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HLS MS No. 59	England. Statutes, Magna Carta to 12 Edw. 2 Abbreviated Anglo-Norman Brut Tracts and Documents	ca. 1318 (with later additions)
	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.LIBR:13405541

The HOLLIS cataloguing may be found here. The following items are worth repeating:

“Description : 155 leaves : vellum ; 10 cm.

“Summary : Contains a partial calendar, May-Dec. (ff. 1r-4v); an abridged Brut Chronicle, in French, (ff. 5r-10r); Confirmatio Chartum, in French, (ff. 10r-13r); Magna Carta (ff. 14r-20v); Charta Forestae (ff. 20v-23v, incomplete); Statuta Angliae (ff. 24r-154v., imperfect at beginning and end); on folio 124v is added a hymn to the Virgin; on folio 125v is added a precept to John Moygne (justice of the peace for Lincolnshire, 1486-1502).

“Notes : Written by an English scribe, long lines, roman letters, 23 to a full page.

“Illuminated initials.”

The cataloguing in Baker’s English Legal Manuscripts, 1, no. 82 reads as follows:

“STATUTA VETERA; TRACTS

“MS. 59.

“C.xiv, 155 ff. Includes: a partial calendar; Distinctiones sokagii (‘Sokage poet estre destincte ... ’); Expositiones vocabulorum (‘Explicit interpretatio sok et sak’); De antiquo dominico corone; Ordre de exceptioner; an abridged Brut chronicle (in French). On fo. 124v is added a hymn to the Virgin; and on fo. 125 v a precept to John Moygne [JP Lincs. 1486-1502].

“Thomas Rodd catalogue of MSS. (1847), p. 13; bought from Rodd in 1847 by Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS. 12241); his sale, S. 11 June 1896, no. 284, to Ellis for George Dunn; his sale, S. 11 Feb. 1913, no. 24; bought privately by HLS.

“Census, I, 1034, no. 59; Phillipps Studies, IV, 180.”

The manuscript measures approximately 100 X 73 mm.

The modern board binding with cream-colored leather covering the spine is in good condition. The blank modern endpapers at the front and back were probably added when the manuscript was bound.

The manuscript has 28 quires of varying lengths: eight ten-page quires, three quaternions, two ternions, five duernions, and ten bifolia, all excluding the initial and final modern endpapers. There are no signatures or carryovers, but the quire breaks are indicated by narrow strips of paper [DC note: Confirmed this by the strings in the middle of each quire. Be sure the paper strips are really part of the MS and not added by the photographer]. This gives us the following collation [DC note: Some of these will have to be changed when the images are fixed. Note also that f. 13v is near the end of the image stack in Mirador for some reason]:

i (unfoliated), 1⁴ (f. 1–4), 2¹⁰ (f. 5–14), 3–4⁴ (f. 15–22), 5² (f. 23–24), 6–7⁸ (f. 25–40), 8² (f. 41–42), 9¹⁰ (f. 43–52), 10² (f. 53–54), 11¹⁰ (f. 55–64), 12² (f. 65–66), 13¹⁰ (f. 67–76), 14⁴ (f. 77–80), 15⁶ (f. 81–86), 16⁴ (f. 87–90), 17⁶ (f. 91–95), 18² (f. 96–97), 19–20¹⁰ (f. 98–117), 21² (f. 118–119), 22⁸ (f. 120–127), 23–25² (f. 128–133), 26–27¹⁰ (f. 134–153), 28² (f. 154–155), ii (unfoliated).

Summary Contents

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Seq.	Fol.	No.	Item
8–15	f. 1r–4v	1	Calendar
16–29	f. 5r–11r	2	Brut Chronicle (Not in S.R.)
29–33	f. 11r–13r	3	Confirmatio cartarum, 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:122–4)
33, 323, 34	f. 13r–14r	4	Sentencia lata super confirmatione cartarum, 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:126)
36–50	f. 15r–21v	5	Magna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:114–19)
50–56	f. 21v–24v	6	Forest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:120–2)
57–70, 119	f. 25r–31v, 56r	7	Provisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:1–4)
71–109	f. 32r–51r	8	Statute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:26–39)
109–118, 121	f. 51r–55v, 57r	9	Statute of Gloucester, chapters, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:47–50)
119–120	f. 56r–56v	10	Statute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:19–25)
121–122	f. 57r–57v	11	‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:50)
123–198	f. 58r–95v	12	Statute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:71–95)
198–198	f. 95v–95v	13	Statute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:106)
199–200	f. 96r–96v	14	De viris religiosis, 7 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:51)
200–209	f. 96v–101r	15	Statute of Merchants, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:98–100)
209–216	f. 101r–104v	16	Statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:96–8)
216–218	f. 104v–105v	17	Articles of inquiry on the statute of Winchester, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:245–6)
218–220	f. 105v–106v	18	Explanation of writs used for making inquisitions of land to be put in mortmain, 20 Edw. 1 (Cf. S.R. 1:111)
220–224	f. 106v–108v	19	Statute of Fines, 27 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:126–30)
225	f. 109r	20	Statute of Carlisle, 35 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:150–2)
225–227	f. 109r–110r	21	De illis qui debent poni in iuratis et assisis, 21 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:113)
227–230	f. 110r–111v	22	Statute of Waste, 20 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:109–10)
230–231	f. 111v–112r	23	De proteccionibus non allocandis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:217)
231–232	f. 112r–112v	24	Circumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:101–2)
232–237	f. 112v–115r	25	Statute of Joint-tenants, 34 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:145–7)
237–239	f. 115r–116r	26	Distinctiones socagii (Not in S.R.)
239–241	f. 116r–117r	27	De wardis et releviis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:228)
241–243	f. 117r–118r	28	View of frankpledge, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:246–7)
243–245	f. 118r–119r	29	De homagio et fidelitate faciendis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:227–8)
245–246	f. 119r–119v	30	Dies communes in banco, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208)
246–247	f. 119v–120r	31	Dies communes de dote, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208)
247–248	f. 120r–120v	32	Judicium pillorie, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:201–2)
248–251	f. 120v–122r	33	Exposicio vocabulorum (Not in S.R.)
251–252	f. 122r–122v	34	Modus calumpniandi essoniam, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:217–18)
252–257	f. 122v–125r	35	Assise of weights and measures, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:204–5)
258–259	f. 125v–126r	36	Hymn invoking the Blessed Virgin, alliterating on ‘p’ (Not in S.R.)
260	f. 126v	37	Mandate to a justice of the peace (Not in S.R.)
260–267	f. 126v–130r	38	Prerogativa regis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:226–7)
268–269	f. 130v–131r	39	Assize of bread and ale, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:199–200)
270	f. 131v–131v	40	Mandate to a JP enforcing the Statute of labourers (Not in S.R.)
271–272	f. 132r–132v	41	Statutum de antiquo dominico corone (Not in S.R.)
273–277	f. 133r–135r	42	Statute of Exeter, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:210–12)
277–285	f. 135r–139r	43	Statute of Exeter, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:210–12)
285–287	f. 139r–140r	44	Circumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:101–2)
287–290	f. 140r–141v	45	De bigamis, 4 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:42–3)
290–291	f. 141v–142r	46	Statutum de anno et die, 40 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:7)
291–294, 271	f. 142r–143v, 132r	47	Consuetudines et assise de foresta, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:243–5)
295	f. 144r	48	De militibus, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:229)
295–301	f. 144r–147r	49	Districtiones scaccarii, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:197 [ter] – 198)
302–307	f. 147v–150r	50	Ordre de exceptioner (Not in S.R.)
308–313	f. 150v–153r	51	Statute of York, 12 Edw. 2 (S.R. 1:177–9)
314	f. 153v	52	Littera attornatus ad placitandum (Not in S.R.)
314–316	f. 153v–154v	53	Littera obligacionis (Not in S.R)
324	f. 155r	54	Table of kings

Detailed Contents

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Seq.	Fol.	Label	Header	Sig.
1	no fol., no sig.	Spine
2	no fol., no sig.	Front cover
3	no fol., no sig.	Inside front cover
4	no fol., no sig.	Library reference marks
5	no fol., no sig.	Blank
6	no fol., no sig.	Blank
7	no fol., no sig.	Blank
8	1r	Calendar
	Note: The calendar begins in May and runs through December. The first page is stained and faded, as if it once stood at the head of an unbound quire. It is done entirely in pen-work, without color. We have not analyzed the saints for regional variation.
9	1v
10	2r
11	2v
12	3r
13	3v
14	4r
15	4v
16	5r	Brut Chronicle. (Not in S.R.)
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) This is an extract from the abbreviated Anglo-Norman Brut. It is not generally known among the many manuscripts of that text. It is defective at the beginning. The first page that we have describes the king of Winchester as having Gloucester, Winchester, and Warwick; the king of East Anglia, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and the king of Northumberland, all the land beyond the Humber.
17	5v
18	6r
19	6v
20	7r
21	7v
22	8r
23	8v
24	9r
25	9v
26	10r
27	10r
	Note: This sequence number duplicates seq. 26. Both numbers refer to the same image.
28	10v
	Note: Addition in bottom margin in a different ink.
29	11r	Confirmatio cartarum, 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:122–4)
	Heading: Explicit brutus abreviatus Incipit confirmacio cartar’.
	Note: The abbreviated Brute closes with a very brief account of the reign of Edward I (the original version stopped in 1272), and closes with a mention of the succession of his son.
30	11v
31	12r		Cartar’
32	12v		Confirmacio
33	13r	Sentencia lata super confirmatione cartarum, 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:126)
	Heading: Sentencia.
	Note: For fol. 13v, see seq. 323.
34	14r
35	14v	Blank
36	15r	Magna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:114–19)
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) Elaborately decorated initial ‘E’, unfinished.
37	15v		Magna
38	16r		Carta
39	16v		Magna
40	17r
41	17v
42	18r		Carta
43	18v		Magna
44	19r		Carta
45	19v		Magna
46	20r		Carta
47	20v		Magna
48	20v		Magna
	Note: This sequence number duplicates seq. 47. Both numbers refer to the same image.
49	21r		Carta
50	21v	Forest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:120–2)	Magna Carta
	Heading: Exp’ Magna Carta Inc’ Carta Foreste.
51	22r		Carta Foreste
52	22v		Carta
53	23r		Foreste
54	23v		Carta
55	24r		Foreste
56	24v		Carta
	Note: The page ends at paragraph 16 of the Forest Charter.
57	25r	Provisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:1–4)	De Mertone
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) The page begins at c. 4 of the Provisions of Merton.
58	25v		Statutum
59	26r		Merton’
60	26v
61	27r
62	27v
	Note: Carryover indicating quire break.
63	28r
64	28v
65	29r		Merton’
66	29v		Merton’
67	30r		Merton’
68	30v
69	31r		Merton’
70	31v		Merton’
	Note: The page ends with the first line of c. 6 of the Provisions of Merton. The last line of c. 8 and the rest of the statute is found on fol. 56r.
71	32r	Statute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:26–39)	Primu’
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) The page begins in the middle of the Statute of Westminster I.
72	32v		Westm’
73	33r		Primu’
74	33v		Westm’
75	34r		Primu’
76	34v		Westm’
77	35r		Primu’
78	35v		Westm’
79	36r		Primu’
80	36v		Westm’
81	37r		primu’
82	37v		Westm’
83	38r		Primu’
84	38v		Westm’
85	39r		primu’
86	39v		Westm’
87	40r		Primu’
88	40v		Westm’
89	41r		primu’
90	41v		Westm’
91	42r		primu’
92	42v		Westm’
93	43r		Primu’
94	43v		Westm’
95	44r		primu’
96	44v		Westm’
97	45r		primu’
98	45v		Westm’
99	46r		Primu’
100	46v		Westm’
101	47r		primu’ (cut off)
102	47v		Westm’ (cut off)
103	48r		primu’ (cut off)
104	48v		Westm’ (cut off)
105	49r
106	49v		Westm’
107	50r		Primu’
108	50v		Westm’
109	51r	Statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:47–50)	Primu
	Heading: Explicit statutu’ Westm’ prim’ Incipit statutum Gloucestr’.
110	51v		Glouc’(?)
	Note: Decorated initial ‘P’, unfinished.
111	52r		Glouc’
112	52v		Glouc’
113	53r
	Note: Visible binding material.
114	53v
115	54r
116	54v
117	55r		Glouc’
118	55v		Statutu’
	Note: The page ends at paragraph 7 of the Statute of Gloucester.
119	56r	(1) Provisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3. (2) Statute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3. (S.R. [1] 1:1–4 [2] 1:19–25)	De M’ton
	Heading: Explicit M’ton’ Inc’ Marleb’ge.
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) Decorated initial ‘A’, unfinished. (3) This folio appears to be tipped in. It contains the last line of c. 8 of the provisions of Merton and the rest of the statute. It would fit better after fol. 31, although Merton would still not be complete. Removing this folio from here would also not complete the statute of Gloucester. Fol. 57r begins in the middle of c. 15 of statute, whereas fol. 55v ended with the first line of c. 7.
120	56v		Marleb’
	Note: The page ends in the middle of the Statute of Marlborough.
121	57r	(1) Statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (2) ‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. [1] 1:45–50 [2] 1:50 )	Glouc’
	Heading: Explicit statutu’ Gloucestr’ Incipiunt Explanac’ eiusdem.
	Note: The page begins in the last paragraph of the Statute of Gloucester.
122	57v		Explanac’
123	58r	Statute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:71–95)	Gloucest’
	Heading: Expliciunt explanaciones Glouc’ Incipit statutum Westm’ Secundi.
124	58v		Westm’
125	59r		sc’dm
126	59v		Westm’
127	60r		sc’dm
128	60v		Westm’
129	61r		Secundi
130	61v		Westm’
131	62r		Secundi
132	62v		Westm’
133	63r		Secundi
134	63v		Westm’
135	64r		Sc’di
136	64v		Westm’
137	65r		sc’dm
138	65v		Westm’
139	66r		Sc’dm
140	66v		Westm’
141	67r		Sc’dm
142	67v		Westm’
143	68r		Sc’dm
144	68v		Westm’
145	69r		Sc’dm
146	69v		Westm’
147	70r		Sc’dm
148	70v		Westm’
149	71r		Sc’dm
150	71v		Westm’
151	72r		Sc’dm
152	72v		Westm’
153	73r		Sc’dm
154	73v		Westm’
155	74r		Secund’
156	74v		Westm’
157	75r		Sc’dm
158	75v		Westm’
159	76r		Sc’dm
160	76v		Westm’
161	77r		Sc’dm
162	77v		Westm’
163	78r
164	78v
165	79r
166	79v
167	80r		Sc’dm
168	80v		Westm’
169	81r		Sc’dm
170	81v		Westm’
171	82r		Sc’dm
172	82v		Westm’
173	83r		Sc’dm
174	83v		Westm’
175	84r		Sc’dm
176	84v		Westm’
177	85r		Sc’dm
178	85v		Westm’
179	86r		Sc’dm
180	86v		Westm’
181	87r		Sc’dm
182	87v		Westm’
183	88r		Sc’dm
184	88v		Westm’
185	89r		Sc’dm
186	89v		Westm’
187	90r		Sc’dm
188	90v		Westm’
189	91r		Sc’dm
190	91v		Westm’
191	92r		Sc’dm
192	92v		Westm’
193	93r		Sc’dm
194	93v		Westm’
195	94r		Sc’dm
196	94v		Westm’
197	95r		Sc’dm
198	95v	Statute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:106)	Westm’
	Heading: Explicit statutum Westm’ Secundi; Incipit statutum Westm’ Tercii.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished. (2) The page ends in the first paragraph of the Statute of Westminster III.
199	96r	De viris religiosis, 7 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:51)	Relig’
	Note: The page begins in the middle of De viris religiosis.
200	96v	Statute of Merchants, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:98–100)
	Heading: Explicit statutorum Religiosorum Incipit statutum Mercatorum.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished.
201	97r		Mercator’
	Note: A folio may be cut out before this one, but the text continues without a break.
202	97v		Statutu’
203	98r		m’cator’
204	98v		Statutu’
205	99r		m’cator’
206	99v		Statutu’
207	100r		m’cator
208	100v		Statutu’
209	101r	Statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:96–8)	m’cator’
	Heading: Explicit statutum mercator’ Incipit statutum Wynton’.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished.
210	101v		Statutu’
	Note: Characters in later script in lower margin; meaning unclear.
211	102r		Wynton’
212	102v		Statutu’
213	103r		Wynton’
214	103v		Statutu’
215	104r		Wynton’
216	104v	Articles of inquiry on the statute of Winchester, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:245–6)	Statutu’ Wynton’
	Heading: Explicit statutum Wynton’ Incipiunt Articuli eiusdem.
217	105r		Articuli eiusd’
218	105v	Explanation of writs used for making inquisitions of land to be put in mortmain, 20 Edw. 1. (Cf. S.R. 1:111)	Articuli eor’dem
	Heading: Statutum de terris perquirendis de gracia Regis.
	Note: Does not seem to be in Baker, Cambridge Legal Manuscripts. The text is in French, and is not just a translation of the Latin text given in S.R. How close it comes to a paraphrase of the S.R. text requires more attention than we have been able to give it. The S.R. text comes from the parliament rolls and may be found in PROME under Original Documents: Edward I Parliaments, Roll 5.
219	106r
220	106v	Statute of Fines, 27 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:126–30)	de terr’ perquirend’
	Heading: Explicit statutum de terris perquirendis de gra’ Reg’ Incipit Statutum De Finibus.
	Note: Decorated letter ‘Q’, unfinished.
221	107r		Statutu’ de finibus
222	107v		Statutu’
223	108r		De finibus
224	108v
	Note: The page ends in the middle of the Statute of Fines.
225	109r	(1) Statute of Carlisle, 35 Edw. 1. (2) De illis qui debent poni in iuratis et assisis, 21 Edw. 1. (S.R. [1] 1:150–2 [2] 1:113 )	De Karlele
	Heading: Explicit statutum De Karlele Incipit Statutum de assis et Iurat’.
	Note: (1) The page begins in the middle of the Statute of Carlisle. (2) Grotesque.
226	109v		Assie’ et Iurat
	Note: Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished.
227	110r	Statute of Waste, 20 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:109–10)	Assi’e et Iurat’
	Heading: Expliciunt assis’ et Iurat’ Inc’ stat’ De vasto facto Tempore alieno.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘W’, unfinished.
228	110v		De vasto facto
229	111r		Tempore aliento
230	111v	De proteccionibus non allocandis, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:217)	Protectiones
	Heading: Explicit Statutum de Vasto facto temp’ al’ Incipiunt protection’ D’m Regis.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘P’, unfinished.
231	112r	Circumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:101–2)	D’m Reg’
	Heading: Expliciunt protectiones D’ni Regis Incip’ statut’ circumspecte agatis.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘R’, unfinished.
232	112v	Statute of Joint-tenants, 34 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:145–7)
	Heading: Explicit Statutum circumspecte agatis Incipit statutum de coniunctim feoffatis.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘E’, unfinished.
233	113r		De coniunct’ feoff’
234	113v		De coniunctim
235	114r		Feoffatis
236	114v		De coniunctim
237	115r	Distinctiones socagii. (Not in S.R.)	Feoffatis
	Heading: Explicit statutum de coniunctim feoffatis Incipiunt distinctiones sokag’.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished. (2) For the text, see Baker, Cambridge Legal Manuscripts 97, citing a number of manuscripts, including this one. His fol. reference is to the pencilled foliation in the upper right-hand corner, which is one less than our digital foliation
238	115v		Distinctiones
239	116r	De wardis et releviis, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:228)	Sokagii
	Heading: Expliciunt distinctiones Sokagii Incipiunt Warde et Relevie.
240	116v		Warde
241	117r	View of frankpledge, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:246–7)	et Relevie
	Heading: Explicit statutum Warde et relevie Incipit visus francii plegii.
	Note: Decorative initial ‘P’, unfinished.
242	117v		Visus
243	118r	De homagio et fidelitate faciendis, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:227–8)	vis franc’ pleg’
	Heading: Explicit visus franc’ pleg’ Incipit modus faciendi homagium.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished.
244	118v		modus
245	119r	Dies communes in banco, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:208)	Faciend’ homag’
	Heading: Explicit modus faciendi homagium Incipiunt dies communes in banco.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished.
246	119v	Dies communes de dote, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:208)	Dies communes in Banco
	Heading: Explicit Dies Communes in Banco Sequitur Dies Dotis.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished. Unusually, this letter is part of the heading.
247	120r	Judicium pillorie, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:201–2)	Dies Dotis
	Heading: Incipit Iudicium Pillorie.
248	120v	Exposicio vocabulorum. (Not in S.R.)
	Heading: Explicit Iudicium Pillorie Incipiunt posiciones vocabulor’ et cart’.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished. (2) This is a French version of the text that appears in HLS MS 58 in Latin. For this text, see Baker, Cambridge Legal Manuscripts 73, with reference to a number of manuscripts including this one. His folio reference is from the upper right-hand corner, which is one less than our digital foliation
249	121r			p
250	121v
251	122r	Modus calumpniandi essoniam, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:217–18)
	Heading: Explicit Interpretatio Sok et Sak Hic incip’ mod’ Calumpdiand’ Essonia.
	Note: There may be a folio cut out before this one, but the text continues without a break.
252	122v	Statute of weights and measures, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:204–5)
	Heading: Incipit compositio monete.
	Note: The statute of Weights and Measures is divided here into two parts and varies somewhat from the text given in S.R.
253	123r
	Heading: Incipit compositio ponder’.
254	123v
255	124r
256	124v
257	125r
258	125v	Hymn invoking the Blessed Virgin, alliterating on ‘p’. (Not in S.R.)
	Note: Written in a more informal hand and hard to read on the image. It is very close to, without being quite the same as, the hymn on the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin in Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi 15 (1893) 93 (no. 64). (Our thanks to Jan Ziolkowski for the reference.) Incipit: ‘Plaude potentissima parens plasmatoris / Persona purissima puella pudoris’. Explicit: ‘Provide ?psalterie protege presentes / ?Preganda preteritos pestimo pacientes / Ave etc Concede etc’.
259	126r
	Note: The note at the end of verses in a later hand needs more time than we have been able to give it. It offers statistics, but also seems to refer to beheading, and to the Percy family.
260	126v	(1) Mandate to a justice of the peace. (2) Prerogativa regis, temp. incert. (S.R. [1] Not in S.R [2] 1:226–7 )
	Heading: (1) Preceptum iusticiar’ regis de pace. (2) prerogativa Regis.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished. (2) Two different hands. (3) The mandate is to John Moygne, a JP in Dorset, that he compel John Botiler to give security to keep the peace with regard to Peter Armyner whom Botiler is threatening.
261	127r
262	127v
263	128r
	Note: Visible quire break.
264	128v
265	129r
266	129v
267	130r
	Heading: Explicit.
268	130v	Assize of bread and ale, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:199–200)
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished. (2) The text deals only with bread, is in French, and seems to vary from that in S.R.
269	131r
270	131v	Mandate to a JP enforcing the Statute of labourers. (Not in S.R.)
	Note: The mandate refers to ‘E. nuper rex’ and probably dates from the time of Richard II.
271	132r	(1) Consuetudines et assise de foresta, temp. incert. (2) Statutum de antiquo dominico corone. (S.R. [1] 1:243–5 [2] Not in S.R. )
	Heading: Explicit de Consuetudine foreste Inc’ De Antiquo D’mco corone.
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. This folio is probably tipped in. It would fit better after fol. 143. . (2) Original hand resumes. (3) The page begins with the last line of Consuetudines et assise de foresta, though it is not the last line of the text in S.R. (4) The second item is an opinion of Anger of Ripon, chief clerk of CB, c. 1290–91. See Baker, Cambridge Legal Manuscripts 49–50, citing numerous manuscripts, including this one, and noting that this copy is deficient at the end.
272	132v		De Antiquo D’mco Corone
273	133r	Statute of Exeter, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:210–12)	Statutu’ Exonie
	Note: (1) There is probably a quire break here. (2) Decorated initial ‘P’, unfinished.
274	133v		Statutum
275	134r		Exonie
276	134v		Statutum
277	135r	Statute of Exeter, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:210–12)	Exonie
	Heading: Expliciunt Statut’ Exonie Incipiunt Articula eordem.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘P’, unfinished. (2) Statute divided into two parts.
278	135v		Articuli
279	136r
280	136v		Articuli
281	137r		Exonie
282	137v		Articuli
283	138r		Exonie
284	138v
285	139r	Circumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:101–2)
	Heading: Explicit statutum exonie et articuli eordem Incipit Regia prohibicio.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished. (2) Second instance of Circumspecte agatis (different section).
286	139v
287	140r	De bigamis, 4 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:42–3)	Prohibicio
	Heading: Explicit Regia prohibicio Incipit statutum de Bigamis.
	Note: Decorated initial ‘I’, unfinished.
288	140v		De Bigamis
289	141r		Yes (cut off)
	Note: There may be a folio cut out before this one, but the text proceeds without a break.
290	141v	De anno et die, 40 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:7)	De anno bisextili
291	142r	Consuetudines et assise de foresta, temp. incert.. (S.R. 1:243–5)	Consuetudo de foresta
	Heading: Explicit De Anno Bisextili Incip’ Consuet’ assi’e de Foresta.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘S’, unfinished. (2) The text of the Consuetudines begins in the same way as does that in S.R., but then seems to vary. It deserves more attention than we have been able to give it.
292	142v		Consuetudo
293	143r		De Foresta
294	143v		De Foresta
	Note: The page ends in the middle of Consuetudines et assise de foresta. It is possible that it is continued directly on fol. 132r, though it is more likely that text is missing between the two.
295	144r	(1) De militibus, temp. incert. (2) Districtiones scaccarii, temp. incert% (S.R. [1] 1:229 [2] 1:197 [ter] – 198 )	De militibus
	Heading: Explicit de militibus Incipiunt Districciones scakarii.
	Note: (1) Visible quire break. (2) Decorated initial ‘P’, unfinished. (3) The page begins in the middle of De militibus.
296	144v		Districciones
297	145r		Sc’car’
298	145v		Districciones
299	146r		Scaccarii
300	146v		Districcio’es
301	147r		Scc’ii
	Heading: Expliciunt distriction’ Scaccar’.
	Note: Grotesque.
302	147v	Ordre de exceptioner. (Not in S.R.)
	Heading: Incipit ordr’ de excepcion’.
	Note: (1) Decorated initial ‘O’, unfinished. (2) Baker, Cambridge Legal Manuscripts 70, identifies this text not as as a French version of the common Ordo exceptionum, but rather as an extract from the Curia baronis (HLS MS 162, fol. 176r).
303	148r		De ex...(trimmed)
304	148v		Ordr’ de
305	149r		Yes (trimmed)
306	149v		Ordr’ de
307	150r		Exner(?)
	Heading: Explicit ordr’ de Excepcioner.
308	150v	Statute of York, 12 Edw. 2. (S.R. 1:177–9)
	Note: Decorated initial ‘Q’, unfinished.
309	151r
310	151v
311	152r
312	152v
313	153r
	Heading: Explicit statutu’ Eboraci.
314	153v	(1) Littera attornatus ad placitandum. (2) Littera obligacionis. (S.R. [1] Not in S.R [2] Not in S.)
	Heading: (1) Littera attorn’ ad pl’itand’. (2) Littera obligac’.
	Note: Forms for making attorney and for obligations. A second example of the latter continues on the next folio, although that folio forms part of a separate bifolium.
315	154r
	Note: This folio and the one that follows (currently seq. 324–325) are a bifolium.
316	154v
	Note: (1) Text very faded. (2) For fol. 155, see seq. 324–5.
317	no fol., no sig.	Blank
318	no fol., no sig.	Blank
319	no fol., no sig.	Library reference marks with description of binding and repair, tipped in
	Note: Library reference marks with description of binding and repair, not inserted into the binding.
320	no fol., no sig.	Blank
321	no fol., no sig.	Blank
322	no fol., no sig.	Blank
323	13v
	Note: This image should follow seq. 33. It is the continuation of the sentence of excommunication of 1297.
324	155r	Table of kings
	Note: (1) This and the following image should follow seq. 316. (2) This list of the kings of England and the number of years of their reigns goes from William I through Henry IV, and so was probably done some time in the reign of Henry V.
325	155v	Blank
326	no fol., no sig.	Inside back cover
327	no fol., no sig.	Back cover