Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Language: Latin - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 946
Title:: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-248r: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna (ff. 191v-229v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 947
Title:: Collection of statutes and writs
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-86v: Vetera Statuta. ff. 87r-106v: Nova Statuta (Statutes of Edward III only). ff. 107r-169r: Novae Narrationes. ff. 170r-304r: Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III () with added texts and notes (ff. 304v-309r).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 947, ff 1r-86*v
Title:: Vetera Statuta
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-4r: Carta de libertatibus Angliae, known as the Magna Carta, confirmed by Edward on 28 March 1298 (29th year of his reign), imperfect at the beginning, incipit: 'custodiis archiepiscopatuum, episcopatuum, abbatiarum, prioratuum'. ff. 4r-6r: Carta de libertatibus foreste (Carta de Foresta...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 14th century
Extent:: 86 folios + 9

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 947, ff 87r-106*v
Title:: Nova Statuta (Statutes of Edward III only)
Scope & Content:: Statutes of Edward III, king of England, from the years 1327-1335, including: ff. 87r-89r: Statute of Westminster V. ff. 89r-92v: Statute of Westminster VI. ff. 92v-96r: Statute of Northampton. ff. 96r-100r: Statute of Westminster VII. ff. 100r-103v: Statute of Westminster VIII. ff. 103v-1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 14th century
Extent:: 20 folios + 3 unfoliated leaves.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 947, ff 107r-169r
Title:: Novae narrationes
Scope & Content:: Novae narrationes, a compilation in Anglo-Norman French (with titles in Latin) presenting the forms of pleading in courts, composed in the second half of the reign of Edward I (r. 1272-1307) and later supplemented with new formulas. This mauscript includes the type C of the Novae Narrationes, wi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 14th century
Extent:: 63 folios + 1 unfoliated leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 947, ff 170r-309r
Title:: Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III wioth added text and notes
Scope & Content:: Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III (ff. 170r-304r) with added texts and notes (ff. 304v-309r), including: a writ by Edward III concerning annulment of records in Ireland (ff. 304v-305r). a court verdict against Thomas Layvage (Lainage?) accused of treason in Ireland (ff. 30...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:: 231 folios + 2 unfoliated leaves

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 948
Title:: Rule of St Benedict; Carta Caritatis; agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey, 1142; agreement between Waverley Abbey and Furness Abbey; Instituta Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: List of chapters in the Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Capitula Regule Sancti Benedicti'. ff. 3r-43v: The Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Regule Sancti Benedicti Abbatis'. ff. 43v-49r: Carta Caritatis. ff. 49v-51r: Agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 949
Title:: A subject index for a work on canon law
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-131r: A subject index for a work on canon law.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 951
Title:: A genealogy of English kings, from Alfred the Great to Henry III
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. [1]recto-[3]recto: ‘A Genealogie of Kings from Alfred to Henry the Third’; probably copied from a medieval genealogical roll. Decoration: Roundels in brown ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 roll

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