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81. Harley MS 739

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 739
Title:
Copies from the yearbooks of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: A table of contents. ff. 1r-44r: The yearbook of King Edward II, covering the following years of his reign: 19, 1-15. ff. 44r-328v: The yearbook of King Edward III, covering the following years of his reign: 1-11. Decoration: The manuscript contains several later addi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

82. Harley MS 741

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 741
Title:
Collection of secular and ecclesiastical statutes from the reign of Edward III, including charters relating to the city of Cork
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-1*verso: An erased legal text. f. 1*verso: Table of contents. ff. 1r-1v: Statutum editum apud Westmonasterium anno primo Regis Edwardi II'. ff. 1r-2r: Statutum de Querela editum anno primo Regis Edwardi III. ff. 2r-3r: Statutum editum apud Norhampton anno 2 Regis E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

83. Harley MS 751

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 751
Title:
Extracts of statutes from the reigns of Henry III and Richard II; statutes of Henry IV and Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Nova Statuta, comprising extracts of statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II; written in Law French with headings in Latin. ff. 20r-35r: Alphabetical subject index. ff. 36r-42v: 'Statuta de anno primo R. Henrici Quarti'. ff. 42v-51v: 'Statuta R. Henrici ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

84. Harley MS 773

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 773
Title:
Formulary
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript of 15th century legal and administrative documents copied to serve as models for a scribe. Contents: f. iir is a scrap of paper pasted onto an unfoliated modern endleaf, bearing the note: '12 Nou: 1661 / at the shop agst Mr Littlebury'. ff. iiir-v is a scrap of parchmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

85. Harley MS 838

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 838
Title:
Collection of heraldic and genealogical works, including Mirabilia Orientis, Mirabilia Anglie, and a Middle English translation of Christine de Pizan's Epistre d'Othéa; Annales Cambriae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two distinct parts that were copied separately and joined together at an unknown point before the manuscript reached the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-95r) contains heraldic works, chronicles and other historical items, and one of the two extant independen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

86. Harley MS 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 861
Title:
Compilation of texts relating to English claims to the French throne
Scope & Content:
A compilation of texts detailing English claims to the French throne and Anglo-French treaties during the Hundred Years War, compiled by Thomas Beckington (c. 1390-1465), bishop of Bath and Wells. The manuscript dates to sometime after 1443, when Beckington became bishop. The focus on the claims...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1461
Extent:
1 volume

87. Harley MS 867

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 867
Title:
Statutes from Henry III to Richard II
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains statutes from the reigns of Henry III to Richard II. For an item-level description of the statutes included in this manuscript, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, I (1808), pp. 463-64. Contents: ff. 4*recto-7*verso: Table of statutes for Henry II. ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

88. Harley MS 869

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 869
Title:
Collection of English statutes, including Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, and Britton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-6r: Chapter lists for English statutes. ff. 7r-8v: Magna Carta. ff. 8v-9v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 9v-10r: Statutum de Foresta. ff. 10r-10v: Consuetudines Foreste. ff. 10v-11r: Confirmacio Cartarum per Regis Edwardi I. ff. 11r-11v: Sententia lata super Cartas (1253)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

89. Harley MS 915

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 915
Title:
Customary of Normandy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-106v: Customary laws of Normandy; written in Norman French. Decoration: 1 large (f. 1r) and 1 small (f. 4r) puzzle initial in blue and red. Small initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in red or green. Cadels with zoomorphic or anthropomorphic faces, and arms, on ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

90. Harley MS 945

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 945
Title:
Statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-11v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Edward Tercij'. ff. 11v-14v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Ricardi Secundi'; ending: 'Plus in fine libri' (reference to f. 256v). ff. 15r-181v: Statutes of 1-50 Edward III (1327–1377); written in French. ff. 181v-257r: Statutes of 1-13 Richard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390
Extent:
1 volume

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