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191. Harley MS 5146

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5146
Title:
Tenurae; Natura Brevium; Novelli Tenores
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a number of collections of legal cases written in Latin and French. It also contains a previously unidentified stanza from the Middle English poem The Court of Sapience, usually attributed to John Lydgate, but here assigned to Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem has only been ide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1483
Extent:
1 volume

192. Harley MS 5155

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5155
Title:
Law cases from the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI ('William Fletewood's Commonplace Book')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: Law cases from the 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 9th and 14th years of the reign of King Henry VI. With contemporary additions on law cases from the reign of 1 Henry V on ff. 52r-54r, 226r-231v; and 'Assis de Annno 8 Henry IV dell duk Deverwyck [York]' on ff. 232r-232v; written in Law F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd or 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

193. Harley MS 5158

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5158
Title:
Book of law cases for the reigns of Henry IV to Henry VI
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three distinct parts that were produced separately. Together the manuscript contains reports on law cases from the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. Contents: Part 1: ff. 3r-17r: Law cases from the time of Henry V and Henry VI [with additions on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1480-c 1560
Extent:
1 volume

194. Harley MS 5159

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5159
Title:
Year books of King Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-279v: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, recording pleas held during the 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 35th years of his reign (1424-1426, 1431-1432, 1435-1437, 1440-1442, 1456-1457). Written in Law French by ‘T. Mull[e]’. The manuscript contains a few later...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1424-1457
Extent:
1 volume

195. Harley MS 5217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5217
Title:
Mirrors for Princes attributed to Olivier de la Marche and Jean de Villiers, dedicated to Philip the Good
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-17r: Olivier de la Marche (b. c. 1425, d. 1502), military advice for a prince ('je me suis delibere de mettre par escript quelle chose cest dun gage de bataille comment le prince et le iuge si doibt conduire selon raison et bonne equite'), dedicated to Philip the Good (r. 1419...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

196. Harley MS 5274

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5274
Title:
John le Breton, Britton
Scope & Content:
Previously catalogued as 'Vetera Statuta' (Ancient Statutes), this manuscript contains a copy of the Britton, the earliest summary of law in England written in French, and being an updated version of Henry Bracton's mid 13th-century De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (Laws and Customs of Engl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

197. Harley MS 5281

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5281
Title:
Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 7r-160r: The Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III. The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1v, 2v: Memorandi for payments, several referring to ‘Ricardus Mancipill’ and ‘Thomas Lyddy[n]’; added in the (?) 16th century. f. 4r: Nomina regum Angliae post Conqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

198. Harley MS 5326

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5326
Title:
Statutes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-25r: 'Nove ordinaciones' from the reign of Edward II. ff. 26r-37v: 'Magna Carta'. ff. 37v-43r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 43r-48v: 'Statuta de Merton'. ff. 48v-61r: 'Statuta de Marlebrigges'. ff. 61r-84r: 'Prima statuta Westmonasterii'. ff. 84r-89v: 'Statuta de Gloucester'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1325
Extent:
1 volume

199. Harley MS 5349

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5349
Title:
Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 100r: A printed indulgence (dated 1508) for those who contribute to the construction of a church dedicated to St Peter, beginning: 'Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

200. Harley MS 5430

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5430
Title:
English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3*r-7*r: A table of contents for the manuscript. ff. 1r-4v: Magna Carta. ff. 4v-6r: The Charter of the Forest (1217). ff. 6r-12v: The Statute of Malborough (1267). ff. 12v-14r: The Statute of Merton (1236). ff. 14r-17r: The Statute of Gloucester (1278). ff. 17r-28r: Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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