Analysis of the dialect in the carols on the roll imply that the scribe was from South Norfolk: the inclusion of Deo Gratias Anglia referencing Henry V's victory at Agincourt in 1415 gives an indication of the time frame of the composition of the carols. Some sources, for example J.A. Fuller Maitland suggest that carols were all composed by the same hand, but whether this was the scribe is unknown.Fuller Maitland, J. A., ed., English carols of the fifteenth century: from a MS. roll in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (London, 1891), vii–viii
