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Information curtesy of James Freeman "parchment sewing guards: these stubs come from a range of sources (two wills, a letter, a glossed text, and a couple of others), but three of them mention settlements in close proximity to Lincoln (Gainsborough x2 and Fillingham) and to where the manuscript was owned in the 19th century and through to its sale (Burton Hall, just on the northern outskirts of Lincoln). The manuscript was owned by Thomas Flower, subchanter of Lincoln Cathedral and fellow of Lincoln College in Oxford, who inscribed his name with the date 1520. I think one could argue that the localised source of the parchment strips suggests that the manuscript was bound in Lincoln or nearby – even that the manuscript was made there. Previously, the origin of north Yorkshire has been proposed on the basis of linguistic evidence – but this is a claim from the 19th century edition, and may be worth re-evaluating. It seems possible that the manuscript has never left the Lincoln area.