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Fragments of a commentary on a variety of court cases, mid/late 14th-early 15th century

 Part
Identifier: MS 182/ff. 1r-2v; 4r-v; 26r-v

Scope and Contents

This section ctains fragments of a legal commentary in French. The four folios are all pricked and lined on both sides, the recto side of the current first folio of the collection being quite dirty and almost entirely illegible. The text itself appears to represent a discussion of a number of very varied court cases or, possibly, even a record of the arguments put forward during those cases. Certain names, possibly those of the persons putting forward those arguments, or deciding the case in question, appear repeatedly, such as:

‘Scrop’, possibly Sir Geoffrey Scrope, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench as from 1324;

‘Hill’, possibly John Hill, judge of the King’s Bench as from 1389;

‘Bacon’;

‘Shard’, possibly John Shardlaw, justice of the Common Bench in around 1340;

‘Horneby’ and ‘John FitzPhilip de Nevill’, possibly John Nevill of Hornby;

‘W de Hales’;

There is also a reference to the death of ‘Thomas de Longvill’, possibly Sir Thomas de Longueville, and to a quote by Ralph Hengham.

Dates

  • Creation: mid/late 14th-early 15th century

Language of Materials

French.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.

Extent

4 folios

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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