Royal MS 11 A XIV

CANON LAW tracts and texts, including Anglican provincial constitutions, &c., in Latin. In one hand. The first series of tracts (artt. 1-7), apparently put together for the use of a Cistercian house in England, occurs in the same order in 8 A. xviii, artt. 7-13. Contents 1. Tract on procedure (cf. 8 A. XVIII, art. 7). Beg. 'Videamus qualiter et quando debet iudex iustus pro. cedere'. f. 1.

2. 'Incipit de rescriptis', &c. : chapters (possibly from the same source) on several subjects, as in 8 A. xviii, art. 8. Beg. 'Rescriptum non valet si tacita veritate'. io.

3. 'De casibus totius iuris in quibus quis excommunicatus est' [by Cardinal Berengario Fredoli ?], as in 8 A. XVIII, art. 9. Prologue beg. 'Cum excommunicationis (sic) non vitare'; text, 'Aliqui sunt casus qui tangunt deum'. Ends as in 8 A. XVIII. f. 15 b.

4. 'Quidam tractatus pro defensione subditorum', with formulae dated as in 8 A. XVIII, art. 10. Beg. Cum ad prelatum contra subditum'. f. 18b.

5. 'De eleccionibus prelatorum', &c., as in 8 A. XVIII, art. ii. Beg. 'Cum ecclesie dei'. f. 29.

6. 'Item alius tractatus de eleccionibus', as in 8 A. XVIII, art. 12. Beg. 'Quia sepe tam plures abbates'; ends 'volens et consentiens. extra. de eleccionibus, &c.' f. 34 b.

7. 'Tractatus de visitacione, &c.', as in 8 A. XVIII, art. 13, with the same formulae, and, at the end, the same table of penalties under Cistercian statutes. Beg. Cum facienda fuerit visitacio'. f. 47 b.

8. 'Hic incipiunt constituciones dom. Othonis s. Nicholai in carcere Tulliano diaconi cardinalis apostolice sedis legati in London. celebrate ab episcopis et uniuersis Anglie prelatis'; the colophon gives the date of the Council, lin crastino Oct. s. Martini mccxxxvii' (cf. 8 F. XIV, art. 23, &c., Wilkins, Concilia, i, p. 649). In the margin are collations by john Theyer with 'aliud exemplar', viz. 10 C. I, art. 5. Beg. 'Quoniam decet domum dei'. f. 61.

9. 'Incipiunt constituciones Octoboni sedis apostolice legati Anglie Wallie Scocie Ybernie': the constitutions of 1268 in the same order as in Wilkins, ii, p. 1. In other MSS. the order differs (cf. 9 B. II, art. 2, 10 C. I, art. 7). Beg. 'Mandata dei et lex altissimi'. f. 68b. On blank leaves between artt. 9, 10 are added, in later hands:-

(a) Note 'contra supponentes ecclesias pro pecuniario debito ecclesiastico interdicto', with references to a decretal of Boniface VIII and a constitution of Archb. John Stratford (Wilkins, ii, p. 678). Beg. 'Nota nulla consuetudine'. f. 91 b;-(b) 'Littera domini regis directa iusticiariis suis pro prohibicione regia': the ordinance Circumspecte agatis of Edw. I (cf. 9 A. II, art. 14), nearly as in Statutes of the Realm, i, p. 101. f. 91 b.

10. William Lyndwood's Constitutiones Provinciales, or digest of the special canon law for the province of Canterbury (cf. 9 A. V, &c.). The text of the constitutions is here given, as in Pynson's undated edition, without commentary or rubrics. Beg. 'Ignorancia sacerdotum et infra Ne quis per ignoranciam se ex. cuset'. f. 93. At the end, after the titulus De verborum significationibus, are added in the same hand:-(a) An obscure quatrain beg. 'Decretum detur, non dormiat aut epuletur'. f. 144 b;-(b) Constitution of Archb. Henry Chichele De augmentacione vicariarum, printed under date 1439 in Wilkins, iii, p. 535, and similarly appended to Lyndwood's work in 9 A. V. Beg. 'Cum propter nimiam prorogacionem', f. 144 b;-(c) Table of rubrics to Lyndwood's works. f. 145. On blank leaves are added in the same hand as on ff. 91 b, 92, an extract from Johannes Andreae on the text concerning reconcillation of churches and other notes. ff. 146-148 b.

11. 'Isti sunt casus in quibus penitens ad episcopum est mittendus': an extract from Durandus, Repertorium, lib. v (cf. 111 C. XI). Beg. 'Si quis monialem consecratam'. Colophon, 'Hec magister Willelmus Durandi in reportorio'. f. 149.

12. 'Isti sunt casus reseruati a iure ipsi episcopo, a quibus nullus simplex sacerdos absoluere potest', &c.: tract in ten chapters on the same subject. Beg. 'Primus est vbi penitencia sollempnis est imponenda'. Colophon, 'Explicit opus mag. Will. de Rouying. decasibus reseruatis. Amen.' The tract and author seem to be otherwise unknown. f. 150.

13. Brief notes on homicide and irregularity, partly from Goffredus. Beg. 'Si furiosus aut inscius'. f. 167.

14. 'Clemens quintus in concilio Vionensi' (Vienne, 1311-1312): the decretal 'Religiosi qui clerici aut laici', Clementines, lib. v, tit. vii, cap. i, followed by a note on the 'mortis articulus'. f. 167 b.

15. A form of excommunication. f. 168.

16. 'Iste sunt questiones de casibus matrimonii disputate, a quodam famoso doctore in theologia determinate, que in uniuerso sunt centum et octo'; 108 questions of marriage law, followed by a table of contents. Beg. 'Quoniam ut habetur 32^a, qu. 2^aHiis ita'. The author quotes the Sext and the canonists Goffredus, Hostiensis, and others ['Ioh.', 'Bern.', &c.] also Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. From his use. of the names Johannes, Alicia, Willelmus as examples, he may perhaps be conjectured to be English. f. 168 b.

17. Vincencius in speculo doctrinali de criminibus que sunt inter hominem et proximum' (so colophon): lib. x of the Speculum Doctrinale (the second part of the encyclopaedic compilation called Speculum Maius) of the Dominican Vincent of Beauvais (d. circ. 1264), printed Weidenbach (?), 1472 (?), Venice, 1494, 1591, &c. f. 223. Vellum; ff. i + 312. 9 in. x 61/4 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves (viii⁸, xi¹⁰, xiii¹⁰, xx¹⁴, xxvii⁶), with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'allegauerit'. Initials flourished in red and blue. On ff. i, 312 b is the name as owner (16th-17th cent.) of Richard Clarke, with motto 'Lactitia bonae conscientiae est optima nutricula senectutis. Belonged in 1658 to John Theyer (ff. 1, 223). Theyer sale-cat. no. 178 CMA. 6623.