Stowe MS 388

STATUTES, from 1 Edw. III. to 20 Hen. VI., in chronological order The collection is almost complete, though the arrangement of statutes under any given year sometimes differs from that adopted in the printed edition. The statute on Ireland, which is printed in the edition of 1810 as belonging to 17 Edw. II., is here assigned to 17 Edw. III. The statutes of 15 Edw. III. are omitted, except the third, which is combined with the first of I8 Edw. III. under the latter year, and the statute of 17 Edw. III. is also omitted. The statute of Labourers (23 Edw. III.) has the same concluding paragraphs as in Roy. MS. 19 A. xiv.; aud an additional article, stated to have been issued at Northampton, is appended to the first statute of 38 Edw. III. The leaf containing the end of the first statute of I Edw. III. (§ 8) and the beginning of the second ( §§ 1-3) is wanting; so also are the leaves 17-21 Rich. II. At 12 Hen. VI. is inserted a long statute, re-enacting several previous statutes concerning purveyance, weights and measures, the staple, etc., which does not appear among the printed statutes. Vellum; ff. 325. Middle of xvth cent. With a decorated border at the 'beginning of each reign, and initials in red and blue. The initial on f. 1 contains a rude portrait of Edward III. Small quarto.

Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes of the Realm, etc.: 1 Edw. III.-20 Hen. VI.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Initials: circ. 1200, early 13th cent., 15th cent., A.D. 1578.