Posted:
07 Feb 2018
STATUTES (Edward III. to Henry VI.). Haenel 31.
Vellum, 10 3/8 x 7 1/2, ff. 313 + 1, 37 lines to a page.
Cent. xv, very well written.
Collation:
1 flyleaf, 112? (5-12 gone) 28 (wants 1) 38 48 | 5?14 (1-5 gone) 68-88 (8 canc.)
98-138 1410 (1 canc.) 158-268 2710 2812 298-348 (4 canc.) 358-398.
Contents:
Capitula, headed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f. 1
Capitula Statutorum Regis E. tercii Anno primo. Come Hugh, with rather pretty
pen-flourishes in black.
The Capitula are unfinished, ending in II Edw. III.
ff. 4 b-27 b are blank.
The first leaf of the text is gone. It begins with c. II of the Statute:
Item q le Repell de dit Exill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The text is in French throughout. The last Statute is of 23 Hen. VI. ending on f. 289 a.
ff. 289 b-313 are blank.
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