Henry Bradshaw (1831 86) was a scholar and librarian renowned for numerous discoveries made whilst investigating the manuscripts and early printed books of the Cambridge University Library. Much of this material was uncatalogued at the time, nevertheless Bradshaw was able to bring to light, among other things, the earliest known Waldensian records. First published in 1889, this volume draws together a large number of his papers and divides them into two sections: the first contains written memoranda; the second contains transcribed speeches originally read out before the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Additionally, there are thirteen illustrations from various books and manuscripts. This is a fascinating text that will be of value to anyone with an interest in early documents or medieval history.

This volume contains the text only of three ordines, Ordo breviarii, Ordo ad Benedicendum Mensam, Ordo Missalis Fratrum Minorum. Haymo of Faversham was an English friar minor, and rose to become the general of the whole order. He worked in Paris, Assisi and Rome from 1230 to 1244, and was employed by Gregory IX in the revision of the Breviary of the Roman Curia, which eventually became the Breviary of the whole Roman Catholic church.