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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1210
Title:: Law statutes for England
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains law texts from England in Latin and French that were probably written in the late 15th century. Other law texts were added in the final decade of the 15th century and early 16th century. In the same period, a Middle English poem, instructions, recipes and notes were adde...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1214
Title:: Law statutes for England
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-109v: Law statutes for England, in Middle French. Decoration: Small (one-line) initials highlighted in red, some with foliate penwork decoration in brown ink. Cadels with zoomorphic or anthropomorphic figures (ff. 22v, 23v, 27v). Drawings in brown ink added to the margins (...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1259
Title:: Collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Carta Foresta. ff. 5r-6r: Sententia Excommunicationis Lata in Transgressores Cartarum. ff. 6r-8r: Consuetudines et assisae de Foresta. ff. 8r-9v: Summa de antiquo Dominico Corone. ff. 9v-10v: Statutum Religiosorum. ff. 10v-15r: Statutum Wyntonie. ff. 15r-19v: S...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1261
Title:: Royal statutes from 1 Edward III to 7 Richard II
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-271r: Royal statutes (Nova Statuta), from 1 Edward III (ff. 13-217) to 7 Richard II (ff. 217-271), containing a table of contents (ff. 1r-12r) and the statutes (ff. 13r-171r); written in Law French, but with Latin rubrics. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [276]re...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1383
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1311
Title:: Nova Statuta for 1-38 Edward III, and other legal texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Nova Statuta for 1-38 Edward III (1327-1365); written in Law French with headings in Latin. ff. 77r-79r: 'Judicium Rogeri de Mortuo Mari'. ff. 79r-79v: 'Judicium Simonis de Bereford'. f. 79v: 'De Restitutione Terrarium in Manibus Regis captarum'. ff. 79v-80r: 'De Q...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1365-c 1375
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1348
Title:: Statutes of William the Bastard; genealogical diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and family tree from Aethelberht to Edward III
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Statutes of William the Bastard, written in Latin, beginning: 'Hic eciam intimatur quid Wilhelmus Rex Anglorum cum principibus suis consituit post conquistcionem [sic] Anglie'. ff. 9r-18v: A genealogical circular diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, followed by a family tr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1678
Title:: Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-334v: Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II (r. 1377-1399). The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1r-11v: a table of contents; added in the 15th century. ff. 336v and 337v: added entries, one in French; written in the 15th century. Decoration: Large i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1420-c 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1690
Title:: Statutes of England; Ralph of Hengham, Summa Parva and Summa Magna; Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Lists of chapters of statutes in this manuscript. ff. 3r-5v: 'Statutum de Marleberge'. ff. 5v-11v: 'Statutum Westmonasterii primum'; written in French. ff. 11v-12r: 'Districciones Scaccarij'; written in French. ff. 12r-13v: 'Statuta de Scaccario'; written in French. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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