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61. Harley MS 4855

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4855
Title:
Nova statuta, 1 Edward III to 6 Henry IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-171v: Nova statuta, from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v); beginnning with a list of chapters (ff. 1-29); written in Law French with Latin headings. The manuscript contains later additions: f. [iii]recto (paper pastedown): Note for the binder on a p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1393-c 1404
Extent:
1 volume

62. Harley MS 4871

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4871
Title:
Statutes of England, 1327-1442
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-223v: The Statutes of England from the 1st year of the reign of King Edward III (1327/8) to the 20th year of the reign of King Henry VI (1441/2); written in French with headings in Latin. Decoration: 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red in a frame of red penwork decoration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1442
Extent:
1 volume

63. Harley MS 4975

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4975
Title:
English statute book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-130v: English statutes, including 'Summa Fet Asaver', 'Carta H. reg. de libertabus Anglie', 'Carta eiusdem de foresta', 'Sententia lata super cartas', 'Dictum de Kevill.', 'Provisiones de Merton', 'Statuta Marlebergie', 'Statuta Westmonasterii Prima', 'Statuta de Judaismo', 'St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

64. Harley MS 5012

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5012
Title:
Pleas of the Crown from the reigns of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-141r: Pleas of the Crown (Placita) from the reigns of Edward II (years 13 and 18) and Edward III (years 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16); written in Law French. The manuscript contains a later addition; f. 141v: Short tract comparing the World to a chessboard, beginning: 'Mundus ist...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

65. Harley MS 5088

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5088
Title:
Pleas of the Crown 38 to 43 Edward III, 5 Henry V, and 4 to 19 Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-173v: Pleas of the Crown (Placita Coronae) from 38 to 43 Edward III [1364-1370], 5 Henry V [1417/8] and from 4 to 19 Henry VI [1425-1441]. Written in Law French, with marginal annotations in Latin. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*verso (parchment pastedown): ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

66. Harley MS 5134

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5134
Title:
Britton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Britton, the earliest summary of the laws of England in French, purportedly written by command of King Edward I and uncertainly attributed to John le Breton [Bretun] [John Brito] (d. 1275), justice and bishop of Hereford. Contents: ff. 2*verso-4*verso: T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

67. Harley MS 5144

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5144
Title:
Year Book for the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-254r: Year Book, containing the Term reports in Law French for the reigns of King Henry IV (years 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14) and King Henry V (years 9, 2 and 1). The manuscript contains a few later additions from the late 15th or early 16th century: f. 1*verso: Medical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

68. Harley MS 5145

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5145
Title:
Year Books for the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-186r: The Year Books of 5 Henry V; 2 Henry IV; 3 Henry IV; 1 Henry V; 3 Henry IV; 9 Henry V; 11 Henry IV; 14 Henry IV; 19 Henry VI; written in Law French with Latin headings by various hands. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r (parchment pastedown): A (?) table ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

69. 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

70. 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