Add MS 49366

HOLKHAM HALL MSS. Vol. XVI (formerly Holkham MS. 228). ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN LAWS, etc.; early 13th cent., with additions, 16th cent., passim. Latin and French. No. 377 in the library of Sir Edward Coke, (signature on f. 1) 'Edw. Coke cap. iusticiarius de banco'. See A Catalogue of the Library of Sir Edward Coke, ed. W. O. Hassall, Yale, 1950, p. 27, where it is described as being bound in boards with clasps. Bookplate of Thomas William Coke on f. i. No. 228 in the Holkham Library (f. iii). See also S. de Ricci, A Handlist of Manuscripts . . . at Holkham Hall, 1932, p. 19. Press-mark D1B14 on f. iii.

Vellum and paper; ff. x+173. 155 x 110mm. XIII and XVI cent. Mostly in single columns of 25 lines. The 13th cent. portions of the MS. are ruled in plummet and written apparently in one hand. The 16th cent. portions of the MS. are in several hands. Gatherings, i - iii, 16th cent.: i6 (3, 4 paper), ii6 (3, 4 paper), iii4 (paper); thereafter 8, except xiii10, xiv10, xvi4-xxi4 ([16th?] cent. insertions), xxii8 (5 cancelled), xxiv6 (lacks 6), xxv6 (16th cent., 3 and 4 paper), xxvi6 (16th cent., lacks 6; 3 and 4 paper). F. 173 is a single leaf conjoint with a stub to which f. iv is attached. xiv2-5 are numbered ii-v in the lower margin, xv4 is numbered iiii, xxii1-4 are numbered i-iiii. Red initials and rubrics and red marginal division numbers. On ff. 1-173 is an ink foliation, early 19th cent., and on rectos only a characteristic pagination in red chalk, 1-195 (ff. 17-116), 99-207 (ff. 118-172), by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575), who owned the MS. and whose family arms are drawn in colours on an ornamental title-page, f. 1, over six Latin verses beg. 'Sunt antiquorum claves monumenta parentum', followed by his monogram. Parker's characteristic underlinings in red chalk occur throughout the MS.; see T. Graham, 'The beginnings of Old English Studies: Evidence from the MSS. of Matthew Parker', in Back to the Manuscripts, ed. S. Sato, Tokyo, 1997, pp. 29-50. Brown calf binding, blind- and gilt-tooled and -stamped, ostrich and cap Coke family crest, 19th cent.

The original contents, for which see also F. Liebermann, Quadripartitus, 1892, pp. 67-70, and Hist. MSS. Comm., 9th Rept., Part II, App., 1884, pp. 358-9, are as follows:–

1. ff. 17-105. The Quadripartitus: the final recension, comprising the laws of Cnut, Ine, Athelstan, Ethelred, Edgar, Alfred, Edward and Edmund, in translation, followed by the collected laws of William I and Henry I, circa 1114. Latin. Lacks the Dedicatio, Argumentum and descriptive rubric. The latter two items were added on ff. 3-5, 16th cent. See art. (i) below. Described and collated by Liebermann, ibid. See also his Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, i, 1898-1903, pp. xxix-xxx, 529-46; iii, 1916, pp. 308-12, and A. J. Robertson, The Laws of the Kings of England from Edmund to Henry I, 1925, passim.

2. ff. 105-116b. Pseudo-Ulpianus, 'De Edendo'. Latin. Used by C. P. Cooper for his edition, 1832. Not identified therein, but this appears from collating his text with MSS. noted in G. Haenel's edition, Incerti Auctoris Ordo Iudiciorum, 1838.

3. ff. 141-144b. Laws of William I. The unique exemplar of the French text, edited by J. E. Matzke, Lois de Guillaume le Conquérant, 1899. See also Liebermann, Gesetze, i, pp. 492-512; iii, pp. 283-92; and Robertson, p. 223 sqq.

4. ff. 144b-157b. Laws of Edward the Confessor. Latin. See Ges. der Angelsachs., i, pp. 627-70. Numbered, 16th cent., and preceded (ff. 138-139b) by a chapter list, 16th cent. Followed without a break but with a note on f. 154 'Hic finis in quibusdam libris', 16th cent., by other Anglo-Saxon laws in Latin. Ends (f. 157b) with a version of the Instituta Cnuti, cap. 64. See R. Schmid, Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 1858, app. xx, 'Pseudoleges Canuti', p. 432, and Liebermann, Gesetze, i, p. 617.

The additions, 16th cent., in Latin, are as follows:- (i) The Argumentum of the Quadripartitus, wanting paras. 12-22 in Liebermann's numeration, with the rubric 'Primus liber continet leges anglicas', etc. Followed (f. 5) by a note 'Hec desumpta e libro veteri ecclesie wigorniensis cui titulus est de officio misse charactere saxonico', which also follows item xi below, copied from Bodleian Library, Hatton MS. 93, an exposition of the Mass, etc., 9th cent., which, however, neither contains the Quadripartitus, nor bears any sign that it was once bound up therewith. See Liebermann, Quadripartitus, p. 70. ff. 3-5;- (ii) Names of English shires, f. 5b;- (iii) Rhyming hexameters on Athelstan from Richard of Cirencester, 'Speculum Historiale'. See Rolls Series, ed. J. E. B. Mayor, ii, 1869, pp. 67, 73. ff. 6b-7b;- (iv) Hexameters on English sovereigns from Alfred to Elizabeth I, beg. 'Aluredus rex Anglorum primusque Monarcha'. Preceded (f. 11b) by an ornamental scroll, bearing the legend 'Chronica summatim si vis percurre statim', and an extract from the Historia Eliensis rel. to Alfred. ff. 12-15b;-

(v) Key to the contents of the Quadripartitus, by sovereigns, and partial contents list of this MS. f. 16b;- (vi) The laws of Edgar, IV. See Liebermann, Gesetze, i,

p. 207 sqq. Copy, headed 'Ex libro ecclesie Wigorn' videlicet Penitentiale Egberti. [Cambridge, Corpus Christi Coll. MS. 265]'. ff. 117-121b;- (vii) Bull 'Quoniam semper' of John XIII to Edgar, 971. Jaffé-Loewenfeld, Regesta, 3753. ff. 122-122b;- (viii) Account of the Council of Winchester, 1076. Wilkins, Concilia, i, 1737, p. 367. ff. 123-123b;- (ix) The spurious letter of Eleutherius to Lucius, King of the Britons. J. Usher, Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates, 1639, pp. 102-103. ff. 129b-131;- (x) Bull 'Legationis tuae' of Paschal II to Henry I, 1101. Jaffé-Loewenfeld, Regesta, 5868. ff. 132-136;- (xi) Letter from Innocent II to Henry I, 1133. Copy headed 'E libro Wigorniensis eccelsie cui titulus est de officio misse [Hatton MS. 93]', from which it was published by Liebermann, Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde, xiv, 1888, pp. 616-17. See art. (i) above. ff. 136b-137b;- (xii) Glossary of Anglo-Saxon law terms. Latin. ff. 158-161;- (xiii) Thomas Rudborn's chronicle, 1101. Extract, rel. to Henry I. f. 161b;- (xiv) Julius Caesar's 'Commentaries'. Extract, rel. to the Druids. ff. 170-170b;- (xv) Notice of Archbishop Boniface, 1245, from Matthew Paris. f. 171b;-

(xvi) Names of English kings from Egbert to Henry III with their accession years. f. 172b;- (xvii) Verses on Alfred from Henry of Huntingdon, 'Historia Anglorum'. See Rolls Series, ed. T. Arnold, 1879, p. 152. f. 173b.

Inserted at the end (f. iv) of the volume are tables of the sovereigns of England from the Heptarchy to Elizabeth I, and the genealogical succession of sovereigns from William I to Edward VI, in roundels (some coloured with chalks), with a note, 'Haec tabula sic collecta fuit Cantebrigiae per Matthaeum Parker cum erat Juvenis. Et scripta fuit manu sua propria. Sed iam sculpta in aere sumptibus eiusdem Matthaei cum erat Archiepiscopus Cantuar: et aliquanto melius', in the hand of William Camden (d. 1623), as are the mnemonic verses

(f. v) and epigram (f. vi) following. Note from Osbern's Life of St Edward on

f. vii and heading 'Leges Canuti' on f. 17 in the hand of the Archbishop's son, Sir John Parker. Not among the books listed as missing in Archbishop Parker's register. See M. R. James, Cat. of the Manuscripts . . . of Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, 1912, i, p. xliii.

includes:

• ff. v, vi William Camden, antiquary; Clarenceux King of Arms: Notes in: 1623.
• f. 1 Heraldry: Arms in tincture of Abp Matthew Parker: 16th cent.
• f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham: Bookplate (with crest) of Lord Leicester of Holkham: 1837.
• ff. 12-15b Poetry LATIN: Hexameters on English sovereigns from Alfred to Elizabeth I: late 16th cent.
• ff. 17-105, 141-157b Law OF ENGLAND: Quadripartitus, laws of Edward the Confessor and William I, etc.,: early 13th cent: Lat. and Fr.
• ff. vii, 17 Sir John Parker, son of Archbishop M Parker: Notes by: 1603.
• ff. 105-116b Pseudo- Ulpianus: De Edendo: early 13th cent.
• ff. 158-161 Law OF ENGLAND: Glossary of Anglo-Saxon law terms: 16th cent: Lat.