21

Chaucer's tomb, 1929 and undated

Box 61   Folder 22

Chaucer at school, undated

Box 61   Folder 23

Friends and associates of Chaucer, 1932 and undated

Box 61   Folder 24

Chaucer's literary circle, undated

Box 62   Folder 1

Journeys - Chaucer carrying letters from Calais to England, 1953 and undated

Box 62   Folder 2

Journeys - Chaucer in campaign of 1359-60; ransom; 1369-70, undated

Box 62   Folder 3

Journeys - Italy, 1372-73; Dartmouth, 1373; Chaucer and the Treasurer of Calais; 1376; 1378, Gower as attorney, 1928-1929 and undated

Box 62   Folder 4

Journeys - 1376; 1377-79; 1387; 1373 (Lombardy), 1934 and undated

Box 62   Folder 5

Journeys - Exchequer Accounts (details on journey from London to Canterbury, part of journey to Count of Hainault), 1925 and undated

Box 62   Folder 6

Journeys - Summaries of journeys, 1368, 1377, and 1378, 1927-1928 and undated

Box 62   Folder 7

Journeys - 1377; 1378, undated

Box 62   Folder 8

Journeys - Analyses - Bressie; Pratt on Hawkwood, 1930-1953

Box 62   Folder 9

Journeys other than Geoffrey Chaucer's, undated

Box 62   Folder 10

Gift from the King, undated

Box 62   Folder 11

Chaucer's annuity, undated

Box 63   Folder 1

Chaucer's pension, undated

Box 63   Folder 2

Chaucer's pitcher of wine, 1934

Box 63   Folder 3

Chaucer's and Philippa's robes; Chaucer's wages in the royal household, 1378-79; household fees and livery; household accounts, undated

Box 63   Folder 4

Robes for the funerals of Joan of Kent and John of Gaunt, undated

Box 63   Folder 5

Chaucer in the household of Clarence and Ulster [1/2], undated

Box 63   Folder 6

Chaucer in the household of Clarence and Ulster [2/2], 1925-1928 and undated

Box 63   Folder 7

John of Gaunt's New Year's gifts, undated

Box 63   Folder 8

John of Gaunt's Register, undated

Box 63   Folder 9

Philippa Chaucer and her annuities; Chaucer's annuities with Philippa and alone, 1954 and undated

Box 63   Folder 10

Customs - Chaucer as Controller in the Port of London [1/2], undated

Box 64   Folder 1

Customs - Chaucer as Controller in the Port of London [2/2], undated

Box 64   Folder 2

Controller, Port of London [1/2], undated

Box 64   Folder 3

Controller, Port of London [2/2], undated

Box 64   Folder 4

Chaucer as controller of Customs, 1928-1931 and undated

Box 64   Folder 5

Chaucer in the Customs, 1932 and undated

Box 64   Folder 6

Customs houses, 1340-1403, 1928 and undated

Box 64   Folder 7

Customs, 1374-1377, 1927-1928 and undated

Box 64   Folder 8

Organization at the custom houses before Chaucer became controller, 1928

Box 65   Folder 1

Chaucer and events at the custom houses, 1377-1380, 1928-1929

Box 65   Folder 2

Records illustrating work of collecting customs in a medieval port, 1927-1929 and undated

Box 65   Folder 3

Custom house, John Churchman, 1927-1928 and undated

Box 65   Folder 4

Customs (no Chaucer items); Kent's forfeit of the price of wool, 1927-1928 and undated

Box 65   Folder 5

Custom house accounts [1/3], undated

Box 65   Folder 6

Custom house accounts [2/3], undated

Box 65   Folder 7

Custom house accounts [3/3], undated

Box 65   Folder 8

Career at Customs - Notes [1/4], 1929-1935

Box 65   Folder 9

Career at Customs - Notes [2/3], undated

Box 65   Folder 10

Career at Customs - Notes [3/3], undated

Box 66   Folder 1

Career at Customs - Notes [4/4], 1933 and undated

Box 66   Folder 2

Thomas Usk, undated

Box 66   Folder 3

Chaucer as Clerk of the Works, 1927-1934 and undated

Box 66   Folder 4

Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 66   Folder 5

Chaucer as Commissioner of Sewers, 1928 and undated

Box 66   Folder 6

Chaucer as Justice of the Peace, 1928 and undated

Box 66   Folder 7

Chaucer as Mainpernor, 1927-1953 and undated

Box 66   Folder 8

Chaucer as Member of Parliament for Kent, 1930 and undated

Box 66   Folder 9

Ballard deeds; Thomas de Stondon vs. Chaucer, 1927 and undated

Box 67   Folder 1

Wardships, 1928-1956 and undated

Box 67   Folder 2

Chaucer to make inquisition into abduction of Isabella, daughter of William atte Halle, 1926-1934 and undated

Box 67   Folder 3

Suits against Chaucer for debt, undated

Box 67   Folder 4

Bukholt-Worthe case; Cecily Champaigne case; Manning-Atwood Case; Robert atte Wode case, 1927-1932 and undated

Box 67   Folder 5

Chaucer's house in Westminster, 1927-1936 and undated

Box 67   Folder 6

Aldgate tenements, 1929-1931 and undated

Box 67   Folder 7

Aldgate house - Hamo de Copton, Aldgate tenements, and Chaucer's residence above Aldgate, 1932 and undated

Box 67   Folder 8

Property in London, 1928-1931 and undated

Box 67   Folder 9

Background materials - A London home, 1927 and undated

Box 68   Folder 1

Vintry [1/5], 1931 and undated

Box 68   Folder 2

Vintry [2/5], 1931 and undated

Box 68   Folder 3

Vintry [3/5], 1928-1931

Box 68   Folder 4

Vintry [4/5], 1931 and undated

Box 68   Folder 5

Vintry [5/5], 1930 and undated

Box 68   Folder 6

Petherton records [1/3], 1929-1934 and undated

Box 68   Folder 7

Petherton records [2/3], 1927 and undated

Box 68   Folder 8

Petherton records [3/3], undated

Box 69   Folder 1

Ipswich records [1/6], undated

Box 69   Folder 2

Ipswich records [2/6], 1931 and undated

Box 69   Folder 3

Ipswich records [3/6], undated

Box 69   Folder 4

Ipswich records [4/6], undated

Box 69   Folder 5

Ipswich records [5/6], undated

Box 69   Folder 6

Ipswich records [6/6], undated

Box 69   Folder 7

Heyroun [1/3], 1931-1936 and undated

Box 69   Folder 8

Heyroun [2/3], 1932-1933 and undated

Box 69   Folder 9

Heyroun [3/3], undated

Box 69   Folder 10

Hamo de Copton, 1929

Box 70   Folder 1

William de Northwell [1/2], 1929-1930 and undated

Box 70   Folder 2

William de Northwell [2/2], 1928 and undated

Box 70   Folder 3

Ancestry of Chaucer [1/2], undated

Box 70   Folder 4

Ancestry of Chaucer [2/2], 1927 and undated

Box 70   Folder 5

John Chaucer - Alphabetical file [1/2], 1931 and undated

Box 70   Folder 6

John Chaucer - Alphabetical file [2/2], undated

Box 70   Folder 7

John Chaucer - Chronological file, 1324-1332 [1/2], undated

Box 71   Folder 1

John Chaucer - Chronological file, 1324-1332 [2/2], undated

Box 71   Folder 2

John Chaucer [1/3], undated

Box 71   Folder 3

John Chaucer [2/3], undated

Box 71   Folder 4

John Chaucer [3/3], undated

Box 71   Folder 5

Nicholas Chaucer, undated

Box 71   Folder 6

Robert Chaucer, undated

Box 71   Folder 7

Thomas Chaucer [1/3], 1928 and undated

Box 71   Folder 8

Thomas Chaucer [2/3], 1928-1934 and undated

Box 72   Folder 1

Thomas Chaucer [3/3], 1933-1952 and undated

Box 72   Folder 2

Early Chaucers in London (not known to be of Geoffrey Chaucer's family) [1/2], 1931 and undated

Box 72   Folder 3

Early Chaucers in London (not known to be of Geoffrey Chaucer's family) [1/2], 1931 and undated

Box 72   Folder 4

Richard Chaucer [1/2], undated

Box 72   Folder 5

Richard Chaucer [2/2], 1931 and undated

Box 72   Folder 6

Chaucer and the De Westhale Suit (supplementary papers) [1/2], undated

Box 72   Folder 7

Chaucer and the De Westhale Suit (supplementary papers) [2/2], undated

Box 72   Folder 8

Case of William Credill, undated

Box 72   Folder 9

Roll of liveries for the royal household, undated

Box 72   Folder 10

Petitions concerning Maghfeld account book; note on Malyns of Bedfordshire, 1928 and undated

Box 73   Folder 1

Chaucer seal and arms, 1927 and undated

Box 73   Folder 2

Journeys - Carrying letters from Calais to England, undated

Box 73   Folder 3

Journeys - Chaucer in campaign of 1359-60; ransom; journeys, 1369-70, undated

Box 73   Folder 4

Journeys - Italy, 1372-73; Dartmouth, 1373; Chaucer and the Treasurer of Calais; 1376; 1378, Gower as attorney, undated

Box 73   Folder 5

Journeys - Analysis - Bressie; Pratt on Hawkwood, circa 1930-1931

Box 73   Folder 6

Chaucer's pension, undated

Box 73   Folder 7

Chaucer and Philippa's robes; Chaucer's wages in household, 1378-9; household fees and livery; household accounts, undated

Box 73   Folder 8

Chaucer in the household of Clarence and Ulster, undated

Box 73   Folder 9

Philippa Chaucer and her annuities; Chaucer's annuities with Philippa and alone, undated

Box 73   Folder 10

Chaucer in the customs, 1932 and undated

Box 73   Folder 11

Custom house, John Churchman, undated

Box 73   Folder 12

Chaucer as Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 73   Folder 13

Chaucer as Commissioner of Sewers, undated

Box 73   Folder 14

Chaucer as Member of Parliament for Kent, undated

Box 73   Folder 15

Chaucer's house in Westminster - Thomas Chaucer and Westminster Abbey, undated

Box 73   Folder 16

Aldgate tenements, undated

Box 73   Folder 17

Vintry, undated

Box 73   Folder 18

Petherton records, undated

Box 73   Folder 19

Ipswich records, undated

Box 73   Folder 20

Heyroun, undated

Box 73   Folder 21

William de Northwell, undated

Box 73   Folder 22

John Chaucer, undated

Box 73   Folder 23

Nicholas Chaucer, undated

Box 73   Folder 24

Richard Chaucer, undated

Box 73   Folder 25

Roll of liveries for the royal household, undated

Box 73   Folder 26

Journeys other than Geoffrey Chaucer, undated

Box 73   Folder 27

Miscellaneous background material, 1927 and undated

Box 73   Folder 28

Career at Customs - Notes, undated

Box 73   Folder 29

Poster - "What did Chaucer's pilgrims say? - 'that's good enough for PUNCH!'" undated

Box 73   Folder 30

Custom House Accounts, undated

Box 73   Folder 31

John of Gaunt's Register, undated

Box 73   Folder 32

Thomas Usk, undated

Subseries 3: The Supplementary Life-Records

Box 74   Folder 1

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1928-1938

Box 74   Folder 2

Chaucer pedigree, circa 1927

Box 74   Folder 3

Notes on Chaucer's origins, progress reports from Redstones, 1935-1957

Box 74   Folder 4

Pedigree of the Chaucer family, 1937-March 1941

Box 74   Folder 5

Ancestors - Miscellaneous, unclassified material, 1906-1915 and undated

Box 74   Folder 6

Chaucer family; Chaucer's ancestors, the Taverners of Ipswich; Chaucer surname, September 1940

Box 74   Folder 7

Geoffrey Chaucer's descendants, undated

Box 74   Folder 8

Heraldry of the Chaucer family, March 1941

Box 74   Folder 9

Chaucer heraldry, undated

Box 74   Folder 10

Chaucer arms [1/2], 1927-1941

Box 74   Folder 11

Chaucer arms [2/2], 1927-1941

Box 74   Folder 12

Origin of Chaucer name, undated

Box 74   Folder 13

Chaucer surname, undated

Box 74   Folder 14

Chronology (1312-1475), undated

Box 74   Folder 15

Birth and upbringing of Geoffrey Chaucer, March 1941

Box 75   Folder 1

London schools, 16th century, undated

Box 75   Folder 2

Chaucer's handwriting, March 1941

Box 75   Folder 3

Chaucer's handwriting, 1952 and undated

Box 75   Folder 4

Note on Chaucer's death and burial, January 1941

Box 75   Folder 5

Chaucer's death and burial, 1926-1944

Box 75   Folder 6

Butler as coroner, undated

Box 75   Folder 7

Dictionary of National Biography, excerpt, undated

Box 75   Folder 8

Richard Lyons and the Petty Customs; Chaucer as Controller of Customs (1374-1375), 1930 and undated

Box 75   Folder 9

Chaucer at the Customs House (1374-1375), 1928 and undated

Box 75   Folder 10

Chaucer at the Customs House (1375-1377), 1929 and undated

Box 75   Folder 11

Chaucer at the Customs House (1377-1380), 1927 and undated

Box 75   Folder 12

Chaucer at the Customs House (1379-1380), undated

Box 75   Folder 13

Chaucer at the Customs House (1380-1381), undated

Box 75   Folder 14

Chaucer at the Customs House (1381-1382), undated

Box 75   Folder 15

Chaucer at the Customs House (1382-1383), undated

Box 75   Folder 16

Chaucer at the Customs House (1383-1384), undated

Box 75   Folder 17

Chaucer at the Customs House (1384-1385), 1930

Box 75   Folder 18

Chaucer at the Customs House (1385-1386), undated

Box 76   Folder 1

Chaucer at the Customs House (1386-1387), 1932

Box 76   Folder 2

Chaucer at the Customs House (1374-1386) - Index to files A-L, undated

Box 76   Folder 3

Chaucer as Controller of Customs - Cases, undated

Box 76   Folder 4

Customs [1/4], undated

Box 76   Folder 5

Customs [2/4], undated

Box 76   Folder 6

Customs [3/4], undated

Box 76   Folder 7

Customs [4/4], 1929 and undated

Box 76   Folder 8

Customs, 1932 and undated

Box 76   Folder 9

Customs House - Arrangement and contents, undated

Box 76   Folder 10

Churchman's Customs Houses, undated

Box 76   Folder 11

The Woolwharf and the Customs Houses on it, 1930

Box 77   Folder 1

Customs Houses on the Woolwharf - Material for Mable H. Mills' article, "The London Customs House During the Middle Ages," 1931-1936

Box 77   Folder 2

Topography of the Woolwharf, 1929-1930 and undated

Box 77   Folder 3

"The London Customs House During the Middle Ages," Mabel H. Mills - Drafts, circa 1931-1933

Box 77   Folder 4

"The London Customs House During the Middle Ages," Mabel H. Mills - Offprint, 1933

Box 77   Folder 5

Customs House - Reports from Mable Mills, 1927-1933

Box 77   Folder 6

Customs House chronology [1/2], undated

Box 77   Folder 7

Customs House chronology [2/2], undated

Box 77   Folder 8

Customs - Lilian J. Redstone's draft alterations, 1933 and undated

Box 78   Folder 1

The Work of the Port, undated

Box 78   Folder 2

The organization for the collection of customs and subsidies in the Port of London and elsewhere, 1928-1934

Box 78   Folder 3

Customs House - Records not required, 1927 and undated

Box 78   Folder 4

Officials and their work, undated

Box 78   Folder 5

The servants and lesser officials - Packers, porters, boatmen, 1932

Box 78   Folder 6

Merchants, undated

Box 78   Folder 7

The Controller - Duties and position, undated

Box 78   Folder 8

The Troner and Pesager, undated

Box 78   Folder 9

The Collectors - Duties and position, undated

Box 78   Folder 10

The Searchers, 1932

Box 78   Folder 11

Lists of Customs officials and Mayors of London and the Staple, undated

Box 78   Folder 12

The Customs Court, 1932

Box 78   Folder 13

Customs and Staple, undated

Box 78   Folder 14

Customs, 1932

Box 78   Folder 15

Customs, undated

Box 78   Folder 16

Customs, 1928 and undated

Box 78   Folder 17

Customs - Notes and M's draft used in preparing final draft, undated

Box 78   Folder 18

Customs - Used material for audit section, 1935 and undated

Box 79   Folder 1

Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 79   Folder 2

Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 79   Folder 3

Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 79   Folder 4

Clerk of the Works [1/2], undated

Box 79   Folder 5

Clerk of the Works [2/2], undated

Box 79   Folder 6

Clerk of the Works, 1934 and undated

Box 79   Folder 7

Clerk of the Works, undated

Box 79   Folder 8

Journeys, 1928-1935

Box 79   Folder 9

Journeys, 1929 and undated

Box 79   Folder 10

Journeys (1368, 1370, 1372), 1927 and undated

Box 79   Folder 11

Journeys (1360, 1373, 1376, 1378), 1928-1939 and undated

Box 80   Folder 1

Journeys (1360-1381), 1928 and undated

Box 80   Folder 2

Chaucer's capture in the winter campaign of 1359-1360, 1936

Box 80   Folder 3

Chaucer's protection (1398), undated

Box 80   Folder 4

Connections of Geoffrey Chancer and Thomas Chaucer with the Forest of N. Petherton, 1929-1934 and undated

Box 80   Folder 5

Petherton [1/2], undated

Box 80   Folder 6

Petherton [2/2], 1934

Box 80   Folder 7

Scalby - Chaucer's surrendered patent, undated

Box 80   Folder 8

John Leyrés case against Geoffrey Chaucer, undated

Box 80   Folder 9

Henry atte Wode's case against Geoffrey Chaucer, undated

Box 80   Folder 10

Chaucer as Mainpernor - Matilda Nemeg, 1935 and undated

Box 80   Folder 11

Chaucer's connection with Manning of Kent, including the Newport vs. Manning case, undated

Box 80   Folder 12

Chaucer as Mainpernor - John Hinde (1381), 1927-1928 and undated

Box 80   Folder 13

Thomas Strondon's suit against Geoffrey Chaucer (1379), 1928 and undated

Box 80   Folder 14

Geoffrey Chaucer mainperns; John de Romsey, Treasurer of Calais (1375), 1932 and undated

Box 80   Folder 15

Bukholt case, 1928 and undated

Box 81   Folder 1

William Venour's suit against Geoffrey Chaucer, 1932 and undated

Box 81   Folder 2

Chaucer as Commissioner - Abduction of Isabella Atte Halle, undated

Box 81   Folder 3

Isabella Atte Halle, undated

Box 81   Folder 4

William Beauchamp, Bukholt, Isabella Atte Halle, 1928-1953 and undated

Box 81   Folder 5

Cecily of Champaigne, undated

Box 81   Folder 6

Chaucer's depositions in a dispute between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor about the right to bear certain arms (15 October 1386), 1941

Box 81   Folder 7

Grant to Chaucer of £71.4s.6d, the proceeds of wool forfeited by John Kent of London (12 July 1376), 1941

Box 81   Folder 8

Chaucer's loan from Gilbert Maghfeld (1392), 1940

Box 81   Folder 9

Chaucer's loan from Gilbert Maghfeld, 1940

Box 81   Folder 10

Chaucer's debt to Churchman (1388), 1927-1928 and undated

Box 81   Folder 11

John Churchman's Exchequer action against Chaucer, to recover a debt (1388), 1941

Box 81   Folder 12

Absolom, John, undated

Box 81   Folder 13

Adam, Peter (Piers) - Monk, 1930 and undated

Box 81   Folder 14

Alice, Conntess of Suffolk, undated

Box 81   Folder 15

Bailly, Harry, 1927 and undated

Box 81   Folder 16

Beauchamp, Sir William (1378), 1928 and undated

Box 81   Folder 17

Beverley, Joan de, 1935 and undated

Box 81   Folder 18

Exchequer, K. R. Bille (1375-1389), 1927-1929 and undated

Box 81   Folder 19

Blakeneye, undated

Box 81   Folder 20

Books and authors, 1930 and undated

Box 81   Folder 21

Bukton - John, Thomas, Petre, Robert, 1935 and undated

Box 81   Folder 22

Butte, John, undated

Box 81   Folder 23

Chaucer - Agnes, Elias, William, Henry, Robert, and Gillian, 1929-1930 and undated

Box 81   Folder 24

Chaucer - Various, including John, 1931 and undated

Box 81   Folder 25

Chaucer, John [1/3], undated

Box 81   Folder 26

Chaucer, John, [2/3], 1929 and undated

Box 81   Folder 27

Chaucer, John [3/3], 1929-1930 and undated

Box 81   Folder 28

Chaucer, John, undated

Box 81   Folder 29

Plea Roll searches - Early period especially for the date of death of Chaucer's father, John, undated

Box 82   Folder 1

Chaucer, Lewis, undated

Box 82   Folder 2

Chaucer, Philippa, 1927 and undated

Box 82   Folder 3

Chaucer, Philippa, 1931-1954 and undated

Box 82   Folder 4

Chaucer, Richard le; Peckham, Goddard, undated

Box 82   Folder 5

Chaucer, Robert le; Robert Malyn, undated

Box 82   Folder 6

Chaucer, Robert le, 1935 and undated

Box 82   Folder 7

Chaucer, Simon, undated

Box 82   Folder 8

Chaucer, Thomas [1/2], 1928 and undated

Box 82   Folder 9

Chaucer, Thomas [2/2], 1929-1934 and undated

Box 82   Folder 10

Chaucer, Thomas; William Chambre, 1931 and undated

Box 82   Folder 11

Chaucer, Thomas - Lands, seals, marriage, inquisitions P.M., Reynold Curteys, Alice Chaucer, Tombs at Ewelme, pedigree, 1928 and undated

Box 82   Folder 12

Chaucer, Thomas, undated

Box 82   Folder 13

Chaucer, Thomas, circa 1934

Box 83   Folder 1

Chaucer, Thomas, undated

Box 83   Folder 2

Chaucer, Thomas, 1927

Box 83   Folder 3

Clanvowe, John, undated

Box 83   Folder 4

Prototypes - Clerk, 1932

Box 83   Folder 5

Colyn, William, undated

Box 83   Folder 6

Duchy of Cornwall, undated

Box 83   Folder 7

Prototypes - Cook, 1932 and undated

Box 83   Folder 8

Connections with John of Gaunt and Henry of Derby, undated

Box 83   Folder 9

Henry of Derby, undated

Box 83   Folder 10

Dynyngton; Dinyeneton; Donyngton, undated

Box 83   Folder 11

Ewelme, undated

Box 83   Folder 12

Goddards, undated

Box 83   Folder 13

Goodale of Milford, undated

Box 83   Folder 14

Gunthorp, Robert de, 1933 and undated

Box 83   Folder 15

Chaucer Heyron property - Notes by Ramona Bressie, undated

Box 83   Folder 16

Heyron, John - Notes, 1933-1935

Box 83   Folder 17

Heyrons of London - Notes for article, 1933

Box 83   Folder 18

Heyrons of London - Notes, correspondence, drafts for article for Speculum, 1935-1936

Box 83   Folder 19

Heyrons - Notes, 1934

Box 83   Folder 20

Robert de Ipswich, undated

Box 83   Folder 21

Kyselyngbury/Kyselingbury, Richard, undated

Box 83   Folder 22

Chaucer's connection with the House of Lancaster (1374 onwards), 1940

Box 83   Folder 23

Lenne, Robert de, 1935 and undated

Box 83   Folder 24

Gilbert Maghfeld, 1926

Box 83   Folder 25

Malyn, undated

Box 83   Folder 26

Malyn pedigree, undated

Box 83   Folder 27

Osekyn, undated

Box 83   Folder 28

Paneterie, Panetrie, Panetere, Pentry, Panatrye, undated

Box 83   Folder 29

Payne, Roberto - Confessio Amantis, 1930 and undated

Box 83   Folder 30

Peckham, Simonde, undated

Box 83   Folder 31

Pynchebec, undated

Box 83   Folder 32

Pynchebek, Thomas - Man of Law, 1928 and undated

Box 84   Folder 1

The Reeve - Baldeswell, 1925-1933 and undated

Box 84   Folder 2

Payn Roet, undated

Box 84   Folder 3

Payne Roet, undated

Box 84   Folder 4

Scogan - Henry, John, Thomas, 1936 and undated

Box 84   Folder 5

The Shipman, 1926-1928 and undated

Box 84   Folder 6

Slake, Nicholas, undated

Box 84   Folder 7

Stationers and Scriveners, undated

Box 84   Folder 8

Staundon, William and Agnes, undated

Box 84   Folder 9

Stedeman, Adam - Scrivener, 1928-1929

Box 84   Folder 10

Prototypes, The Prioress of Stratford, 1927

Box 84   Folder 11

Strother, 1928

Box 84   Folder 12

Strother - Alan, Thomas, and Henry - Rewe's Tale, 1928 and undated

Box 84   Folder 13

Suffolk, Elias de, undated

Box 84   Folder 14

Suffolk - John, Benedict, Thomas, Alan, Reginald, undated

Box 84   Folder 15

Suffolk, Robert de, undated

Box 84   Folder 16

Taverner, undated

Box 84   Folder 17

Ulster, undated

Box 84   Folder 18

Ulster Household, 1925-1927 and undated

Box 84   Folder 19

Usk - Thomas and Nicholas, undated

Box 84   Folder 20

Vache, Sir Philip de la, undated

Box 84   Folder 21

Index - Names, undated

Box 84   Folder 22

Names of persons in alphabetical order, undated

Box 84   Folder 23

Names and places associated with Chaucer, 1932 and undated

Box 85   Folder 1

Local associations of Chaucer manuscripts, undated

Box 85   Folder 2

Places associated with Chaucer [1/2], undated

Box 85   Folder 3

Places associated with Chaucer [2/2], undated

Box 85   Folder 4

Aldgate tenements, 1930

Box 85   Folder 5

Aldgate tenements (1374), undated

Box 85   Folder 6

Copton and Aldgate tenements - Notes and letter, 1906 and undated

Box 85   Folder 7

Chaucer texts - Devonshire; Manchester, English 113; Northumberland; the "Carent" Chaucer, Correspondence with Olive Moger, 1928-1929

Box 85   Folder 8

Elbow lane, undated

Box 85   Folder 9

Ipswich [1/2], undated

Box 85   Folder 10

Ipswich [2/2], undated

Box 85   Folder 11

Ipswich records, 1936-1955

Box 85   Folder 12

Ipswich Enrolments, undated

Box 85   Folder 13

Chaucer texts - Lichfield, 1930

Box 85   Folder 14

Maghfeld, undated

Box 85   Folder 15

Malewayn, Turk, and Turgis, undated

Box 85   Folder 16

Chaucer texts - Northumberland, 1928-1930

Box 86   Folder 1

Northwell [1/3], undated

Box 86   Folder 2

Northwell [2/3], 1924-1930 and undated

Box 86   Folder 3

Northwell [3/3], 1929-1930

Box 86   Folder 4

Northwell, 1929-1931 and undated

Box 86   Folder 5

Northwell, 1930

Box 86   Folder 6

Southwark - The Tabard, 1920-1930

Box 86   Folder 7

Tenement, undated

Box 86   Folder 8

Vintry, 1928 and undated

Box 86   Folder 9

Vintry maps, 1929

Box 86   Folder 10

Vintry tenements, 1928

Box 86   Folder 11

Vintry tenements, undated

Box 86   Folder 12

Vintry tenements, undated

Box 86   Folder 13

Vintry tenements, 1930 and undated

Box 86   Folder 14

Vintry tenements, Vintners' Company - Correspondence, 1928-1930

Box 86   Folder 15

Chaucer at Westminster, undated

Box 86   Folder 16

House at Westminster, 1927-1935 and undated

Box 86   Folder 17

Westminster Abbey, 1928

Box 87   Folder 1

Ha 4, 1930 and undated

Box 87   Folder 2

Chaucer newspaper clippings, 1928-1931

Box 87   Folder 3

"Chaucer a Norfolk Man," Walter Rye - [letter to the editor?], undated

Box 87   Folder 4

Corresponding entries on the Receipt-Roll (22 July 1389), undated

Box 87   Folder 5

Foreign Burgesses, undated

Box 87   Folder 6

"Recepta forinseca in denariis…" undated

Box 87   Folder 7

Annuities, 1935 and undated

Box 87   Folder 8

Chaucer's annuities (1367-1377) [1/3], 1927 and undated

Box 87   Folder 9

Chaucer's annuities (1367-1377) [2/3], 1933-1935 and undated

Box 87   Folder 10

Chaucer's annuities (1367-1377) [3/3], 1933-1935 and undated

Box 87   Folder 11

Philippa's annuities, 1934 and undated

Box 87   Folder 12

Service in the King's household; Philippa's annuities and career, undated

Box 87   Folder 13

Chaucer's services in the King's household; Annuities at the Exchequer - Report by Mabel H. Mills, June 1934

Box 87   Folder 14

"Mutua per talliam, 1377-1413," Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 1935

Box 88   Folder 1

Per manus suas; Per manus proprias, 1934 and undated

Box 88   Folder 2

Chaucer as Justice of the Peace [1/2], 1932-1935 and undated

Box 88   Folder 3

Chaucer as Justice of the Peace [2/2], 1932-1953 and undated

Box 88   Folder 4

Chaucer as Member of Parliament, Kent (1386), 1930 and undated

Box 88   Folder 5

Chaucer as Custodian of Kent Heirs - Staplegate, Solys, undated

Box 88   Folder 6

Chaucer as Commissioner of Sewers, Kent Connections (1390), 1931 and undated

Box 88   Folder 7

Chaucer's connection with Combe and Woolwich, Kent connections, 1932-1934 and undated

Box 88   Folder 8

Chaucer's connection with Combe and Woolwich in Kent, 1393-1396 - Draft carbon, April 1938

Box 89   Folder 1

Henry att Wode's case against Geoffrey Chaucer, undated

Box 89   Folder 2

Northwell, undated

Box 89   Folder 3

Richard Lyons and the Petty Customs; Chaucer as a Controller of Customs (1374-1375), undated

Box 89   Folder 4

Customs, undated

Box 89   Folder 5

Annuities - Mills' tables, undated

Box 89   Folder 6

Aldgate Tenements, 1930

Box 89   Folder 7

Aldgate Tenements, undated

Box 89   Folder 8

Chaucer Pedigree, 1927

Box 89   Folder 9

Journeys, undated

Box 89   Folder 10

Chaucer arms, undated

Box 89   Folder 11

Petherton, 1932

Box 89   Folder 12

Woolwharf, undated

Box 89   Folder 13

The Organization for the Collection of Customs and Subsidies in the Port of London and elsewhere, undated

Box 89   Folder 14

Chaucer and Parliament of 1386, undated

Box 89   Folder 15

Malyn pedigree, undated

Box 89   Folder 16

Chaucer's Annuity, undated

Box 89   Folder 17

Thomas Talbot (Brode) - Robbing of Chaucer at Hatcham, undated

Box 89   Folder 18

Chaucer as Clerk of the Works, London, undated

Box 89   Folder 19

Chronology (1312-1475), undated

Box 89   Folder 20

Pedigree of the Chaucer family, undated

Box 89   Folder 21

Journeys (1359-1387), undated

Box 89   Folder 22

Vintry tenements, undated

Box 89   Folder 23

Ipswich tenements, undated

Box 89   Folder 24

Research account, 1934-1935

Box 89   Folder 25

Helmingham Hall, 1803 - Drawings, undated

Box 89   Folder 26

Annuities - Chart, 1931

Box 89   Folder 27

Photostats - London Customs, undated

Box 90   Folder 1

John Heyron - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 2

Ralph Heron - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 3

Robert Heyron - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 4

Thomas Heyron - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 5

William Heyron - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 6

John Chaucer - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 7

Copton and Aldgate tenements - Charts, undated

Box 90   Folder 8

Chaucer pedigree - Charts, 1927

Box 90   Folder 9

Chaucer chronology - List, undated

  • Oversize Folder
  • Thomas and Matilda Chaucer - Brass rubbings, circa 1950

Subseries 4: Lilian J. Redstone Manuscript Draft of The Chaucer Life-Records

Box 91   Folder 1

Lilian J. Redstone's chronology of the Life-Records from the duplicates of the Redstone Manuscript, undated

Box 91   Folder 2

Notes and sections of Chaucer's Life-Records, May-June 1940

Box 91   Folder 3

Prefatory Note, June 1940

Box 91   Folder 4

List of sections and analysis of contents, May 20, 1941

Box 91   Folder 5

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - Table of Contents, November 8, 1940

Box 91   Folder 6

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - Evidence that Geoffrey Chaucer was son of John Chaucer, a London vintner; The home in the Vintry, January 1937 and June 1940

Box 91   Folder 7

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - Evidence that Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of John Chaucer, a London Vintner; The home in the Vintry - Draft carbon, undated

Box 91   Folder 8

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - Chaucer's father, John Chaucer, citizen and vintner of London; John Chaucer's wife, Agnes, and her kinsfolk, June-July 1940

Box 91   Folder 9

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - Chaucer's father, John Chaucer, citizen and vintner of London; John Chaucer's wife, Agnes, and her kinfolk - Draft carbon, June 1940

Box 91   Folder 10

Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer - The Chaucer family; Chaucer's ancestors, the Taverners of Ipswich; Note upon the surname Chaucer, September-October 1940

Box 91   Folder 11

The Life-Records - Evidences of Chaucer's service in the Ulster household, 1357 onwards, June 15, 1936

Box 91   Folder 12

The Life-Records - Evidences of Chaucer's service in the Ulster household - Draft carbon, June 15, 1936

Box 91   Folder 13

The Life-Records - Chaucer's capture in the winter campaign of 1359-1360, June-July 1936

Box 91   Folder 14

The Life-Records - Chaucer's capture in the winter campaign of 1359-1360 - Draft carbon, June-July 1936

Box 91   Folder 15

The Life-Records - Evidences relating to Chaucer's wife Philippa, October 1936

Box 92   Folder 1

The Life-Records - Evidences relating to Chaucer's wife Philippa - Draft carbon, October 1936

Box 92   Folder 2

The Life-Records - Chaucer's service in the King's household, June 1367 onwards, June 1940 and undated

Box 92   Folder 3

The Life-Records - Chaucer's service in the King's household; Chaucer's wine grants; Royal gifts by Richard II and Henry IV - Draft carbon, May 1937

Box 92   Folder 4

The Life-Records - Chaucer's Exchequer annuity as Valettus and Esquire of the Chamber to Edward III, 1367-1377, undated

Box 92   Folder 5

The Life-Records - Chaucer's Exchequer annuity as Valettus and Esquire of the Chamber to Edward III, 1367-1377 - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 92   Folder 6

The Life-Records - Records relating to Chaucer's journeys, 1368-1398, October 1937

Box 92   Folder 7

The Life-Records - Records relating to Chaucer's journeys, 1368-1398 - Draft carbon, October 1937

Box 92   Folder 8

The Life-Records - Protection for Chaucer, 1398 - Carbon copy of draft, undated

Box 92   Folder 9

The Life-Records - Chaucer's connection with the House of Lancaster, 1374 onwards, November 1940

Box 92   Folder 10

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Controller in the Port of London, 1374-1386, May 1935, 1957

Box 93   Folder 1

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Controller in the Port of London, 1374-1386, May 1935, 1957

Box 93   Folder 2

The Life-Records - Chaucer's lease of a dwelling above Aldgate, May 1374, May 1940

Box 93   Folder 3

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Surety, 1375-1388, undated

Box 93   Folder 4

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Surety, 1375-1388 - Draft carbon, January 1937

Box 93   Folder 5

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Guardian to two Kentish Heirs, 1395, 1958 and undated

Box 93   Folder 6

The Life-Records - Chaucer as Guardian to two Kentish Heirs, 1375 - Draft carbon, undated

Box 93   Folder 7

The Life-Records - Grant, July 12, 1376, to Chaucer of £71.4.s 6d., the proceeds of wool forfeited by John Kent of London, March 1941

Box 93   Folder 8

The Life-Records - Chaucer's Exchequer annuities, 1377-1388, with their surrender to John Scalby; Richard II's confirmations of Edward III's grants to Chaucer, 1955 and undated

Box 93   Folder 9

The Life-Records - Chaucer's Exchequer annuities, 1377-1388, with their surrender to John Scalby - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 93   Folder 10

The Life-Records - Stondon vs. Chaucer - An action of trespass and contempt against Chaucer, 1379, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 11

The Life-Records - Stondon vs. Chaucer - An action of trespass and contempt against Chaucer, 1379 - Draft carbon, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 12

The Life-Records - Deeds of Release to Chaucer with reference to the Raptus of Cecily Champaigne, 1380, June 1940

Box 93   Folder 13

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Justice of the Peace for Kent, October 12, 1385-July 15, 1389, August 21, 1934-October 17, 1952

Box 93   Folder 14

Kentish Connections - Chaucer in Parliament, 1386, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 15

Kentish Connections - Chaucer in Parliament, 1386 - Draft carbon, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 16

Kentish Connections - Evidences as to Chaucer's commission, May 16, 1387, to make inquisition into the abduction of Isabella, daughter of William atte Halle, September 5, 1934

Box 93   Folder 17

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Commissioner of Sewers in Kent, 1390, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 18

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Commissioner of Sewers in Kent, 1390 - Draft carbon, April 1938

Box 93   Folder 19

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's connection with Woolwich and Combe in Kent, 1393-1396, April 1, 1938

Box 93   Folder 20

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's depositions in a dispute between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor about the right to bear certain arms, October 15, 1386, January 1941

Box 93   Folder 21

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Clerk of the Works, 1389-1391 [1/2], undated

Box 94   Folder 1

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Clerk of the Works, 1389-1391 [2/2], undated

Box 94   Folder 2

Kentish Connections - Chaucer as Clerk of the Works - Draft carbon, undated

Box 94   Folder 3

Kentish Connections - Evidences as to the robbery of Chaucer, 1390-1391, undated

Box 94   Folder 4

Kentish Connections - Evidences as to the robbery of Chaucer, September 1390 - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 94   Folder 5

Kentish Connections - John Churchman's Exchequer action against Chaucer to recover a debt, 1388, January 1941

Box 94   Folder 6

Kentish Connections - Pleas of debt against Chaucer, 1388-1398, undated

Box 94   Folder 7

Kentish Connections - Please of debt against Chaucer, 1388-1398 - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 94   Folder 8

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's loan from Gilbert Maghfeld, 1392, November 1940

Box 94   Folder 9

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's renewed Exchequer annuity, 1394-1399, undated

Box 94   Folder 10

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's renewed Exchequer annuity, 1394-1399 - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 94   Folder 11

Kentish Connections - Connections of Geoffrey and Thomas Chaucer with the Forest of North Petherton, February 1941

Box 94   Folder 12

Kentish Connections - Connections of Geoffrey and Thomas Chaucer with the Forest of North Petherton - Draft carbon, February 1941

Box 94   Folder 13

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's Exchequer annuities from Henry IV, 1399-1400, with general note on his annuities, undated

Box 94   Folder 14

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's Exchequer annuities from Henry IV, 1399-1400, with general note on his annuities - Carbon copy of manuscript draft, undated

Box 94   Folder 15

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's home at Westminster, August 1936

Box 94   Folder 16

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's home at Westminster, 1399 - Draft carbon, August 1936

Box 94   Folder 17

Appendices - Chronology, 1300-1400, March 1941

Box 94   Folder 18

Appendices - Note on the birth and upbringing of Geoffrey Chaucer, March 1941

Box 94   Folder 19

Appendices - Note on Chaucer's death and burial, January 1941

Box 94   Folder 20

Appendices - The descendants of Geoffrey Chaucer, January 1941

Box 94   Folder 21

Appendices - Note upon the heraldry of the Chaucer family, March 1941

Box 94   Folder 22

Appendices - Chaucer's handwriting, March 1941

Box 94   Folder 23

Appendices - List of sources, key to arrangement of records, May 1941

Box 95   Folder 1

Life-Records of Chaucer IV - Annotated by John M. Manly (ink) and Lilian J. Redstone (pencil) - Numbers 1-28 (1307-1349), 1930 and undated

Box 95   Folder 2

Life-Records of Chaucer IV - Annotated by John M. Manly (ink) and Lilian J. Redstone (pencil) - Numbers 29-78 (1349-1374), 1930 and undated

Box 95   Folder 3

Life-Records of Chaucer IV - Annotated by John M. Manly (ink) and Lilian J. Redstone (pencil) - Numbers 79-194 (1374-1386), incomplete, 1930 and undated

Box 95   Folder 4

Life-Records of Chaucer IV - Annotated by John M. Manly (ink) and Lilian J. Redstone (pencil) - Numbers 201-288 and additions numbers 1-11 (1387-1400), 1930 and undated

Box 96   Folder 1

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's renewed Exchequer annuity, 1394-1399

Box 96   Folder 2

Kentish Connections - Connections of Geoffrey and Thomas Chaucer with the Forest of North Petherton, 1941

Box 96   Folder 3

Kentish Connections - Chaucer's Exchequer annuities from Henry IV, 1399-1400, undated

Box 96   Folder 4

Appendices - Pedigree of the Chaucer family, March 1941

Box 96   Folder 5

History of Ellesmere manuscript of Canterbury Tales, undated

Box 96   Folder 6

Vincent B. Redstone notes - Genealogy of manuscript of Canterbury Tales, 1930

Box 96   Folder 7

Index by Vincent B. Redstone to London Subsidy Rolls, Public Record Office - Edw. I, 12 Edw. II 1318-July 1319, 6 Edw. III 1332-1333 - Photostats, undated

Subseries 5: Vincent B. Redstone's Notes on the Chaucer Life-Records

Box 97   Folder 1

Reports [1/2], 1926

Box 97   Folder 2

Reports [2/2], 1926

Box 97   Folder 3

Reports and notes on searches at the Bodleian, 1926

Box 97   Folder 4

Assize Rolls - The Reave, July 1926

Box 97   Folder 5

Records work in London, September-October 1926

Box 97   Folder 6

Reports [1/2], 1927

Box 97   Folder 7

Reports [2/2], 1927

Box 97   Folder 8

Notes and reports, May, July 1927

Box 97   Folder 9

Notes and reports, September-October 1927

Box 97   Folder 10

Reports and notes, 1928

Box 97   Folder 11

Notes, January, May-July 1928

Box 98   Folder 1

Notes, August-October 1928

Box 98   Folder 2

Reports and notes, June 1929

Box 98   Folder 3

Notes and reports, 1929-1931

Box 98   Folder 4

Notes by staff, 1929-1933

Box 98   Folder 5

Reports - Hustings Rolls, arranged chronologically, 1307-1349 [1/2], 1930-1931

Box 98   Folder 6

Reports - Hustings Rolls, arranged chronologically, 1307-1349 [2/2], 1930-1931

Box 98   Folder 7

Reports - Hustings Rolls, arranged chronologically, 1349-1374 [1/2], March 1931

Box 98   Folder 8

Reports - Hustings Rolls, arranged chronologically, 1349-1374 [2/2], March 1931

Box 98   Folder 9

Reports, January 1931

Box 98   Folder 10

Reports, March 1931

Box 98   Folder 11

Reports [1/2], May 1931

Box 98   Folder 12

Reports [2/2], May 1931

Box 99   Folder 1

Reports, June 1931

Box 99   Folder 2

Reports [1/2], August-September 1931

Box 99   Folder 3

Reports [2/2], August-September 1931

Box 99   Folder 4

Notes and reports, 1931-1932

Box 99   Folder 5

Reports [1/2], 1931-1933

Box 99   Folder 6

Reports [2/2], 1931-1933

Box 99   Folder 7

Notes, 1931-1934

Box 99   Folder 8

Reports and notes, 1932

Box 99   Folder 9

Reports, 1934

Box 100   Folder 1

Reports, Notes for Speculum article, "Heyrouns of London," 1936

Box 100   Folder 2

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 3

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 4

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 5

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 6

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 7

Notes, undated

Box 100   Folder 8

"Notebook A" [1/2], March 1931

Box 100   Folder 9

"Notebook A" [2/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 1

"Notebook Β" [1/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 2

"Notebook Β" [2/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 3

"Notebook λ" [1/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 4

"Notebook λ" [2/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 5

"Notebook δ," undated

Box 101   Folder 6

"Notebook η" [1/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 7

"Notebook η" [2/2], undated

Box 101   Folder 8

"Notebook π," undated

Box 101   Folder 9

"Notebook γ"; Leaves having no references, undated

Box 102   Folder 1

Reports - Duplicates [1/2], undated

Box 102   Folder 2

Reports - Duplicates [2/2], undated

Box 102   Folder 3

Guildhall - Reports - Duplicates [1/3], undated

Box 102   Folder 4

Guildhall - Reports - Duplicates [2/3], undated

Box 102   Folder 5

Guildhall - Reports - Duplicates [3/3], undated

Box 102   Folder 6

"Notebooks" - Duplicates [1/2], undated

Box 102   Folder 7

"Notebooks" - Duplicates [2/2], undated

Box 102   Folder 8

"Notebook" - Duplicates [1/3], undated

Box 102   Folder 9

"Notebook" - Duplicates [2/3], undated

Box 103   Folder 1

"Notebook" - Duplicates [3/3], undated

Box 103   Folder 2

Index to notebooks of Vincent B. Redstone, undated

Box 103   Folder 3

Index to notebooks, undated

Box 103   Folder 4

Index to reports on Life-Records, undated

Box 103   Folder 5

Correspondence, clippings, reprint, 1911-1928

Box 103   Folder 6

Annotated copy of "Life-Records of Chaucer" IV, Chaucer Society, 1900

Box 104

Card file index to Vincent B. Redstone's reports, A-H, undated

Box 105

Card file index to Vincent B. Redstone's reports, I-T, undated

Box 106

Card file index to Vincent B. Redstone's reports, T-Z, undated

Box 106

Card file index to Vincent B. Redstone's notebooks, A-L, undated

Box 107

Card file index to Vincent B. Redstone's notebooks, M-Z, undated

Subseries 6: Card Files for the Chaucer Life-Records

Sub-subseries 1: Card Files, circa 1920-1951

Box 108

Index 1 to proper names associated with Chaucer, A-Castle

Box 109

Index 1 to proper names associated with Chaucer, Chevalier-H

Box 110

Index 1 to proper names associated with Chaucer, Heyroun-Manor

Box 111

Index 1 to proper names associated with Chaucer, Man-Trolius

Box 112

Index 1 to proper names associated with Chaucer, Trolius-Z and miscellaneous unfiled

Box 113

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, A-C

Box 114

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, C-G

Box 115

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, G-J

Box 116

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, K-P

Box 117

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, P-W

Box 118

Index 2 to proper names associated with Chaucer, W-Z

Box 119

"Bibliography of MSS Illuminations Shakespeare"

Box 120

"Chaucer notes" [by John M. Manly?]

Box 121

Canterbury Tales notes, A-S

Box 122

Canterbury Tales notes, S-Z; Notes on Chaucer's life, arranged topically

Box 123

"Background texts," A-I

Box 124

"Background texts," L-Z

Box 125

Index to names of persons and types of documents, A-K

Box 126

Index to names of persons and types of documents, L-Z; Index based on the chronological grouping of events in Chaucer's life, 1357-1367

Box 127

Index based on the chronological grouping of events in Chaucer's life, 1367-1377

Box 128

Index based on the chronological grouping of events in Chaucer's life, 1377-1399

Sub-subseries 2: Card Files, circa 1952-1965

Box 128

Index of all photostats, transcripts, and summaries in the Life-Records collection: Public Record Office - Chancery and Calendar, Exchequer, Ipswich Records

Box 129

Index of all photostats, transcripts, and summaries in the Life-Records collection: British Museum, miscellaneous depositories; Index to subject matter of the documents, reports, and notes in the Life-Records, A-Z

Box 130

Index to references to the Chaucer Society edition of the Life-Records published after 1900, arranged by the Chaucer Society Life-Records numbers

Box 131

Index to Supplementary Life-Records, A-Z

Series IV: Reference and Published Material for Chaucer Research Project Laboratory

Box 132   Folder 1

Chaucer Society, Life-Records of Chaucer I-III, 1875-1886

Box 132   Folder 2

Chaucer Society, Life-Records of Chaucer IV - Volume belonging to John M. Manly, with notes and annotations, 1900

Box 132   Folder 3

Chaucer Society, Life-Records of Chaucer I-IV - Used by Lilian J. Redstone and others in London - Includes annotations, notes, correspondence, 1900-1955

Box 132   Folder 4

Griffith, Dudley David, A Bibliography of Chaucer, 1908-1924 - Copy belonging to Mabel Dean, 1926

Box 133   Folder 1

Hammond, Eleanor Prescott, Chaucer: A Bibliographical Manual - Annotated copy belonging to John M. Manly, 1908

Box 133   Folder 2

Hammond, Eleanor Prescott, "A Scribe of Chaucer," Modern Philology - Reprint, 1929

Box 133   Folder 3

Hulbert, James Root, Chaucer's Official Life, 1912

Box 133   Folder 4

Hulbert, James Root, Chaucer's Official Life - Copy belonging to Mabel Dean, 1912

Box 133   Folder 5

Kern, Alfred Allan, The Ancestry of Chaucer - Annotated copy belonging to Vincent B. Redstone, 1906

Box 134   Folder 1

Krauss, Russell, "John Heyron of Newton Plecy, Somerset," Speculum, 1935

Box 134   Folder 2

Pratt, Robert, "A Note on Chaucer and the Policraticus of John of Salisbury," Modern Language Notes, 1950

Box 134   Folder 3

Redstone, Lilian J. and Vincent B., "The Heyrons of London: A Study in the Social Origins of Geoffrey Chaucer," Speculum, 1937

Box 134   Folder 4

Redstone, Vincent B., "The Chaucer-Malyn Family, Ipswich" - Offprint and notes, circa 1926

Box 134   Folder 5

Redstone, Vincent B., "Some Mercenaries of Henry of Lancaster, 1327-1330," The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Reprint, 1913

Box 134   Folder 6

Rickert, Edith, "Chaucer at School," Modern Philology - Reprint, 1932

Box 134   Folder 7

Rye, Walter, Chaucer: A Norfolk Man, 1915-1916

Box 134   Folder 8

Spelling dictionary for Canterbury Tales - Belonging to Mabel Dean [1/2], 1935

Box 134   Folder 9

Spelling dictionary for Canterbury Tales - Belonging to Mabel Dean [2/2], 1935

Series V: Photographs and Lantern Slides

Box 134   Folder 10

Photographic negatives - Chaucer Research Project staff and manuscripts, 1929

Box 134   Folder 11

Photograph - Chaucer Research Project staff, 1929

Box 134   Folder 12

Photographs - Da Penitencia, Sloane 1009, undated

Box 134   Folder 13

Photographs - Stonyhurst B XXIII (St) - Melibeus, p. 1-14, October 14, 1946

Box 134   Folder 14

Photographs of seals and photographic negatives of illustrations, undated

Box 134   Folder 15

Photograph - Seals of John and Agnes Chaucer, undated

Box 134   Folder 16

Photographs - Plan and section of the vault at corner of St. Mary Aldermary churchyard, undated

Box 135

Glass negative (broken) - Pedigree of Duke Dutton, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Customs House foundations, Woolwharf, 1932

Box 135

Lantern slide - Customs House foundations, Woolwharf, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Customs House foundations, Woolwharf, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Colchester, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Deanery of Winchester Tower, Windsor, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Carlisle?, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Caxton, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Rome, undated

Box 135

Lantern slide - Add. Ms. 39843

Series VI: Artifacts

Box 136

Manuscript fragment, [used to tie a manuscript roll?], undated

Box 136

Canterbury Pilgrim Token, St. Thomas Becket, cast from the original mold in the British Museum, undated

Box 136

Canterbury Pilgrim Bottle (reproduction), 1918

Box 136

Pilgrim Bottle (reproduction), 1920

Box 136

Five seals of Thomas Chaucer (reproductions), undated

Box 136

Brick fragment