| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 262/add1/7 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 262/add1/49 |
| Date | c 1662 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | Large manuscript volume entitled 'The First Tome of the English Saintes of Kinges & Bishopps in the primitiue times of the Catholique Church when our Countrie of England was gouerned by Heptarchie of seauen Kinges, translated out of Surius Carthusianus his eight tomes of the lifes of Saintes by R[e]ur[en]d Father Brother Bibianus; alias John Bibian Moncke of the holy order of St Birgitt our Holy Mother, reuiued by the helpe & industrie of P: Frey Esteuao of the conception Moncke of the same order, on the 41 yeare of his profession, being 69 yeares of age, borne in An[n]o 1593, the yeare before this Monasterie remoued to Lisboa 1594' |
| Description | Translated and transcibed by Brother John Bibian, a monk of Syon Abbey. Includes a title page and foreword by Father Brother Stephen of the Conception, also known as Henry Mease, a monk of Syon Abbey. The manuscript consisted of loose papers before the death of John Bibian, which were then sorted and bound into two 'tomes' by Henry Mease. |
| Language | English |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |
| Related Material | See EUL MS 262/add1/7 for the 'Second Tome'. |
| Creator_Name | Syon Abbey; 1415-2011; Bridgettine |