Stowe MS 386

STATUTES of the Realm, Law tracts, etc., as follows:-

1. "Carta de Libertatibus Anglie": Magna Carta, as re-issued by Henry III., 11 Feb. 1225. Lat. f. 2.

2. " Carta de Foresta " ; as re-issued in Feb. 1225. Lat. f. 4.

3. Statute of Merton, 1235. Fr. f. 5.

4. " Provisa Oxonie, edita anno r[egis] H[enriei III.] xlvij apparently the re-issue, with alterations, of the Provisions of Westminster, in 1262. Fr. f 6.

5. Statuto of Marlborough, 1267. Fr. f. 8.

6. The treatise " Fet asaver." Fr. f. 11.

7. " Casus curie": writs and forms of procedure in the Curia Regis. Fr. f 20.

8. Statute of Westminster I., 1275. Fr. f 24.

9. Statute of Westminster II., 1285. Lat. f. 32.

10. Statute of Winchester, 1285. Fr. f. 43 b.

11. Statute of Gloucester [1278, but here misdated the 7th year of Edward, i.e. 1279]; with the explanations. Fr. f. 44 b.

12. Statute " de die et anno [bissextili] generally attributed to 1256. Lat. f. 47.

13. Statute of Rageman, 1276. Fr. f 47 b.

14. Statute "Religiosorum," [ 1279]. Lat. f. 47 b.

15. Statute de injusta captione Averiorum," elsewhere entitled " districtiones de scaccario," and printed in the Statutes, i. p. 197, among " les Estatuz del Eschekere," of uncertain date. Fr. f. 48.

16. Statute of Westminster. III., i.e. " Quia emptores," 1290. Lat. f. 50.

17. " Statuta Mareschacie " : the statute entitled " de Pistoribus " in the Statutes (ed. 1810, i. p 202), and there entered as of doubtful date. Here it is preceded by the words " Precepta facta ex parte doimini regis maiori et ballivis comitatus Sussex qui pro tempore fuerant post festum Decollationis S. Johannis Bapt. anno regni regis Edwardi tercio [1275] per magistrum Robertum de Beverley et Johannem de Swyneford id placita mereschaucie tunc assingnatos sub pena c. li. ad opus domini regis observandum." To tliis is appended the " Assisa Panis et Seruisie [Cervisiæ]," at the end of which is a clause, '" De compositione Mensurarum," differing from that given in the Statutes, i. p. 290, and also from that oil p. 204. Lat. f. 50.

18. Statute against Maintenance and Champerty, 1292; to the same effect as that printed among the Statutes, i. p. 216, but in different wording. Fr. f. 52.

19. Statute of "Quo Warranto," 1290. Lat. f. 52.

20. New Statute of " Quo Warranto," 1290. Fr. f. 52.

21. Statute " de Conspiratoribus " : the second part of the statute given in Statutes, i. p. 216. Lat. f. 52 b.

22. Statute of " Circumspecte Agatis," [1285], with the additional article, " De Impetratione Prohibitionis." Lat. f. 52 b. Statutes of Exeter; here miscalled " statuta Oxonie." Fr. f. 53.

24. " Articuli Brevium qui narrando indigent specificari ": notes on points of law (cf. Harley MS. 1208, f. 133). Lat. f. 55.

25. Statute of Merchants, or of Acton Burnell, 1283. Fr. f. 57.

26. The treatise known as " Hengham Parva," [by Ralph de Hengham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1273-1289]. Lat. f. 58.

27. '" Tractatus de Difficultate Essonioruni." This is really only the title of the first chapter of the treatise, which is elsewhere entitled " Sumna judicandi essonia," and is attributed to Ralph de Hengham (cf. Tanner, Bibl. Brit.-Hib., p. 392). Lat. f. 62 b.

28. Statute " de illis qui dehent poni in Juratis et Assisis," [1293]. Lat. Without title. f. 66.

29. Statute "de Vocatis ad Warrantum," [1292]. Lat. Without title f. 66.

30. Statute on fines; beg. "Quia fines," the preamble given in the printed Statutes not being given here. It is here dated 28 Edw. I., but should be 27 Edw. I., i.e. 1299. Lat. f. 66 b.

31. Statute " de Bigamis," [1276]. It is here dated 24 Edw. I., instead of 4 Edw. T. Lat. f. 67.

32. Classification of penalties for various offences. Lat. f. 68 b.

33. Glossary (Engl.-Fr.) of technical terms, such as sac and soc, etc. f. 70.

34. The treatise entitled "Cadit Assisa " on the Assise of Mort d'ancestor. Lat. f. 70 b.

35. Treatise on Bastardy. Lat. f. 74.

36. Statute "de conjunctim Feoffatis," 1306; here entitled at the beginning "Statutum Tyrel," and at the end "de coniumctim feffamentis." Lat. f. 76.

37. Statute " de aturnatis in finibus," [sc. " de Finibus et Attornatis "], Carlisle, 1307. The date differs in some other MSS. (cf. Statutes, i. p. 215). Lat. f. 76 b.

38. Statute ,de hiis qui veniunt ante judicium"; entitled in the Statutes, " Statutum de defensione juris," 1292. Lat. f. 77.

39. Cases of Mort d'ancestor, with the decisions upon them; beg Willelme de Latimer et Luce sa femme." Fr. f. 78.

40. Treatise on law of property; beg. " Lex est commune preceptum virorum prudentium." Lat. f. 84.

41. Statute of Northampton, 1328. Fr. f. 88.

42. Notes of cases in Hilary term, "anno sexto," [1332?]. Fr. f. 90.

43. Handbook of legal decisions on various points of law, quoting the justices of the reigns of Edward 1. and Edward II., e.g., Metingham, Hertford, Mutford, Toutheby, Spigurnlel, Ormesby, etc. Begins, " Si un homme seyt oblige a un altre par un obligacioun en x livres." The end is wanting. f. 91. Vellum; ff. 222. In several hands, most of early xivth cent. Coloured initials. A leaf of church-music, of xvth cent., is pasted on the inside of the covers at each end. Small quarto.

Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes of the Realm, etc.: 1225-1328.

includes:

• ff. 1, 221, 222 Music: Church music: 15th cent.
• ff. 58, 62 b Law OF ENGLAND: Treatises by R. de Hengham: 14th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 58, 62 b Ralph de Hengham, Chief Justice of Common Pleas: Hengham Parva, and Summa judicandi essonia: 14th cent.
• f. 68 b Law OF ENGLAND: Classification of penalties: 14th cent.: Lat.
• f. 70 Law OF ENGLAND: Glossary of technical terms: 14th cent.: Engl.-Fr.
• ff. 70 b, 78 Law OF ENGLAND: On the Assise of Mort d'ancestor: 14th cent.: Lat. and Fr.
• f. 74 Law OF ENGLAND: On bastardy: 14th cent.: Lat.
• f. 74 b Bastardy: Treatise on: 14th cent.: Lat.
• f. 84 Law OF ENGLAND: On law of property: 14th cent.: Lat.
• f. 91 Law OF ENGLAND: Decisions on points of law: 14th cent.: Fr.
• f. 91 Law OF ENGLAND: Handbook of legal decisions: tempp. Edw. I., II.: Fr.