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HLS MS No. 101

England. Statutes, Magna Carta to 12 Edw. 2
England. Statutes, Magna Carta to 5 Edw. 3

ca. 1318, ca. 1331

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.LIBR:12727096

 

 

<Preliminary introduction>

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

“Description : 1 v. (172 leaves) ; vellum ; 15 cm.

“Summary : Contains two different manuscripts of the same texts bound together (leaves 1-72 and 73-172). The second contains Statuta Westmonasterii II, in law-French.

The cataloguing in Baker’s English Legal Manuscripts, 1, no. 90 reads as follows:

“STATUTA VETERA

“MS. 101.

“C.xiv, 172 ff., comprising two different MSS. bound together.

“Arms tricked on fo. 172, Argent a chevron sable between three besants [sic] (c. 1500); ‘Iste liber constat Willelmo Goold’; ‘Willelmus Goold’; ‘Iste liber constat Willelmo Good de Furnyvals Ynne &c. muneris D.H.’ (c. 1500); other names on fo. 171 erased; probably from the library of Arthur Turnour (d. 1651), serjeant at law; belonged to his descendant Christopher Hatton Turnor (d. 1940), of Stoke Rochford; purchased from him by Myers & Co., and bought from them with the rest of the Turnour collection on 22 March 1924.

Census, I, 1045–1046, no. 101.”

As will be seen below, the folio references in HOLLIS to the place where the two parts of the manuscript divide are problematic. Unlike Baker, we read Goold’s surname with an ‘l’ in all places where it appears.

The manuscript measures approximately 150 X 100 mm.

The pigskin-and-board binding probably dates from the time when HLL acquired the manuscript. It has ‘Harvard Law Library’ embossed in gold on the spine. The cords at the spine are exposed. Remnants of green fabric ties are attached to both covers at the foredge. The blank endpapers at the front and back seem to date from this binding.

These blank endpapers are a bit odd. The ones at the front are where we would expect them to be, between the front pastedown and the first medieval folio, though there are an usually large number of them (5 folios). There are even more at the end (7 folios), and they do not appear just before the back pastedown. Rather, they are inserted before a bifolium that contains medieval writing, including an informal table of contents of the whole manuscript.

There is some foliation in pencil in what looks like a 19th century hand. Digital fol. 29r seems to marked 31; 39r is marked 41; 70r is marked 72. Digital fol. 151, however, is so marked, and that puts this foliation on track to end up with the end of the Lancastrian statutes on fol. 172, which corresponds to our digital foliation. Reliance on the digital foliation is what resulted in HOLLIS marking the second collection as beginning on fol. 73 whereas, in fact, it begins on fol. 71r.

The digital foliation omits the initial endpapers and corresponds to the resulting reality and not to the pencilled foliation. It is thus two less than the pencilled foliation for most of the manuscript. We also extended the digital foliation to the end of the manuscript in order to bring in the medieval bifolium which appears just before the back pastedown. The result raises the total to 181 folios.

Excluding the initial modern endpapers, the manuscript begins with nine regular quaternions followed by eight sesternions, a quinternion, a quaternion of modern endpapers, and a final medieval bifolium. One folio is lacking after fol. 59, one after fol. 150, four between fols. 70 and 71, and one in the final endpapers. This gives us the following collation:

1–98 (f. 1–70, lacks one after fol. 59 and one after fol. 70), 10–1712 (f. 71–162, lacks at least three before fol. 71 and one after fol. 150), 1810 (f. 163–172), 198 (f. 173–180, lacks one probably after 180), 202 (f. 181–182).

It seems clear that the first part of the manuscript was originally quired in quaternions, the second part in sesternions. One folio was cut out toward the end of Westminster II in quire 8, resulting in the loss of text toward the end of that statute. The folio that was cut out at the end of quire 9 (the end of the first part of the manuscript) probably did not result in the loss of any text. The three that were cut out of the beginning of the second part of the manuscript (quire 10) resulted in the loss of a large part of Magna Carta. The one that was cut out at the end of quire 16 did not result in the loss of any of the main statutory text, but may have resulted in the loss of something in the note at the bottom of the statutory text. Quire 18 may have originally been a sesternion, with what is now the final bifolium joined to it. If it was, the modern binder would have had to have remade it and the final bifolium in order to insert the modern endpapers between the two.

It seems quite clear that someone at some point had two collections of statutes that were originally separate joined together under one binding. We may even know the price of the separate manuscripts: 2/6d for the first part and 2/ for the second (fol. 70v, 180v). Unlike HLS MS 80, where the evidence points to a joining of two manuscripts in the early modern period, the evidence here points to a joining of manuscripts sometime in the Middle Ages. The notes of ownership appear only at the end. The informal table of contents that appears there is definitely in a medieval, not an early modern, script. The only owner whose name we have, William Goold, writes in a script that can be dated c. 1500. He may – and this is only a ‘may’ – be the man of the same name who was a coroner in Leicestershire in 1470. See Baker, Men of Court 1:762, s.n. ‘Gold, William’.

Goold is probaly not the man who put the two collections together. He seems to be saying that he got the manuscript as a gift (?reward for service, ‘muneris’) from one D.H.

Why would someone, probably in the 15th century, want to put these two manuscripts together? It is easy enough to see why such a person would want the second of the two collections, even if he had the first. It has quite a few more items than does the first collection, and most of what is in the first collection is duplicated in the second. Most but not all: The first collection contains all of Magna Carta; that in the second collection is defective. (Of course, we do not know that it was at the time the two collections were combined.) The first collection, but not the second, contains the sentence of excommunication on those who violate the charters, the Statute of York of 12 Edw. 2, the articles on the Statute of Winchester, and the Statute of Merchants of 13 Edw. 1. Westminster II in the first collection is in Latin (though it now lacks a folio); it is in French in the second collection. It may already have been thought that the Latin text was the official one. All of these together, or some one or more of them, probably suffice to explain why someone would have wanted to have both collections.

 

Summary Contents

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  Seq. Fol. No. Item  
14–25f. 1r–6v1Magna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:114–19) 
25–31f. 6v–9v2Forest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:120–2) 
31–33f. 9v–10v3Sentencia excommunicationis lata in transgressores cartarum, 37 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:6–7) 
33–39f. 10v–13v4Provisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:1–4) 
39–52f. 13v–20r5Statute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:19–25) 
52–78f. 20r–33r6Statute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:26–39) 
78–86f. 33r–37r7Statute of Gloucester, chapters, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:47–50) 
86–87f. 37r–37v8‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:50) 
87–135f. 37v–61v9Statute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:71–95) 
135–136f. 61v–62r10Statute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:106) 
136–141f. 62r–64v11Statute of York, 12 Edw. 2 (S.R. 1:177–9) 
141–144f. 64v–66r12Statute of Joint-tenants, 34 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:145–7) 
144–149f. 66r–68v13Statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:96–8) 
149–150f. 68v–69r14Articles of inquiry on the statute of Winchester, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:245–6) 
150–153f. 69r–70v15Statute of Merchants, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:98–100) 
154–157f. 71r–72v16Magna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:114–19) 
157–162f. 72v–75r17Forest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:120–2) 
162–168f. 75r–78r18Provisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:1–4) 
168–181f. 78r–84v19Statute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3 (S.R. 1:19–25) 
181–188f. 84v–88r20Statute of Gloucester, chapters, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:47–50) 
188–189f. 88r–88v21‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:50) 
189–216f. 88v–102r22Statute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:26–39) 
216–273f. 102r–130v23Statute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:71–95) 
273–275f. 130v–131v24Statute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:106) 
275–277f. 131v–132v25De viris religiosis, 7 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:51) 
277–282f. 132v–135r26Prerogativa regis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:226–7) 
283–284f. 135v–136r27Statute of Waste, 20 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:109–10) 
284–287f. 136r–137v28De bigamis, 4 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:42–3) 
287–291f. 137v–139v29Statute of Fines, 27 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:126–30) 
291–296f. 139v–142r30Statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:96–8) 
296–298f. 142r–143r31Assize of bread and ale, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:199–200) 
298–301f. 143r–144v32Judicium pillorie, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:201–2) 
301–303f. 144v–145v33Assise of weights and measures, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:204–5) 
303–304f. 145v–146r34Circumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1 (S.R. 1:101–2) 
304–305f. 146r–146v35Statute of Conspirators, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:216) 
305–306f. 146v–147r36De proteccionibus non allocandis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:217) 
306–307f. 147r–147v37Dies communes in banco, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208) 
307–308f. 147v–148r38Dies communes de dote, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208) 
308–313f. 148r–150v39Writ to the mayor and sheriffs of London concerning the staple, 6 Edw. 3 (Not in S.R.) 
314–327f. 151r–154v401 Edw. 3, stat. 1 (S.R. 1:251–4) 
321–322f. 154v–157v411 Edw. 3, stat. 2 (S.R. 1:255–7) 
327–335f. 157v–161v42Statute of Northampton, 2 Edw. 3 (S.R. 1:257–61) 
336–344f. 162r–166r434 Edw. 3 (S.R. 1:261–5) 
345–354f. 166v–171r445 Edw. 3 (S.R. 1:265–9) 
355–357f. 171v–172v45Notes and pen trials 
358–371f. 173r–179v46Blank modern endpapers 
372–375f. 180r–181v47Notes and informal table of contents 

 

Detailed Contents

Clicking on the sequence number will open that sequence in the PDS in a new tab or window.

 

Seq. Fol. Label Header Sig.  
1no fol., no sig.Spine 
2no fol., no sig.Front cover 
3no fol., no sig.Front pastedown 
  Note: With HLS bookplate, library markings, and ‘Turnour 101’.
4no fol., no sig.Blank 
5no fol., no sig.Blank 
6no fol., no sig.Blank 
7no fol., no sig.Blank 
8no fol., no sig.Blank 
9no fol., no sig.Blank 
10no fol., no sig.Blank 
11no fol., no sig.Blank 
12no fol., no sig.Blank 
13no fol., no sig.Blank 
141rMagna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:114–19) 
151vMagna 
162rCarta 
172vMagna 
183rCarta 
193vMagna 
204rCarta 
214vMagna 
  Note: Marginalia upside-down in a different hand/ink.
225rCarta 
  Note: Marginalia upside-down in a different hand/ink.
235vMagna 
246rCarta 
256vForest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:120–2)Magna 
  Heading: Incipit carta de Foresta.
267rCarta 
277vde Foresta 
288rCarta 
298vForestaa 
309rCartab 
319vSentencia excommunicationis lata in transgressores cartarum, 37 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:6–7)Sentencia lara super Carta 
  Heading: Explicit carta de Foresta Incipit Sentencia lata super cartas.
3210rSentencia lata 
3310vProvisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:1–4)Super Cartas 
  Heading: Explicit sentencia lata super cartas Incipit provisiones de Merton’.
3411rProvisiones 
3511vde Merton’ 
3612rProvisiones 
3712vde Merton’ 
3813rProvisiones 
3913vStatute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:19–25)Merton’ 
  Heading: Explicit provisiones de m’ton’ Incipit statutu’ de marlebr’.
4014rStatutum 
4114vDe marleb’ 
4215rStatutu’ 
4315vDe marleb’ 
4416rStatutu’ 
4516vDe marlebr’b 
4617rStatutu’ 
4717vDe marlebr’ 
4818rStatutu’ 
4918vStatutu’ 
  Note: Marginalia upside-down in a different hand/ink.
5019rDe Marlebr’ 
5119v 
5220rStatute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:26–39)Incipit statutu’ Westm’ primum ; in le fransez (all in a different hand/ink) 
  Heading: Explicit Statutum de Marlebr’ Incipit Statutum Westm’ prim’.
5320vWestm’ 
5421rPrimum 
5521vWestm’ 
5622rPrimu’ 
5722vWestm’ 
5823rPrimu’ 
5923vWestm’ 
6024rPrimu’ 
6124vWestm’ 
6225rPrimu’d 
6325vWestm’ 
  Note: Marginalia sideways in a different ink.
6426rPrimu’ 
6526vWestm’ 
6627rPrimu’ 
6727vWestm’ 
6828rWestm’ 
6928vWestm’ 
7029rPrimu’ 
7129vWestm’ 
7230rPrimu’ 
7330vWestm’ 
7431rPrimu’ 
7531vWestm’ 
7632rPrimu’ 
7732vWestm’d 
7833rStatute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:47–50)Primu’e 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ Westm’ primu’ Incipit Statutu’ Glouc’.
7933vStatutu’ 
8034rGlouc’ 
8134vStatutum 
8235rGlouc’ 
8335vStatutu’ 
8436rGlouc’ 
8536vStatutu’ 
8637r‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:50)Glouc’ 
  Heading: Explicit statutum Glouc’ Incipit explanaciones eorundem.
8737vStatute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:71–95)Explanaciones eor’dem 
  Heading: Explicit explanaciones eordem Incipit statutum Westm’ sc’di.
8838rWestm’ sc’dm 
8938vWestm’ 
9039rSc’dm 
9139vWestm’ 
9240rSc’dm 
9340vWestm’e 
9441rSc’dmf 
9541vWestm’ 
9642rSc’dm 
9742vWestm’ 
9843rSc’dm 
9943vWestm’ 
10044rSc’dm 
10144vWestm’ 
10245rSc’dm 
10345vWestm’ 
10446rSc’dm 
10546vWestm’ 
10647rSc’dm 
10747vWestm’ 
10848rSc’dm 
10948vWestm’ 
11049rSc’dmg 
11149vWestm’ 
11250rSc’dm 
11350vWestm’ 
11451rSc’dm 
11551vWestm’ 
11652r 
11752vWestm’ 
11853rSc’dm 
11953vWestm’ 
12054rSc’dm 
12154vWestm’ 
12255rSc’dm 
12355vWestm’ 
12456rSc’dm 
12556vWestm’ 
12657rSc’dmh 
12757vWestm’ 
12858rSc’dm 
12958vWestm’ 
13059rSc’dm 
13159vWestm’ 
  Note: This page ends in the middle of c. 43 of the statute. A folio has been cut out. The next page begins at the end of c. 45.
13260rSc’dm 
13360vWestm’ 
13461rSc’dm 
13561vStatute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:106)Westm’ 
  Heading: Explicit Westm’ Sc’dm Incipit Westem’ t’tm.
13662rStatute of York, 12 Edw. 2. (S.R. 1:177–9)Westm’ tercium 
  Heading: Explicit Westm’ tercium Incipit statutum Ebor’.
13762vEbor’ 
13863rEbor’ 
13963vEbor’ 
14064rEbor’i 
14164vStatute of Joint-tenants, 34 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:145–7)De coniunctim 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ Ebor’ Incipit Statutu’ coniunctim feoffatis.
14265rfeoffatis 
14365vDe coniunctim 
14466rStatute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:96–8)Feoffatis 
  Heading: Explicit stautum coniunctim feoffatis Incipit Statutum Wynton.
14566vWynton’ 
14667rWynton’ 
14767vWynton’ 
14868rWynton’ 
14968vArticles of inquiry on the statute of Winchester, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:245–6) 
  Heading: Articuli Super Statut’ Wynt’.
15069rStatute of Merchants, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:98–100) 
  Heading: Incipit Statutum de mercatoribus.
15169v 
15270r 
15370v 
  Note: At bottom of page: ‘ij s vj d’.
15471rMagna Carta, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:114–19)Carta 
  Note: (1) The page begins in chapter 22 of the Magna Carta, a fact that suggests that quite a bit is missing before it. (2) The hand and layout differs quite markedly from the previous items.
15571vMagna 
15672rCarta 
15772vForest Charter, as confirmed 25 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:120–2)Carta 
  Heading: Explicit Magna Carta Incipit Carta Foresta.
15873rde Foresta 
15973vCarta 
16074rde Foresta 
16174vCarta 
16275rProvisions of Merton, 20 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:1–4)de Foresta 
  Heading: Explicit carta de Foresta Incipiunt statuta de m’ton.
16375vStatutu’ 
16476rMerton’ 
16576vStatutu’ 
16677rMerton’ 
16777vStatutu’ 
16878rStatute of Marlborough, 52 Hen. 3. (S.R. 1:19–25)Merton’ 
  Heading: Expliciunt Statuta de Merton’ Incipiunt Statuta de Marl’.
16978vStatutu’ 
17079rMarleberge 
17179vStatutu’ 
17280rMarleberge 
17380vStatutu’ 
17481rMarleberge 
17581vStatuta 
17682rMarleberge 
17782vStatuta 
17883rMarleberge 
17983vStatutu’ 
18084rMarleberge 
18184vStatute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:47–50)Marleberge 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ de Marleberge Et incipit Statuta Gloucest’.
18285r 
18385vStatutu’ 
18486rGloucestr’ 
18586vStatutu’ 
18687rGloucestr’ 
18787vStatutu’ 
18888r‘Explanation’ of statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:50)Gloucestr’ 
  Heading: Explicit statutu’ Gloucestr’ Et Incipiunt Explanaciones eor’dem Statutor’.
18988vStatute of Westminster I, 3 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:26–39)Explanaciones 
  Heading: Expliciunt explanaciones Gloucestr’ et Incipiunt Statuta Westm’ prima.
19089rWestm’ 
19189vWestm’ 
19290rPrimu’ 
19390vWestm’ 
19491rPrimu’ 
19591vWestm’ 
19692rPrimu’ 
19792vWestm’ 
19893rPrimu’ 
19993vWestm’ 
20094rPrimu’ 
20194vWestm’ 
20295rPrimu’ 
20395vWestm’ 
20496rPrimu’ 
20596vWestm’ 
20697rPrimu’ 
20797vWestm’ 
20898rPrimu’ 
20998vWestm’ 
21099rPrimu’ 
21199vWestm’ 
212100rPrimu’ 
213100vWestm’ 
214101rPrimu’ 
215101vWestm’ 
216102rStatute of Westminster II, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:71–95)Primu’ 
  Heading: Expliciunt Statuta Westm’ Prima Et Incipiunt Statuta Westm’ Sc’da.
217102vWestm’ 
218103rSc’dm 
219103vWestm’ 
220104rSc’dm 
221104vWestm’ 
222105rSc’dm 
223105vWestm’ 
224106rSc’dm 
225106vWestm’ 
226107rSc’dm 
227107vWestm’ 
228108rSc’dm 
229108vWestm’ 
230109rSc’dm 
231109vWestm’ 
232110rSc’dm 
233110vWestm’ 
234111rSc’dm 
235111vWestm’ 
236112rSc’dm 
237112vWestm’ 
238113rSc’dm 
239113vWestm’ 
240114rSc’dm 
241114vWestm’ 
242115rSc’dm 
243115vWestm’ 
244116rSc’dm 
245116vWestm’ 
246117rSc’dm 
247117vWestm’ 
248118rSc’dm 
249118vSc’dm 
250119rWestm’ 
251119vWestm’ 
252120rSc’dm 
253120vWestm’ 
254121rSc’dm 
255121vWestm’ 
256122rSc’dm 
257122vWestm’ 
258123rSc’dm 
259123vWestm’ 
260124rSc’dm 
261124vWestm’ 
262125rSc’dm 
263125vWestm’ 
264126rSc’dm 
265126vWestm’ 
266127rSc’dm 
267127vWestm’ 
268128rSc’dm 
269128vWestm’ 
270129rSc’dm 
271129vWestm’ 
272130rSc’dm 
273130vStatute of Westminster III, 18 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:106)Westm’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ Westm’ Sc’dm Incipit Statutu’ Westm’ terciu’ etc’.
274131rterciu’ 
275131vDe viris religiosis, 7 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:51)Statutu’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statuta Westm’ terciu’ Incipit Statutu’ de Religiosis.
276132r 
  Heading: De Religiosis.
277132vPrerogativa regis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:226–7)Prerogativis 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ de Religiosis Incipit Statutu’ Prerogative Regis.
278133rRegis 
279133vPrerogative 
280134rRegis 
281134vPrerogative 
282135rRegis 
283135vStatute of Waste, 20 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:109–10)Statutu’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ Prerogative Regis Incipit Statutu’ de vasto facto tempore alieno.
284136rDe bigamis, 4 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:42–3)De vasto 
  Heading: Explicit statutu’ de vasto facto Incipit Statutu’ de Bigamis.
285136vStatutu’ 
  Heading: ?? articulis Incipit Sic.
286137rDe Bigamis 
287137vStatute of Fines, 27 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:126–30)Statutu’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ de Bigamis Incipit Statutu’ de finibus.
288138rDe Finibus 
289138vStatutu’ 
290139rDe Finibus 
291139vStatute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:96–8)Statutu’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ de finibus Incipit Statutu’ de Wynton’.
292140r 
293140vStatutu’ 
294141rWynton 
295141vStatutu’ 
296142rAssize of bread and ale, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:199–200)Wynton’ 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ Wynton’ Incipit Statutu’ Assisa Panis.
  Note: As is frequently the case, the manuscript divides the assize of bread and ale into three parts.
297142vAssisa 
298143rJudicium pillorie, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:201–2)Panis 
  Heading: (1) Assisa Cervisie. (2) Lucrum Pistoris. (3) Incipit Iudiciu’ Pillorie.
299143vIudiciu’ 
300144rPillorie 
301144vStatute of weights and measures, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:204–5)Composicio monete 
  Heading: Composicio moneta et mensure.
302145ret Mensure 
303145vCircumspecte agatis, 13 Edw. 1. (S.R. 1:101–2) 
  Heading: Explicit Compositio monete et mensure Incipit Articuli contra Regiam prohibicione’.
304146rStatute of Conspirators, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:216) 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ contra Regiam prohibicionem Incipit Statutu’ de conspiratoribus.
305146vDe proteccionibus non allocandis, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:217)De proteccionibus 
  Heading: Explicit Statut’ de Conspiratoribus Incipit Statutu’ de proteccionibus non allocand’.
306147rDies communes in banco, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208)Non allocand’ 
  Heading: (1) Explicit statutu’ de proteccionibus non allocand Incipiunt dies communes in Banco de termino sci’ Michi’. (2) De termino sci’ Hillar’
307147vDies communes de dote, temp. incert. (S.R. 1:208) 
  Heading: (1) De t’io’ Pasch. (2) De t’io’ sce’ trinitatis. (3) Expliciunt dies co’ies In Banco Sequitur de dote De termino sci’ mich’. (4) De termino sci’ hillar’ de dote.
308148rWrit to the mayor and sheriffs of London concerning the staple, ?6 Edw. 3. (Not in S.R.) 
  Heading: (1) De termino pasch’ de dote. (2) De termino sce trinitatis de dote. (3) Expliciunt dies com’es de dote Incipiunt statuta de Stapeles.
  Note: The writ is dated on 16 Sep. in year 6. The contents are similar to, but not the same as, the ordinance of the Staple, 27 Edw. 3, stat. 2. There are five other examples of this writ in our collection, no two of which have the same date. Three of them are addressed to the mayor and bailiff of York; one lacks an addressee, and one is addressed to the mayor and bailiffs [sic] of London. See the Summary of Contents, SL_24, for discussion and a suggestion that this text belongs, as here, to 6 Edw. 3.
309148vStatutu’ 
310149rDe Staples 
311149vStatutu’ 
312150rDes Staples 
313150v 
  Heading: Explicit Statutu’ De Staples.
  Note: There is additional text in French in a different hand/ink surrounding and following the explicit. It is difficult to read. The script is informal and may be later, though not much later, than the main text. It seems to be giving a rule about tenancy by curtesy. It may not be complete; the following folio has been cut out. Its contents deserve more attention than we have been able to give it.
314151r1 Edw. 3, stat. 1. (S.R. 1:251–4) 
  Heading: Statutum editum apud Westm’ Anno R R Edwardi tercii a conquestu Primo.
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321154v1 Edw. 3, stat 2. (S.R. 1:255–7) 
  Note: The statute begins without a heading, in mid-line, about a quarter of the way up from the bottom of the page. The heading on the next page probably is a garbled attempt to give the incipit of the statute ‘Al honor de dieu’.
322155r 
  Heading: Edwardus dei gracia rex holondne [sic].
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326157r 
327157vStatute of Northampton, 2 Edw. 3. (S.R. 1:257–61) 
  Heading: Donee a Westm’ le viii jour de marz lan de son Regne Primere.
  Note: What follows the heading is itself without a heading, but it is the statute of Northampton.
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336162r4 Edw. 3. (S.R. 1:261–5) 
  Heading: Explicit Statutum de Northampton’ Incipit Statutum Westm’ quintu’.
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344166r 
  Heading: Explicit Statutum Westm’ quintu’.
345166v5 Edw. 3. (S.R. 1:265–9) 
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  Heading: Expliciunt Statuta apud Westm’ edita In Crastino sci’ mich’ Anno R R Edwardi tercii A conquestu quinto.
  Note: The explicit is followed by pen trials; there may be a name buried in them.
355171vNotes and pen trials 
  Note: Contains many pen trials, very clearly the name of William Goold, and a faint transciption of a document that probably could be read under uv .
356172rNotes and pen trials 
  Note: Contains many pen trials, a drawing of a shield (Argent a chevron sable between three besants [sic], per Baker ), and one or more notes that probably could be read under uv .
357172vNotes 
  Note: ‘Iste liber constat Willelmo Goold de Furnyvals ynne &c’ muneris d h’, which Baker dates c. 1500. Fainter notes might be legible under uv.
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372180rPen trials 
373180vNotes 
  Note: ‘Iste liber constat Willelmo Goold de Furnyvals ynne’ / ‘Goold’ / ‘ij s’.
374181rNote 
  Note: ‘Willelms Goold’.
375181vInformal table of contents 
  Note: ‘Iste liber constat Willelmo Goold’ / ‘Iste liber constat’ / ‘Mar 22 1924’ (in pencil). The table of contents does not look as if it is Goold’s hand, and may be earlier. It is a combined contents of both parts of the manuscript without indicating the duplication.
376no fol., no sig.Back pastedown 
377no fol., no sig.Back cover