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Harley MS 25

Record Id:

040-002045853

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002045853

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x0000b8

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 25

Title:

Collection of law reports

Scope & Content:

The manuscript contains a collection of Common Bench reports including cases from the years between c. 1279 and 1312, copies of plea-roll enrolments, and notes probably assembled by the Dublin Bench attorney Roger de Sancta Brigida during his sejourn in London in 1309-1312 for educational purposes (see Early English Law Reports, ed. by Brand (1996), pp. xlvii-lxvii). A more luxurious copy of those reports is included in Add MS 35116.

The reports are organized in topical groups under rubrics as follows:

ff. 1r-12r: 'Relplegiari' (replevin I);

ff. 47r-68v: 'De brevibus de ingressu' (entry);

ff. 69r-84v: 'De forma donacionis cum suis membris' (formedon);

ff. 85r-108v: 'De dote et racionabili parte' (dower and reasonable share);

ff. 109r-117r: 'De eschaeta cum suis membris' (escheat);

ff. 118v-119r: 'De medio' (mesne I);

ff. 120r-153v: 'De replegiari facias cum suis membris' (replevin II);

ff. 154r-165v: 'De custodia cum suis menbris' (wardship);

ff. 166r-189v: 'De debitis' (debt);

ff. 190r-191v: 'Hilaris quinto', Edward II (1312) (I);

ff. 192r-199v: 'De convencione' (covenant and 'fin fet');

ff. 200r-223r: 'De diversis placitis' (misceallaneous pleas);

ff. 223v-225v: 'Hillaris quinto', Edward II (1312) (II);

ff. 226r-241v: 'De medio cum suis membris' (mesne II);

ff. 242r-253v: 'De quid iuris clamat et per que servicia' (actions related to fines);

ff. 254r-257v: 'De termino sancte tronitatis anno quarto', Edward II (1311);

ff. 258r-264r: 'De termino sancti michaelis anno quinto', Edward II (1311);

ff. 264v-291v: 'De recto' (right);

ff. 292r-313v: 'De advocacionibus ecclesiarum cum suis menbris' (advowson).

The manuscript contains a few additions:

ff. 13r-46v: An imperfect copy of the Novae Narrationes; added in the 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

f. 199v: Copy of a writ of 12 March, 4th year of Henry IV (1403) addressed to an escheator and referring to an inquisition related to the deceased John, son of the knight Geoffrey Brito, which was held before William Evere at Clonmel, co. Tipperary and attested by James Butler; added in the early 15th century.

Decoration:

Puzzle initial 'L'(ucas) in ink with a hybrid, and a pen-flourished extension ine the upper margin with a dragon.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002045853

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 25 : Collection of law reports

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0024]/040-002045853

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Anglo-Norman
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1324

Date Range:

1st quarter of the 14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 290 x 190 mm (text space: 220 x 150 mm).

Foliation: ff. 313 + 151* + 242* + 306* (+ 2 unfoliated modern parchment flyleaves at the beginning + 8 at the end).

Script: Gothic cursive (Anglicana).

Binding: Post-1600. Brown leather binding with clasps and tooled and gilt arms of D'Ewes at the front and back covers.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England.

Provenance:

Roger de Sancta Brigida (fl. c. 1299-c 1312), attorney of Dublin Bench, owner of land in Knockgraffon, co. Tipperary, probably compiled by him for his own use during his visit to London in 1309-1312: added a note on f. 91v: 'Nota bene pro Knocgraffon' (see Early English Law Reports, ed. by Brand (1996), pp. xlvii-lxvii).

Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton: listed in his catalogue as X.I; and featuring a D'Ewes binding with clasps (see Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1966), p. 318; Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 131).

Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450; according to a receipt in Additional MS 70478 (Portland Papers) [formerly Loan 29/254 packet 2] (see Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (1966), pp. 60, 91 n. 308; Diary, ed. by Wright and Wright (1966), p. xviii n. 3).

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), Duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), no. 25.

J. H. Baker and J. S. Ringrose, A Catalogue of English Legal Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1996), p. 126.

The Earliest English Law Reports, ed. by Paul A. Brand, 4 vols (London: Selden Society, 1996-2007), I: Common Bench Reports to 1284 (1996), pp. xlvii-lxvii.

Paul Brand, Kings, Barons and Justices: The Making and Enforcement of Legislation in Thirteenth-Century England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 64, 258, 260, 275, 347, 374, 484.

Jonathan Bush, Learning the Law: Teaching and the Transmission of English Law, 1150-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 66, 70-71.

Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London: British Museum, 1966), p. 318.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 131 [X.1].

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115857160,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2356861
D'Ewes, Simonds, 3rd Baronet, grandson of the Antiquary, c 1670-1722
D’Ewes, Simonds, 1st Baronet, diarist and antiquary, 1602-1650,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083393524,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12656415
Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108078249,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/160524259
Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000030125833,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6045563
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Roger de Sancta Brigida, Attorney of Dublin Bench, fl. c 1299-c 1312

Places:

England

Related Material:

OCR-generated record (may contain errors) from A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London, Eyre and Strahan, 1808-1812), I (1808):

Codex membranaceus in fol. diversis manibus exaratus, quo continentur (ut videtur) Collectanea cujusdam Juris Anglorum Communis Studiosi, ex Rotulis et Annalibus Juridicis de Placitis tam Communibus quam de Banco, auditis et terminatis in Acrijs Regum Edw. I. Edw. II. Edw. III. et forte, Henrici III. cum Notis et Observationibus lectu non indignis.

Notandum, non fuisse Collectoribus Institutum excerpendi ac scribendi omnia Chronologice secundum Seriem Terminorum et Annorum; quin servato Ordine Materiarum, illa quae, in legendis Rotulis, &c. sibi usui fore putabant, sub certis Titulis sive Capitibus redigere. Tituli autem funt,

1. Replegiar. (f. 1r)

2. Narrationes, regnante Rege Edw. III. exaratae, fol. 13. ubi inter alia, occurrit Placitum pour Rappe de Puceleage. (f. 44v)

3. De Brevibus de Ingressu. (f. 47r)

4. De Forma Donacionis, cum suis Membris. (f. 69r)

5. De Dote & Racionabili Parte, cum suis Membris. (f. 85r)

6. Super Obijt. (f. 92r)

7. De Dote et Rationabili Parte. (f. 96r)

8. De Eschaeta, cum suis Membris. (f. 109r)

9. De Medio. (f. 118r)

10. De Replegiari Facias, cum suis Membris. (f. 120r)

11. De Custodia, cum suis Membris. (f. 154r)

12. De Debitis. (f. 166r)

13. De Convencione, sive de Placitis Convencionis. (f. 192r)

14. De Diversis Placitis. (f. 200r)

15. De Medio, cum suis Membris. (f. 226r)

16. De Quid Juris Clamat, et per que Servicia. (f. 242r)

17. De Termino S. Trinitatis, anno quarto, fol. i.e. De diversis Placitis. (f. 254r)

18. De Termino S. Michaelis, anno quinto. fol. i.e. De diversis Placitis. (f. 258r)

19. De Placitis de Recto. (f. 264v)

20. De Brevi de Recto, cum suis Membris. (f. 280r)

21. De Advocationibus Ecclesiarum cum suis Membris.

fol. 292. definit abrupte post. (f. 313r)