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Description
ff. 1-49; ff. 49v-50v blank. Index to statues, Accusacions to Wurstede. French. ff. 51-54, 56-147v, 148v-252v, 256-389v. Statuta nova. Latin; French. From 1 Edward III to 8 Edward IV. ff. 54-55. Incipit statutum eodem anno primo [About Statutes of Edward I]. Incipit: Come nadgairs en temps le Roy E. fitz le Roy Henry plusours graundz de poeple de Roialme d'engleterre surmeissent a hugh le dispenser le pier plusours maufaitz par enquestz countre l'estat de de [sic] dit Roy. Explicit: qe tous ceux trespases felonies enemytes disobeisantz et rebellions soient quitez et par cest accord assent et estatuit a toutz iours. Rubric: Incipit statutum eodem anno primo. French. f. 55r-v. Ad huc de anno primo Letter, Edward III. Incipit: Le Roy as tous as queux cestez lettres viendrent salutz. Sachez que come la bone memorie Sir E. iadis Roy d'engleterre nostre aiel iadis enst assignee ses foialx et lez purailez en ces forests affaire auxi bien de cea Trent come de la. Explicit: En ter de quel chose nous avons fait faire nous lettres overtez. Teste nous meismez et cetera. Rubric: Ad huc de anno primo. French. See Calendar of Patent Rolls...Edward III, A.D. 1327-30 (London 1891) p. 39, membr. 15, for 13 March, 1 Edward III. ff. 55v-56. Incipit statutum de anno secundo Regis Edwardi tercii Revocacio brevium de audiendo et terminando. Incipit: Accorde est par nostre seigneur le Roy et son conseill a cest parlement de North. que tous les oiers et terminers grauntez contre fourme de statut. Explicit: n'est pas mys en estatut einz est bailee al chauncerie per bille. Rubric: Incipit statutum de anno secundo Regis Edwardi tercii. French. This text also in HM 906, f. 125r-v, HM 930, f. 12 and HM 19920, f. 165. ff. 147v-148v. [Levying of tax]. Incipit: Al honur de dieu et pur l'onur et bien de nostre seignur le Roy et pur bien comune et en defense du Roialme D'engleterre lez seignurs et les comunes de mesme le roialme esteant en ceste present parlement ont grauntez a nostre dit seignur le Roy une disme et di. xv a lever dez leiez gentz. Explicit: a vostre pouer sauvant au Roy sa prerogatif et liberte de sa coronne. French. ff. 253-256. Incipiunt statuta apud Westmonasterium edita eodem anno secundo [About Statute of Westminster]. Incipit: Henricus dei gratia Rex anglie et frauncie et dominus hibernie vic. Warwic. et leicestr. qui nunc est vel qui pro tempore fuerit salutem cum in statuto et in parleamento domini regis nuper regis anglie progenitoris nostri anno regni sui quarto tento edito inter cetera contineatur quod pro eo quod populus multum gravatus extitit de eo quod blada fenum bestie et alia genera victualium et bonorum. Explicit: dicte ordinacionis in predicto parliamento nostro ut promittitur edito. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium xxo die februarii anno regni nostri iio. Rubric: Incipiunt statuta apud Westmonasterium edita eodem anno secundo. Latin. Support: Parchment. Script: Anglicana. Layout: 1-5⁸ 6¹⁰(through f. 50) 7⁴ 8⁶ 9-30⁸ 31⁶ 32²(+3, f. 245) 33-50⁸. Catchwords usually in inner lower margin; in quires 9-30 in brown ink frames; in quires 21-27, occasional catchwords on inner leaves of quires; in quires 31-50, no catchwords. 38 long lines, ruled in lead with top and bottom 2 lines full across, round prick marks in the 3 outer margins. 39-40 long lines, ruled in lead with all horizontal lines full across, round prick marks in the 3 outer margins. 33-34 long lines, frame ruled in brown crayon, round prick marks in the 3 outer margins. 32-40 long lines, frame ruled in lead, round prick marks at the 4 corners of the text frame. Span folios: ff. 1-389v. Other Decoration: 5-to 3-line blue initials infilled with red void leaf designs, and with red and blue cascade borders terminating in red flourishes on ff. 51 (beginning of the statutes of Edward III) and 123v (beginning of the statutes of Richard II); 7- to 3-line blue initials with red flourishing; paragraph marks alternating red and blue; running headlines in the hands of the scribes (with the name of the king often added later) frequently set off by paragraph marks; chapter numbers in the margins set off by paragraph marks; marginalia in several hands. Assigned Date: s. XV2. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/21/2012. 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, ca. 1840, in red morocco, stamped in blind, with the Bridgewater crest stamped in gold on both covers; marbled endpapers; gilt edges. EL 9 H 10. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. ii + II + 389 + ii : parchment ; 200 x 295 mm.
Law--England--Early works to 1800 Statutes--England--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
On f. iv, two cancelled pressmarks, "A.6" and "B.9" in the hand of John Egerton (1579-1649), 1st Earl of Bridgewater, and a later pressmark in the hand of the second Earl (1622-86), "L.CC.S:1./3."; on f. iii, in an early modern hand, "L. Cl.S.1.3." Bridgewater bookplate and current pressmark, "9 H 10," on the front pastedown.
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