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Henley, Walter of, fl 1260 (writer on agriculture)

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Dates

  • Existence: fl 1260

Biography

Walter of Henley lived in the thirteenth century. 'Husbandry', written in Norman French during the second half of the century, and covering all aspects of the rural economy, is his only known work. Henry Thomas Riley (1816-1878), translator and antiquary, was educated at Charterhouse School, London, and Trinity and Clare Colleges, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1847. Riley worked as an editor and translator, and became an additional inspector of the Historical Manuscripts Commission after its creation in 1869.

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Walter of Henley: 'Hosebondrie'

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4026
Scope and Contents

Transcribed by Henry Thomas Riley from Liber Horn in the Guildhall Library, London. Prefixed are letters from John Willis Clark to Francis Jenkinson, 19 July, no year; and from H.T. Riley to Henry Richards Luard, 20 November 1860. The versos are blank, with the exception of the final folio.

Dates: 1860 (Circa.)
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