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911. 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

912. 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

913. 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

914. 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

915. Harley MS 5156

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5156
Title:
Collection of law cases and notes on law lectures
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13v: Law cases in French and English; with on f. 12v the inscription: 'The Lawe off the Lord Resete in oure hartes Amen'. f. 14r: 'Damasus papa in epistola ad Jeronimum i'. ff. 15r-23v: Notes on lectures on Law by Reginald Corbell, written in French, dated to 1552, headed: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1552-c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

916. 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

917. Harley MS 5165

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5165
Title:
Index of Letters Patent from the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-3v: A reference table of counties in England and Wales in the Letters Patent, with page references provided for Essex only. ff. 4r-10r: 'Patents of Concealements in Queene Elizabeths tyme' [up to 31 Elizabeth I], followed by similar documents from the reign of Henry VIII. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

918. Harley MS 5177

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5177
Title:
Collection of heraldic and historical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of heraldic and historical texts that were produced separately. The different components date from the late 16th century and early 17th century. Contents: f. 1*recto (parchment pastedown): '1565 Rychmond Herould'. ff. 1r-75r: 'The Plea betweene the Advo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

919. Harley MS 5194

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5194
Title:
Book of Forests
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Table of contents: 'The Contents of this Booke'. f. 2r: Letter by William Fletewood to Nicholas Bacon (b. 1510, d. 1579), dated 8 June 1571. ff. 3r-38r: 'A treates upon fforestes, Parkes, Chases and ffree warrens'. ff. 39r-48v: 'A charge of the Justyce of the fforests'. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1571
Extent:
1 volume

920. Harley MS 5213

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5213
Title:
English writs and statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-84v: Writs from the royal chancery ('Registrum Brevium cancellariae domini regis'); written in Latin. ff. 85r-163v: English statutes ('Statuta vetera'); beginning imperfectly in the Statuta de Merton; and followed by other statutes, including the Statuta de Marleberge; Statu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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