Middle English Bibliography Entry

Letters of the Cely Family (etc.)

Entry Info

Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, Public Record Office (or UK National Archives) S.C. 1.53 .
LALME: vol. 1. 131. PRO SC 1.53 (whole volume). "The language of Richard Cely betrays a northern upbringing. The language of the other main correspondents is mainly London in basis, but contains various forms to be associated rather with Kent, Sussex, and Surrey." London.
London, Public Record Office (or UK National Archives) S.C. 1.59 .
London, Public Record Office (or UK National Archives) C.47, Bundle 37, Files 10-16 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Cely Letters, 1472-1488, ed. A. Hanham, Early English Text Society, Original Series 273 (1975).
MED title stencils and sources:
PRO [various]
  • (v.d.) Let.Cely (PRO [var.]) The Cely Letters, 1472-1488, ed. A. Hanham, Early English Text Society, Original Series 273 (1975).Referenced by page, letter, and line. Note: In print MED, use of the Cely letters was confined to the first two items; e-MED has felt free to quote items 1-225, in keeping with the MED's latter-day policy of including documents up till the accession of the Tudors.

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