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The ther over, o f. 68, contain more memoranda f
et Copies os R. Besides H there are Caius College, Cambri e S l. 'Gervasit Tilburiensis de
necessariis caccarii l observandis dialogus. Seventeenth century. This contains an extraci rom Bale a ut Gervase of Tilbury. Bodleian Libra , LIS. Laud Misc. 654. 'Dialogus de caccario et ejus ossiciariis,' c. his S is imperfeci ending iththe words cum autem in manu ' II. Io D). It is unusuali large 13l κ. II n, and was apparently ritie at the Exciteque early in the ixteenth century. The hapter headings have no aliaeensilied in and the las si leaves are blank. The book has a roughparchment coVer, and probabi Wasince astened With a trap. 3. Copies of N. This is the mos numerous grou of MSS., and the majorityPOSSe S a distinctive character, ein apparenti derive Dom
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Britas Museum, S. Harte 3887. Tabularius et eruasi Tilburiensis de necessariis caccari observandis accurate et per- bene digestis in duobus libris. Britas Museum, S. Add. II 625. An imperfeci S. containing however, the Inde Rerum Presented by Si Henr Ellis. Bodleian Libras, IIS Bodle 87a entille 'Gervasius Tilburiensis. I 647 Bodleian Librao MS. RaWlinson D. 349. On aper. Folio.
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These are ali modern transcriptS.
e instea of the diphthong e. e have attache no importanceto the pellingis an os the MSS. Where the readiniis doubtialwe have considere the evidence of N anx combinexas lightly superior to that os C alone; ut in the absenc os agreement belween Mand R, have almos invariabi followed C, and have considere the agreement of C With ither conclusive
Ne have been nable to regar certain passages a forming par of the origina argument of the reatiSe ou exclusion is based sor the mos par on hiStorical o logica incompatibilitybetween the paris exclude and the res of the realise Oncea passage in iiset suspicious is variousi placed in tw of ou three AISS.; ut asin rule the MSS. agre in the insertio of the passages e regardis interpolationS. e re not however, o undio assume that the archetype of X and C was a copy rom theoriginal AIS. itficit margina notes inserte at the potnis at whicli the occurred. e ma assume the origines US. to have been completedie re April, II 79 the date se is approximatelyI23 I 246. e have a moSt to place two intermediate IIS S. Withi fisty-two ears, an alio time so the secon to e come
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ossicials Copies made unde Such Condition are at nee more an les accurate than others more accurate ecause the aremore intelligenti made, les accurate because the copyis is anxiousto include ali the information in the S. before im, and wil pay litti hee to trivia mistahes an alterations that ill not eada reade astra in practica use All the earlier SS. os the realisewere probabi of the Lind here described. At the fame timem do
the passages, have bracheted exhibit these qualities in an eminent degree, and are so that reason highi suspicious. Our deasing illi the hapter eadings est on a disserent ground The od os the reatis contains ne reserences to chapter heading, but examination,ill how that is his is anythingbut a gloss, it is a resereno to a division os hapters other hantha no existing. Again the eadings differ in candi, theoni MSS. containing them, and differ also rom the content tables in the three MSS. Whicli disse amon themselves. J IOreoVer, at the eginning o Boo II there are marhed traces os a different arrangement of the text. Upon suci evidenc it is dissiculi toavoid serious doub as to the genuinenes of the existin divisions. In orde to retain the familia reserences to the reati se e have place the numbers of the hapter o the margin os the texi, but in Ou arrangement os paragraphs e have aidis heed tothem. The se emendations e have made are discusse in their
The accepted ille os the treatise, 'Dialogus de caccario, seemst be due to a misunderstanding of the litte-page prefixed by Madoxio his edition, but it has now passed into common Se anxi con-Venient. The author speah of his book a bein 'de necessariis obServantiis Scaccarii. Most catalogues of JUSS. use this titie, and ad loci the informatio that Gervase of Tilbur is the author.
I x. in titulo de libro iudiciario.'
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Non os the ou earli est MSS has an contemporar titie or any
It is notaeas to understandio this treatis came to e attributed
passed unde that nam for many years, sor hat reasona did nothnow. He proceed to ho that Gervase of Tilbur cannot beidentified illi Gervas de Thesauro, ho was an ossice of the Receipt of the Exciteque in the early years of Henry II. It is,however, improbable that the mistahe rose sto any Suchidentificationi confusion The mos probabie explanation is that the wor calle Tricolumnis, hicli the author of the Dialogus Speah os as his own has in ome way been conised illi the His oria Triparti ai Gervase of Tilbury. ut eve so tende athread os connexion is carcet necessary. Cohe Firs os . p. 3), Who quotes the Dialogus repeatedly, refers to the author a. Ocham.'No a Cohe ne the date of the realise, an ought to have
known the date os illiam of Ochliam, it was a ad lunde toliave confused the two. Supposing Coherio' meret quotin thetille of the II S. hicli e sed, e must regar the originalattributio of that JUS a purei arbitrary It would e possibieto quot instances rom the histor os EnglislimSS. os quaily
But there is no dissiculi in assigning the reatis to iis me author, and Mado has the credit os sirs establishing the ac that the writer of the reatis Was Richard Bisho of London, basingliis argument upo the assertionis Alexander de Sweresor in the Red Book of the Exciteque δ. It is no intended in his introduction to deal a length with the lis of the author It is sussicient topoint out that Richard was the son ' os Nigel, Bishopi Ely, howas himself the nephew o sonis Roger, Bishomo Salisbury, and the brother of Alexander, Bisho os incoln. Ali these menbelonge a once to the hierarch of the Church and of the administration As a member of the family, proud of theirmames the repositor os an inheri ted nowledge , it a natura that heshould isti, lihe his sather, hom e calis the Esdras of the
Nec eiusdem successor ossicii Ricardus Londoniensis episcopus, licet in sui libelli tractatu superius multa de negociis Scaccari degereret. Lib. Rub. f. xlviii a. f. algo ibid. f. ccxxxij a. Pipe Rod I meum II p. 222 Abraham Iudeus clamavit quietum Ricardum Thesaurarium de plegiis debiti patris sui episcopi Eliensis.' The nam was Letoer Dialomus I. vii C. Id quod habemus per traducem accepimus. Ibid.
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os that office Hex heri e assura September io. I
the Lin and Becket arul ther that clie
ltae, in li emerges into, . iter in the debat be tween stat
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partis Ovidie had also read te his own Latin verse is unciassical
truste to som Summa, Orremember that he was ali his Khomi quotes once I. Prol. A.), Psome of the ag Whose origin edue to the se os book os quota- vhicli are no vnfrequent, are due As a cleri , he was familiar,ith the the Psalms, at ever opportunity. so the Diges h seem to have ectio os Brocards. ut is ei the compan os the foremostmen of his time, e hal the et hesitate to attribute much os his learning to the opportunities lilgive to him. The storeae etsb ossicia tradition accounts Onc sor his nowledge an his misconceptions. hogether i ta be Summe u as a man os assairs, liberali educate a no in enough to do his orhintelligently He is in no Sesti, dearne man. Nevertheles tw, resererices i the Dialogus might seem to fhowhim in the character os an al
becaus it was in three colius concerning the Englisti Chii The Tricolumnis, he says, 'is. Containing the threesold history
rebellion os his son in II 74 3 canaetiold of this book do both pleasan and profitable tois the tone os an eideri man,rmance of hich e is ather prisin to ear at a later date of the hing's conduci during the 2hius have been ritte Whenthe author as atready ove fori ear os age, and was jus about to egi the composition os flui Dialogus Attempis have been
made to reconcile the two litora to remat apparent. Itos a finished historical orta; been maderio identis it amons
i laci, inconsistent illi the idealeed has an successsul attemptthronicies that have come doWn
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Exchequer, o suppi his colleagues' ac os experiences an to correct suci achel incorrect 4lews. The sollowin brie shelchos his career is ni intende to illustrate his qualifications for thetask. He wasior bessire II 33 In II 3 and again in II chewas a prisone in Stephen's and as a hostage sor his ather. There is ground o suppos that ou years aster the accession OsHenry II in 1158, Nige of Ely purchased the office of treasurersoriis son , and tris clea that by II 6 Richard was in possessionos that ossice He cannot thus have been much more tha thirtywhen e assume this ossice, hici he hel unti his death on September Io, I98. A to his ecclesiastica career, his atherappotnted hi Archdeaconi Ely in 116o, andae administered these durin his ather' sichnes homo 16oto II 69. Heiecame Canon fit Paups and Deanis Lincoln besore 1184, and in II 86he was ne of the three candidates selected by the hapter so the Vacant See. On Sept. 5, II 89 the chapter os t. Paurs elected him Bishomos London illi the hings consent, andae a conSecrated an enthrone o December I in that ear of his political activit litile is recorded. Oni once, in II 93, he emerge intolight as adherini to Huber Walter in the debat belween that primate an St. Hugh, Bisho of Lincoln. ut eano nothingo his conduci during the eign os Henry II. His political unimportanc fave hi sto any concer in the dispute betweentheain and Becket an in the later troubles of the rei gn, onlygather that he stood steadit by the in and administere his deparimen as et ache could He is ni known to have actedonce a Justice in Eyre, vig. in I 19 in EsSeX. I rem ain to conside his intellectual quipment This asrather that os an educate Churchma than os a pro uia scholar, a may be Seen is comparing the Dialogus illi the works os Joh os Salisbury. The language, though somewhat affecte in places, is generali straightirwardissicia Latin, ithout an trace of classica construction. The literar allusion Suggest that theauthoria rea Priscian II. xxviii. B an Isidore I xiii xiv in the ourse of his ordinar studies. He quote Horace reely,
For the authorities in suppor of the fossoWin dates se Liebemann,
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partis Ovidie had also read but his own Latin verse is unciassicaland clumSy. His acquaintance illi Seneca, homi quotesinoe I. Prol. Α.), is probabi oni second-hand and some os the tag Whose origin ehave been unable to trace, may be due to the se of book os quotations. His logical Xpressions, hicli are no vnfrequent, are due directi or indirecti to Boethius. As a clerk, he was lamiliar With the Vulgate, Whichie quotes, especialty the PSalms, at ever opportunity. Heiad read thes stamus; ut so the Diges h seem to have truste to som Summa, o collectio os Brocards. ut is eremember that he was alliis lis in the compan os the foremostmen os his time, e hal thecies hesitate to attribute much os his learning to the opportunities thusalven to him. The storeae etsb ossicia tradition accounts at once sor his nowledge an his misconceptions. Altogetherae may be Summe u a a man fassalas, liberali educate and nowin enough to do his orhintelligently He is in no sense a learne man. Nevertheles two reserences in the Dialogus might seem to fhowhim in the character os an author. The Tricolumnis, he says, 'isa book whicli I wrote in myIouth, containing the three id historyo England unde Henry II. an calle it the Tricolumnis, becaus it was in three columns. In theirst colum I put matters concerning the Englisli Church, and om papa bulis in thesecon colum I placed the great deed os the hing, hicli are past lies me hird colum contain many matters public and priVate, and Some legat proceedings. Dyo canae hold of this book dono lose the opportunit it villae both pleasan and profitable tostudent of the reign. No this is the tone os an eideri manlookin bach on a outhful persormance of hich e is ather proud. It is, heresore, ather surprisin to ear at a later date that this book contains an account of the hing's conduci during the rebellio of his son in II hichius have been ritten henthe author as atready ver sori years of age, and was jus about to egi the compositio of the Dialogus. Attempis have been made to reconcile the two passages 'lut the contradictio seemst u to remat apparent. It is in laci, inconsistent illi the idea of a finished historical work nor indeed has an Successsul attemptbee maderio identis it among the chronicies that have come down
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to S. Ouriwn viem, hicli, put forWard With ome dissidence, is that w ought to se in the Tricolumnis ni the register-book of Richard Fitg-Neal in Whichae et down anything that interestedhim. Such a book would probabi remat in the Exciteque and would there peristi by use or neglect a S many Exchequer regiSters have perished. The clites dissiculi os his te is the worx edidi 'in therars passage quote above. Ut no vie of the passages is De sto dissiculty, and it is hard o suppos that this book was everpublislied in the modem sense of the word. Probably edidi 'means litile more than ,rote, compiled, though condidi Would
have been more natural in thi SenSe.
It has been objecte to this te that the Trico nis asdescribe seem to have been rather a literar than an ossicialcomposition. The ordinar in os ossiciat crap-book it ma bereadii granted, oes no resemble the Tricolumnis. ut it maylairly be urged that there is roo sor man books etween theextreme types of the finished chronicie and the casua note-book. Our main contention is that the Tricolaninis Was sar removed stomethefirs of these; ut at the fame time in care of Selection, in orderit neSs os arrangement, an even in literar style it ma have beensa above the second. I cannot have been a continuous historical
In attemptin to estimate the credibilit os the Dialogus de
Maccario the perSonal Character education, and career of the authormus not e los sight os. In matters of histor his own personalevidenc is no doub good e g. When e quote precedent for Exciteque deci Sions. His ther statemenis, hen their origincannot be distincti traced have the alue, or ather the orth-lessness, o ossicia tradition. The cannot be accepte Without corroboration, and Sometimes here an independent test is applicabie a in his account os the compilingis Domesda Bookhtheyca be hown to have nomea relation to the facis. Again, in matters of actua practice the author' positio at the Exciteque render his evidence conclusive on potnts of atly Occurren e but there are distinc traces os antiquarianis in his descriptions anxit is clea that he osten describe the Exchequeriiset ascit ought to have been rather than ascit as Theclis ofossicer present, or instance, mus have hown Considerable apso many occasions. Where e admittedi digresses beyon his oWn Sphere his evidence, though valvabie, must e received illi