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71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. Harley MS 5444

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5444
Title:
Votive masses; Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg, Compendium theologicae veritatis; William of Pagula, Oculus Sacerdotis; Jacobus de Lausanne, Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus and Job
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of four parts that were separately produced and joined together at a later point, possibly in the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) is a single booklet with votive masses that was commissioned by Alicia Lygh (d. in or after 1525) of Chippenham, Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-1503
Extent:
1 volume

78. Harley MS 6644

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6644
Title:
English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A table of contents for the manuscript. ff. 2r-2v: A table of contents for Magna Carta. ff. 4r-10v: Magna Carta de Libertatibus Angliae. ff. 10v-13v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 13v-18r: Statuta de Merton. ff. 18r-29v: Statuta de Marleberge. ff. 29v-55r: The Statute of W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1285-c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

79. Harley MS 6692

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6692
Title:
Iter Londonensis; Vetera capitula itineris Cantuariensis; Placita Corone Kantuariensis; royal letters patent
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: 'Iter Londonensis'; written in Law French; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 4v-6v: 'Vetera capitula itineris Cantuariensis'; including 'Nova Capitula Corone' from the time of the reign of Edward I; written in Latin. ff. 6v-8v: 'Placita Corone Kantuariensis'; written in L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

80. Harley MS 7555

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7555
Title:
List of Parliamentary summons; assizes from the reign of King Edward III; grant and charters relating to the chapel and college of St Mary in the Fields, Norwich
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of parts that were written at different times. Part 1 (ff. 1-32) was written in the 16th century. Part 2 (ff. 33r-64v) was written in the middle or 2nd half of the 14th century. Part 3 (ff. 66r-72r) was written in 1546. Part 4 (ff. 74r-77v) was written in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1350-1546
Extent:
1 volume