Add MS 48033

STATUTES AND TREATISES.

1. f. 1. Chapters of 'Quoniam attachiamenta', numbered lxxxj-lxxxiii, as 48032, f. 235. Latin.

2. ff. 1b-5. 'Incipit quoddam notabile de maritagio. Tractatus immediate post Regiam Maiestatem.', in 18 chapters. Latin and Scots. As 48032, art. 8.

3. f. 5b. Laws of Malcolm Mackenneth, being a prologue and two articles relating to the office of coroner. Latin. In Harley 4700, ff. 177b-178, they are clauses xix and xx of 'notabile de maritagio' (see art. 2 above).

4. ff. 6-9b. Statutes of Robert the Bruce in 20 chapters made in the parliament at Scone, begun 3 Dec. 1318. Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 178b-182. A fuller version is printed in APS, i, pp. 107-114. The colophon (f. 9b) dated Edinburgh, 22 June 1546, also concludes the same text in Glasgow University MS. Murray 548, f. 82; see 48032, art. 16.

5. ff. 10-12. Laws of William I, in 11 chapters (table, f. 10), made in the assembly at Perth; 1184. Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 182-184. A longer version is printed in APS, i, pp. 54-59.

6. ff. 12b-16. Constitutions of William I, in 19 chapters (table, f. 12b). Latin. The first, the charter of William to the burgh of Perth, is printed in APS, i, pp. 76-77. Harley 4700, ff. 184-187b.

7. ff. 16b-21b. Statutes of Alexander II in 29 chapters (table, f. 16b). Mostly printed in APS, i, pp. 67-80*. The statutes begin with a chapter in Scots entitled 'Of assonze of four sisters . . . ', not in the text in Harley 4700, ff. 187b-193.

8. ff. 22-27b. Statutes of Robert I in 34 chapters (table, f. 22). Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 194-200b. Forms of brieve occur at ff. 26-27. Mostly printed in APS, i, pp. 106-114.

9. ff. 28-29. 'Distinctiones curiarum Malcolmi Mackenneth.' Latin. Beg. 'Justiciarius debet esse sapiens'. Six chapters. APS, i, p. xxvi, no. 11.

10. ff. 29b-38b. 'De modo tenendi iter Camerarii' in 35 chapters (table, ff. 29-30b). Latin. Beg. (f. 330b) 'Primo compareant coram Camerario'. Harley 4700, ff. 202-210. Printed with variants in APS, i, pp. 316-318 (c. 35, ff. 37-38b), 330-338.

11. ff. 41-67b. 'Leges Burgorum Scotie' in 160 chapters (table, ff. 41-43). Latin and Scots. Beg. (f. 43b), 'Primo videndum est quod sit redditus.' Included (ff. 63-67b) are: 'Statutum primum Roberti Brucae super recenti deforciatione in burgo'. ff. 63-63b; 'Modus faciendi processum . . . '. ff. 63b-64; 'Gilda Regni Scotie'. ff. 64-66; 'Leges Regis Malcolmi McKennith de feodis officiariorum'. ff. 66-67b. Harley 4700, ff. 87-116. Partly printed in APS, i, pp. 21-44.

12. ff. 67b-70b, 128-130b. Assizes and statutes of David II in 48 chapters. Table, ff. 67b-68b, preceded (f. 67b) by another copy of the heads of cc. 40-48, and a heading, 'The Poyntis belangand to the Wardane Court' (see 48032, art. 9). Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 134-142b. A version of the 'Assize of King David' is printed in APS, i, pp. 5-13; on these laws see also An Introduction to Scottish Legal History, Stair Soc., xx, 1958, p. 6. Also included, f. 68b, are (i) Verses entitled 'Professio merciorum', see APS, i, p. 7, no. 8; (ii) 'Qualiter infeodati' (Harley 4700, f. 135).

13. ff. 71-83. Various tracts. Scots, with headings mostly in Latin. As follows: (a) 'Tractatus post'. f. 71; (b) 'Ad declinandum judicii'. f. 71; (c) 'The measuringe of landis and the countinge of akeris'. ff. 71-71b; (d) 'Consuetudo lawdabilis', beg. with three chapters on tailzies (ff. 71b-72), which occur in Harley 4700, ff. 256-257. ff. 71b-73b; (e) 'Curias Baronum'. ff. 73b-74; (f) 'The juge aw to gar ye det'. ff. 74-75; (g) 'Nota quod in omnibus placitis'. f. 75; (h) 'Nota quod si ballium curie'. ff. 75-82b; (i) 'Heir beginnis ye proces of followinge of secrett borgh'. ff. 82b-83.

14. ff. 86-89. March Laws. Latin and Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 257-262. As follows: (a) Recognisance of the Leges Marchiarum of 1247. Latin. APS, i, pp. 83*-86*. See also 'George Neilson: The March Laws. Part II', ed. T. I. Rae, Stair Soc., xxvi, 1971, pp. 15-24, where the code is printed with a Scots commentary and a modern English translation. ff. 86-87; (b) Report of the Lincluden conference; 18 Dec. 1448. Scots. Printed in APS, i, pp. 350-352, and in Rae, pp. 40-46. ff. 87-89.

15. ff. 89-89b. 'Apud quem vel quos judicium vel judices causa feodi habeat agitari'. Latin and Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 280-281.

16. ff. 89b-90. Form of summons consequent upon a writ of mort d'ancestor. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 281-281b.

17. ff. 90-90b. Reasons for forfeit of tenancy under the common law of Scotland. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 281b-282.

18. ff. 90b-91. Process against a wrongful occupier. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 282-282b.

19. ff. 91-92. 'Tractatus corone'. Latin. APS, i, p. xxiii, no. 32.

20. ff. 92-93. 'Forma defensionis [minoris] etatis'. Scots, with Latin heading. Harley 4700, ff. 282b-284.

21. ff. 93-96b. 'The order and maner of shawinge of haldinge'. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 284-288. Printed from MSS. in the University of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Advocates in Habakkuk Bisset's Rolment of Courtis, ed. P. J. Hamilton Grierson, i, 1920, pp. 300-310.

22. ff. 98-98b. 'Incipit processus purpresture'. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 288b-289b. Printed in Grierson, op. cit., i, pp. 310-313.

23. ff. 99-99b. 'De quatuor modis tenendi terras de rege'. Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 289b-291.

24. ff. 99b-103. 'Heir beginnys the manner and the order of ye falsinge of domes'. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 271b-277.

25. ff. 103-104b. 'Thir are the resonis agane ane dome falsit be ony manner of man'. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 277-279.

26. f. 104b. 'The conditionis of gude jugement'. Scots. Harley 4700, f. 279.

27. f. 105. 'Of the conswetudis and keyis of the court'. Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 279-280.

28. ff. 105b-106. 'Expositiones quorundam vocabulorum in chartis'. Latin. As 48032, art. 1.

29. ff. 106-106b. 'Thir are ye bukis, tretis, processes & lawes conteint in yis volume of regiam maiestatem and Kingis lawis'. Scots. A contents list, probably copied from the exemplar used by the scribe. Most of the items listed appear in 48032 and 48033, although not in the same order.

30. ff. 108-118. Formulary of Scots royal writs, letters patent, etc., entitled 'Sequentur quaedam formae litterarum cancellariae supremi Domini Nostri Regis'; 1406-1542. Latin. 56 items.

31. ff. 132-137. Thirty-two chapters beg. 'De tutoribus et curatoribus', for which see in part APS, i, pp. xxiii, no. 15; xxiv, nos. 42, 43. Latin. The chapters are headed (f. 132) 'Incipit tractatus immediate post Regiam Majestatem', but they are not to be found in the tract so headed, 48032, art. 8.

32. ff. 144-147. Opinion on four questions concerning treason related to events in the reign of Henry VIII; late 16th cent. Annotated by Beale.

Paper; ff. viii + 147 + (75*, 145*). 16th-cent. foliation, 1-127, continued in a 17th-cent. hand f. 128 to end. Folio. Late XVI cent. Written in several hands, of which the principal also occurs in 48032. Bound in a vellum bifolium from a Sarum antiphoner printed at Paris, 1519, 1520; for other MSS. similarly bound, see the Introduction.

Printed Matter: Leaves from a Paris antiphoner used as binding: 1520.

Liturgies LATIN: Leaves from a printed antiphoner used as covers: 1520.

Bindings ENGLISH: Vellum leaves from printed antiphoner (1519-1520) used as cover: mid. 17th cent.

Scotland General: Scottish legal treatises and statutes, etc.,: 16th cent: Chiefly Lat. and Scottish.

Law OF SCOTLAND: `Regiam Majestatem', `Quoniam Attachiamenta' and other legal treatises: late 16th cent: Lat. and Scots.

includes:

• f. 5b Malcolm II of Scotland: On the office of coroner: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 6-9b, 22-27b, 63-63b Robert I of Scotland: Statutes, laws, etc.,: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 10-12, 12b-16 William I of Scotland: Laws and Constitutions, etc.,: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 16b-22b Alexander II of Scotland: Statutes: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 28-29 Malcolm II of Scotland: `Distinctiones curiarum': late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 66-67b Malcolm II of Scotland: `Leges. . .de feodis officiariorum': late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 67b-70b, 128b-130b David I of Scotland: Assize and statutes of: late 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 68b Poetry LATIN: Verses entitled, `Professio merciorum': late 16th cent.
• ff. 87-89 Lincluden, Kirkudbright: Report of the conference at: 1448: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 108-118 Scotland General: Formulary of royal writs, letters patent, etc.,: 1406-1542: Lat: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 144-147 Henry VIII of England: Opinion rel. to treasons in his reign: late 16th cent.