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ff. 1-81v: [Statuta vetera]. ff. 40-42: [Notes of law and cases]: Rubric: Incipit Statutum Suthamptoun. Incipit: In Octabis sancti Michaelis anno quinquagesimo secundo coram N. de litt. precipe priori de monte forti quod iuste et cetera reddat I. et A. uxori eius unum molendinum et 1v acres terre cum pertinentibus in N. in quas idem prior non habet ingressum ... Explicit: et non liberum tenementum est id quod in villenagio tenetur sive ad terminum vite perpetuo sibi et heredibus suis possidendum. f. 48: [De iure calumnie pro Rege]: Rubric: Statutum de iure calumpn. pro Rege. Incipit: De requisitionibus coram Iusticiis quibuscumque capiendis et in quibus dominus Rex est pars qualitercumque. Explicit: Ita [sic] ordinacio et ordinacio de foresta facte fuerunt in parliamento apud Westmonasterium die dominica proxima post festum sancti michaelis Anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis henrici tricesimo quinto. f. 48v: [De utlagaria]: Rubric: Incipit Statutum de utlagaria. Incipit: Omnibus ad quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem. Nos legem habemus de tempore ... Explicit: Et ideo dicimus quod Aldemarus Wyntoun in regno nostro Anglie introduci non debet quia de morte hominis et roberiis appellatus fuit et non comparavit et ideo propter suam contumaciam utlagatus est. f. 54: [Officium vicecomitis]: Rubric: Officium vicecomitis. Incipit: Ceux sont les articles touchants nostre coroune et nostre pees enfreint pleablez par viscont autre foitz. Explicit: Et ceux de xii ans que ne sount venuz a hundrede toutz les articles que sont contenuz en vewe de frankplegge et cetera. f. 55: [Sacramentum coronatoris]: Rubric: Sacramentum coronatoris. Incipit: Ceo oiez sire viconte que R. de B. Coroner nostre seignur le Roy deinz le Wapentake de G. loialment et sanz lower demander. Explicit: et quanque a mon office de Coroner appent sanz rien prendre si dieu m'aide et cetera. ff. 62v-64: [De quo warranto]: Rubric: Incipiunt Notabilia de quo Warranto. Incipit: Utrum domino Regi competat accio ad recuperandum dominicum corone sue a corona sua separatum per breve ... Explicit: se possent tueri si calumpniati fuerint per quam se tuerentur huiusmodi magnates vel eorum heredes et cetera. f. 64: [De antiquo dominico corone]: Rubric: Statutum de antiquo dominico corone. Incipit: Licet in antiquo dominico corone non currat aliquod breve nisi parvum breve de recto clausum. Explicit: propter quod si ego fuissem assignatus Iusticiarius ego secure procederem in assisa sicut pluries consuevi quid alii faciunt ignoro. f. 66r-v: [De tonsura Monete]: Rubric: Capitula de tonsura Monete. Incipit: De tonsura monete tam de Iudeis quam de christianis de hiis qui tradiderunt denaros suos retonsore pro habendo lucro tonsure ... Explicit: cum multis de populo ad hoc teneretur licet expresse non consentirent. f. 77: [De villenagio]: Rubric: De villenagio. Incipit: Vous vous [sic] savoir q'en deux maners sont vileins, les uns sont celes que sount del auncien demesne le Roi. Explicit: il demoura vilein a celui a qi il dist q'il fuist avant sokeman et cetera. ff. 81v-82: [Decretum Walteri Grey Archiepiscopi Eboracensis Decree of Walter Grey, archbp. of York]: Rubric: Decretum Walteri Grey Archiepiscopi Eboracensis. Incipit: Decretum domini Walteri Grey Eboracensis Archiepiscopi Anglie primatis. . .et memoriam omnium futurorum. Cum plerumque inter Rectores seu vicarios in provincia Eboracensi constitutos. Explicit: secundum hanc ordinacionem sive constitucionem alias in hac parte probatam. f. 82-92: [Exposicio vocabulorum Dictionary of legal terms]: Rubric: Exposicio vocabulorum. Incipit: Sek hoc est secta de omnibus in Curia nostra secundum consuetudinem regni ... Sak ... Tolhost ... Ton ... Infangenthef ... Explicit: Ferdwite quietus esse de mora in hostagio. . [ff. 83-92 ruled, but blank] ff. 92v-98v: [Calendrical material; on f. 92v, table of golden numbers and leap years, 1413-1500; on ff. 93-98v, Graded calendar with several saints marked as "non sarum."]. ff. 99-258v: [Statuta nova]. ff. 254v-258v blank. ff. 101-102v: [Statutes of Edward I]: Rubric: Item aliud Statutum editum Anno primo. Incipit: Come nadgairs en temps le Roi E. fitz le Roi henri plusours graundz du Roialme D'engleterre surmeissent a hugh le despenser le fitz et hugh le despenser le piere plusours malveistes. Explicit: desobeissances et rebellions soient quitz par ceste acorde assent et estatut a touz iours. ff. 141v-142: [Kingston upon Hull as staple town]: Incipit: Et puis apres fuist ordene par nostre dit seignur le Roi prelates et autres gentz du conseil nostre dit seignur le Roi q'une autre estaple seroit tenuz a kyngestoun sur hull. Explicit: a Westm. le lundy prochein apres la feste de seint marc l'evangelist l'an du regne nostre dit seignur le Roi d'engleterre vint et oeptisme et de France quinzisme et come assent de tout le parlement horspris certeins articles contenuz en un estatut fait en le parlement avaundit. f. 142: [Custom to pay on movement of merchandise]: Incipit: Fait a remembrer q'ia soit ce q'il fuist ordene a conseil tenuz a Westm. le lundy prochein apres le fest de seint matheu l'apostoil darrein passe par les grauntz et autres illeoques este antz que leins et plumbe seroient poisez. Explicit: et illeoques la custume paie les dites leins pealx quirs et plumbe a mesmes les Custumers. f. 165: [Revocacio brevium de audiendo et terminando]: Incipit: Accorde est par nostre seignur et son conseil a ce parlement de Northamptoun que touz les oiers et terminers grauntez contre la fourme d'estatut fait en temps le Roi E. Aiel le Roi qor est. Explicit: mes ce est baille en Chauncellerie par bille. French. Collection of statutes written in England in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, but after 1407, the date of the last statute (art. 177); the table on f. 92v with dates from 1413 to 1500 may constitute a later addition. Possibly intended for owners in York, given the presence of Yorkshire saints in the calendar and the text of "Decretum Walteri Grey Archiepiscopi Eboracensis". Span folios: ff. 1-258v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-10⁸ 11⁸(-4, 5 after f. 83) 12⁸(-2, 3 after f. 87) 13⁶(calendar) 14⁸(-1 after f. 98) 15-22⁸ 23⁴(-2 after f. 170) 24-29⁸ 30⁶(through f. 226) 31-34⁸. Catchwords in flourished ink frames in the inner lower margin; 2 columns of 40 lines, ruled in ink with additional double rules in all 4 margins (omitted in lower margins of quires 8, 9, 12, 23, 31, 32); slash prick marks occasionally remaining in upper and lower margins. Written in a calligraphic anglicana formata hand of chancery type. The hand is not dissimilar from that of Richard Frampton who signed Glasgow, University Library, Hunterian T.4.1 (84) and who was paid for copying the Great Cowchers (London, P. R. O. Duchy of Lancaster. Misc. Books, D.L. 42, 1 and 2). Decoration: Historiated initials, 8- and 7-line, in the style of the Dutch Master of the Carmelite Missal (and related to the historiated initials in the Great Cowchers), containing portraits of Henry III (f. 1), Richard II (f. 173) and Henry IV (f. 227); the leaf beginning the statutes of Edward III has been excised, but the offset of a full border remains on f. 98v. The initials are in white-highlighted blue or pink on gold grounds, with full bar borders and with coats of arms possibly added on ff. 1 and 173, but integral on f. 227; the initial on f. 227, more delicately shaded than the previous 2, and with border of a slightly later style.3- and 2-line blue initials and blue paragraph marks, both with red flourishing; rubrics in red. In the calendar, 2-line gold initials with purple flourishing and blue initials with red; 1-line initials alternating blue with red flourishing and red with purple. Running headlines on ff. 99-105v only; chapter numbers in the margins; "ex[aminatur] per rotul[um]" in the hand of the scribe at the end of many texts. Notes in another hand identifying regnal year for some statutes; on f. 92, 15th/16th c., a small sketch in ink of a young man's head; on f. iv recto and verso, 17th c., a table giving the moral significance of various tinctures of arms. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in 17th century English brown half, gold tooled; gilt center lozenge flanked by the initials "H.N." (the "N" stamped backwards) on both covers; rebacked with original spine laid down; remains of 2 green fore edge ties; red speckled edges. HM 19920. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. iv + iv + 258 + iv : parchment ; 230 x 348 mm.
Statutes--England--Early works to 1800 Law--England--Early works to 1800 Statutes England 15th century. (aat) Historiated initials England 15th century. (aat) Coats of arms England 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
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The coats of arms on f. 1 are: in the upper corner, the arms of England; in the outer margin, barry of 6 or and azure, on a canton argent a chaplet gules (Holme, of Yorkshire or of Lancashire); across the lower margin, the first coat of arms, Holme impaling sable a lion rampant argent (Wastneys), the second Holme, and the third Holme within a bordure engrailed gules; below these 3 coats of arms are faint sketches of the same arms, perhaps as instructions to the illuminator; the arms themselves appear to be later additions over larger, blank shields, now erased. On f. 173, in the upper corner, the arms of England and France quarterly, impaling the arms attributed to Edward the Confessor (azure, a cross flory between 5 martlets or); in the outer margin, within a bordure or, quarterly, 1 and 4 argent 3 chaplets gules (Lascelles? Hilton?), 2 and 3 argent 2 bars azure (unidentified); across the lower margin, the first coat of arms, Holme impaling Wastneys, the second Holme, the third argent a lion rampant sable (also for Wastneys?); the 3 coats of arms in the lower margin appear to be later additions over larger, blank shields, now erased. On f. 227, in the upper corner, the arms of England and France; in the outer margin, azure 3 chevronels interlaced and a chief or (Fitzhugh); across the lower margin, the first coat of arms, Holme impaling Wastneys, the second Holme, the third Holme within a bordure engrailed gules. The arms may be those of John Holme (d. 1438), of Paull-Holme, who married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Adam Wastneys; his son, also named John Holme, married Joan, daughter of John Ellerker of Riseby, serjeant at law ca. 1441; the younger John Holme was probably Baron of the Exchequer, 1446-49. On f. v verso, twice, the signature of Sir Thomas Bourchier (1442-1512), nephew to the Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury of the same name. Also on f. v verso, 16th c. inscription, "Constat Roberto plummer." The book belonged to "H.N." who had it rebound with his initials on the covers and who may have written the notes on tinctures on f. iv recto and verso. On f. iii, 17th c. inscription, "Roger Allestry his book 1291 [sic]." 19th c. Armorial bookplate of Thomas William Evans, in which the first quarter (gironny of 8 argent and vert, a lion rampant gardant or) and the crest (in a charger a boar's head erased argent) correspond to those of W. Evans of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire. Sold by J. and J. Leighton to C. W. Dyson Perrins in 1905.
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