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1. Cotton Ch II 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 26
Title:
Bundle of fragmentary letters addressed to Edward II
Scope & Content:
A bundle of 48 fragmentary letters addressed to Edward II, including: f. 1: From Philip V of France. f. 2: Regarding Henry of Lancaster. f. 3: From an unidentified sender, written 22 January. f. 4: From Philip V of France concerning a marriage. f. 5: Petition to Edward II. f. 6: Regarding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1307-1327
Extent:
1 bundle

2. Cotton Ch IV 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 9
Title:
Receipt that Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford, has delivered valuables to the Tower of London for the coronation of Edward III
Scope & Content:
Receipt that Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford (r. 1317-1327) and Treasurer, in the presence of Walter de Norroy, baron of the Exchequer, has delivered to the Tower of London and Sir Robert Woodhouse, Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, by the hands of Orleton's clerk, Sir John of Houton, plate and va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1327
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton Ch IV 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 23
Title:
Complaint by Thomas of Folsham and Joan, his wife, to the king that they have been unlawfully disinherited
Scope & Content:
Recto: Complaint by Thomas of Folsham and Joan, his wife, to the king and his council that John of Londham, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and Robert Hovel have erased and amended a suspicious and defective brief of mort d’ancestor. The bearer of this brief, John son of Robert Pollard of Wethde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1328-1330
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Harley MS 267

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 267
Title:
Miscellany of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
A composite scientific manuscript of at least six parts (ff. 1-2, 3-9, 10-15, 16-23, 24-174, 175-235) that were produced at different locations and periods of time between c. 1300 and c. 1400. Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A computistical text. ff. 3r-9v: Gregory the Great, Gospel lections. ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 395
Title:
Statutes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-5v: 'Magna Carta'. ff. 5v-8r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 8r-8v: 'Sententia Excommunicationis lata post confectionem Cartarum'. ff. 8v-11r: 'Provisiones de Merton'. ff. 11r-18r: 'Statuta de Marleberge'. ff. 18r-31v: 'Statutum Westmonasterii primum'. ff. 31v-35r: 'Statut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 431

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 431
Title:
Collection of papers and letters from the circle of John Prophete
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-124r: Collection of letters and historical documents from the circle of John Prophete [Prophet] (b. 1356, d. 1416), Secretary to King Henry VI, Keeper of the Privy Seal and Dean of Hereford and York. The collection's materials are concerned largely with resolving the Schism, especially w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 529

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 529
Title:
A collection of English statutes; Henry Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An untitled legal tract in Law French, beginning: '[D]e quo warento'. ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents for De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae. ff. 2v-3r: Two legal tracts in Latin, entitled 'Statutum de bigamis' and 'tractatus corone'. ff. 3v-4r: A table of contents for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 572

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 572
Title:
Juridical annals from the reign of Edward II, 1308-1314
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-201v: Juridical annals from the reign of Edward II, 1308-1314.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 668

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 668
Title:
A collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-435v: A book of English statutes from Edward III to Edward IV. Decoration: 2 puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 143r, 194v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 673

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 673
Title:
Laws and statutes of England; Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie; Natura Brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: Laws and statutes of England. f. 101r-v: Erased inscriptions, possibly originally a flyleaf. ff. 102r-115v: Statute of Ruddlan. ff. 116r: Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie (The Genealogy of Llywelyn of Wales). ff. 117r-130v: Natura Brevium (a treatise on English...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume