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Harley MS 869

Record Id:

040-002046698

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002046698

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x000177

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 869

Title:

Collection of English statutes, including Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, and Britton

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 5r-6r: Chapter lists for English statutes.

ff. 7r-8v: Magna Carta.

ff. 8v-9v: Carta de Foresta.

ff. 9v-10r: Statutum de Foresta.

ff. 10r-10v: Consuetudines Foreste.

ff. 10v-11r: Confirmacio Cartarum per Regis Edwardi I.

ff. 11r-11v: Sententia lata super Cartas (1253).

ff. 11v-14r: Novi Articuli super cartas.

ff. 14r-15r: Statutum de Mertone.

ff. 15r-18r: Statutum de Marleberge.

ff. 18r-24r: Statutum Westmonasterii primum.

ff. 24r-26r: Statuta Gloucestrie.

f. 26r: Explanaciones eorundem.

ff. 20r-37v: Statuta Westmonasterii secunda.

f. 37v: Statutum de Emptoribus Terarrum.

ff. 37v-39r: Statutum de Mercatoribus.

ff. 39r-39v: Statutum de Bigamis.

ff. 39v-40v: Statutum Wyntonie.

ff. 40v-41r: Articuli ejusdem.

ff. 41r-41v: Statutum Religiosorum.

f. 41v: Statutum de Vasto.

ff. 41v-42r: Statutum de vocatis ad Warrantum.

ff. 42r-42v: Statutum Gaveleto.

f. 42v: Statutum de Hereditate partita.

ff. 42v-43r: Statutum pour Terre enmorter.

f. 43r: Statutum de admittendo aliquem ad defendendum.

f. 43v: Statutum de Justiciariis assignatis quod vocatum Ragman.

ff. 43v-44r: Statutum de Prisonibus.

ff. 44r-45r: Provisiones de Scaccario Domini Regis.

ff. 45r-45v: Statutum de Scaccario.

ff. 45v-46r: Districciones Scaccarij.

ff. 46r-46v: Statutum de Recognitoribus ponendis in Assisis et Juratis.

f. 46v: Modus calumpniandi Essonia.

ff. 46v-47r: Visus Franci Plegii.

f. 47r: Statutum ubi Prohibicio Regis habet locum.

ff. 47r-47v: Articuli contra Prohibiciones Regiam.

f. 47v: Quo Warranto novum.

ff. 47v-48r: Statutum de Champertours [Conspiratoribus].

f. 48r: Statutum de Anno et Die bisextili.

f. 48r: Modus faciendi Homagium et Fidelitatem.

f. 48v: Modus de Wardis et Relevijs capiendis.

ff. 48v-49r: Principium Itineris.

f. 49r: Assisa Panis.

f. 49r: Assisa Cervisie.

ff. 49r-49v: Judicium Pillorie.

f. 49v: Dies communes in Banco.

f. 49v: Dies communes in Dote.

ff. 49v-50r: Extenta Manerij.

ff. 50r-50v: Placita Corone.

f. 50v: Statutum de Turnis Vice comitum.

ff. 50v-51r: Constitucio de simplicibus Cartis.

ff. 51r-51v: Posiciones Vocabulorum in Cartis [Interpretatio verborum Sok et Sak].

ff. 51v-52r: Statutum de Finibus.

f. 52v: Statutum per Willelmum de la Marche factum de Moneta.

ff. 52v-53r: Articuli de Moneta.

f. 53r: Composicio Monete.

ff. 53r-53v: Composicio Ponderum.

ff. 53v-54r: Statutum Armorum.

ff. 54r-54v: Statuta Exonie.

ff. 54v-56r: Articuli eorundem.

ff. 56r-56v: Statutum de conjunctim Feoffatis.

f. 57r: 'De Brevi de indicavit ?'.

f. 57r: De Conspiratoribus.

ff. 64r-70r: Fet Assaver.

ff. 70r-73r: Summa Judicium Essoniorum.

ff. 73v-77v: Cadit Assisa.

ff. 77v-87r: Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna.

ff. 87r-92r: Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Parva.

ff. 88r-109v: Les Nouvels Tails/Novae Narrationes.

ff. 110r-180v: Registrum Brevium.

ff. 187r-291r, Summa de legibus Anglie que vocatur Bretone, commonly known as Britton.

The manuscript contains various additions:

f. 1v: 'Adnotatio de Denariis Communitatis, Civitatis Lincolniensis ex donacione Domini R. Henrici VI ad festum Pasche anno regni sui, 38'; added in the 15th century.

f. 1v: A human figure cutting a snake with a sword, and animal figures, drawn in black ink.

f. 2r: The head of a king in brown ink.

f. 2r: 'Adnotatio de tempore nativitatis Henrici filii Johannis Ducis Lancastrie'; added in the 15th century.

f. 2r: 'Adnotatio de tempore Coronationis Isabellae uxoris Ricardi II Regis Angliae'; added in the 15th century.

f. 2v: 'Breve R. Henrici II directum Conano Comiti Richemundiae, praecipientis ut Sokemanni de Hoylande teneant tenementa et liberas consuetudines suas, sicut melius et liberius tenuerunt tempore Henrici I et Stephani Comitis Richemund'; added in the 14th century.

f. 2v: 'Carta sive Breve ejusdem Conani Ducis Britannie, Comitis Richemundie, Dapifero suo, et Camerario suo, et omnibus ministris suis, et Baronibus et omnibus hominibus suis, Francis et Anglis, Clericis et laicis, super eadem re'; added in the 14th century.

f. 2v: Drawing of a man holding a bow and a dog in brown ink.

f. 3r: Christ on the Cross with Longinus hodling the spear.

f. 3v: 'Apographum Carta Executorum Testamenti Wilellmi de Wynchelcumbe Canoni Lincolniensis. dat. A. D. 1258'; added in the 15th century.

ff. 4r-4v: A Latin table of measurements of the earth; added in the 14th century.

f. 57r: 'De les delaies en Briefs de Droit'; added in the 14th century.

f. 57v: 'Litterae Patentes Regis Henrici VIII Johannis Abbati de Byley et Hugoni Vaughan Clerico, Causa Subtractionis decimarum, de qua ei questus est Willelmus Webster Recto. Ecclesiae parochialis de Purley in Com. Essex. Teste etc. 4 die Junii anno regni 27'.

f. 57v: 'De 25 bovatis et dimid. Terre in Carleton in Lyndryke in Comitatu Nottingham in manibus Tenentis de antiquo dominico Domini Regis cum nominibus Tenentium'; added in the 16th century.

f. 57r: 'Similiter, de Honore de Tykile'; added in the 16th century.

f. 59r-62r: Tables of contents for this manusrcript; added in the 16th century.

ff. 63r-63v: 'Brevia bina Regis Henrici VI'; added in the (?) 15th century.

f. 92v: 'Bulla Nicholai V. de excommunicandis iis qui temere et maliciose occultare, et occulte detinere praesumunt bona mobilia et immobilia ad nobilem virum Walterum de Carletone Domicellum Lincolniensem tam racione persone sue quam hereditati quondam Hugonis Fitz-Gillis et Christinae Chestrefelde quorum ipse heres est spectancia dat. 6 nonas Marcij A. D. 1449'.

f. 93r: 'Carta Ricardi Long de Lincolnia, qua dat Mariae quae fuit uxor Johanins Fitz-Thomas de Lincolnia, in feodo talliato terras et tenementa sua in Civitate Lincoln. et Suburbiis ejusdem, quae nuper habuit de feoffamento praedictae Mariae ac etiam virtute Cartae quietae clementiae Willelmi filii et haereids Johannis [...] praedictae Mariae confectae. dat. anno 17 Regis Edwardi II'; added in the 15th century.

f. 93r: A note of Walter Calerton concerning the estate settled by the aforementioned deed and of the large inheritance of the Fitz-Gillis which descended to him and his family; added in the 15th century.

f. 93v: Extract from a roll of the court of Carlton in Lindrick, 12 June 12 die Junij ann. 14 Hen. VI.

f. 93v: Drawing of St Blaise holding a staff and a wool comb.

ff. 181r-186v: Office for the Feast of Corpus Christi, beginning: 'Sacerdos in eternum cristus dominus secundum ordinem melchisedech panem et unum optulit'; added in the 14th century.

f. 289v: A marginal drawing of a skeleton figure in brown ink.

f. 291v: 'Sacramentum Vicecomitum faciendum coram Baronibus de Scaccario quando recipient Officium Vicemomitatus'; added in the 15th century.

f. 291v: Drawings of a dog chasing a rabbit and a woman wearing a crown and wearing a dress in black ink.

f. 292r: 'Finales Concordiae binae super haereditate Carletoniorum in Comitatibus Nottinghamiensis et Lincolniensis'; added in the 15th century.

f. 292v: Poem on the Battle of Agincourt, beginning: 'Mortua cara cruce caro Christi victor ut unus'; added in the 15th century.

f. 292v: 'Extractum Inquisitionis captae anno 5 Regis Henrici IV super terras tenentibus in Burton in Comitatu Lincolniensis'; added in the 15th century.

f. 292v: Drawings of an owl on a stick and a lying dog in brown ink.

Decoration:

Partial bar border with 3 large historiated initials in colours and gold of enthroned kings (ff. 7r, 110r, 188r). Very large initials in gold on blue and red grounds. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing or in red with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Added sketches in ink of various animals and figures, including a Crucifixion scene and a sketch of a bishop (ff. 1v, 2v, 3r, 93v, 289v, 291v, 292v).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002046698

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 869 : Collection of English statutes, including Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, and Britton

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0869]/040-002046698

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
English, Middle
French, Middle
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1349

Date Range:

1st half of the 14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 280 x 185 mm (text space: 220 x 130 mm).

Foliation: ff. 292 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 4 at the end); 1 unfoliated blank paper leaf after f. 62.

Script: Gothic cursive.

Binding: British Museum in-house; gold-tooled brown Morocco leather over wooden boards with the Harleian arms gold stamped on the outside covers.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England.

Provenance:

Walter Carleton, son of Thomas Carleton of Lincoln, owned in the 15th century: his ownership inscriptions on f. 1v and f. 93v: 'Iste liber constat Waltero Carleton de Lincolniensis Gentilman' (Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 96).

William Carleton, owned in the 15th century: his memoranda on f. 2r and f. 291v; and his draft indenture on f. 291v: 'Noverint universi me Wilhelmum Carleton de Lincolniensis Gentilman' (not in Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).

Richard Dayton of Lincoln, owned in the 15th or 16th century: inscribed with his name ('Rychardus Dayton') on f. 2v (Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 126).

John Stanlow, 15th or 16th century: his name inscribed on f. 2v: 'Johannes Stanlow' (not in Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).

Robert Stanlow of (?) Stickford, Lincolnshire, 15th or 16th century: his name inscribed in a draft indneture on f. 2v: 'Noverint universi presentes me Robertum Stanlows de Stykfost [? Stickford, Lincolnshire] [...]' (not in Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).

William Webster, owned in the (?) 16th century: his ownership inscription on f. 282v: 'Pertinet Magistro Willelmo Webster / In decretis baculario' (not in Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972); although it contains an entry for a William Webster (d. 1758), Curate of St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London and Vicar of Ware, the script of the ownership inscription is not datable to the 18th century).

Phill Parker, owned in the 16th century: his name inscribed on f. 1r: 'Phill Parker' (Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 286).

Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 316).

Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 316).

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. 869.

J. H. Baker and J. S. Ringrose, A Catalogue of English Legal Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1996), pp. 49-50, 56, 63-66, 70, 75, 78-79, 96.

Ruth J. Dean and Maureen B. M. Boulton, Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts, Anglo-Norman Text Society, Occasional Publications Series, 3 (London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1999), no. 394.

S. Worby, Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2010), p. 183.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 96, 126, 268, 316.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Le Breton, John, or Britton; Bishop of Hereford
Ralph of Hengham, Ralph de, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, b in or before 1235-1311,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080784095

Places:

England