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Statutes -- England -- History -- To 1500

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Statuta Anglie (List of English Statutes), 14th century

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Identifier: MS 156
Contents This manuscript contains a list of medieval statutes and other laws issued by the Kingdom of England before the development of the English Parliament, and a Registrum Brevium, which is collection of writs used by legal practitioners, especially in the late Middle Ages.ContentsStatutes: start on f. 1r and ends on f. 29v, and contains the following statutes: Magna Carta,...
Dates: 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Statuta Anglie [lost during WWII], 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 157
Scope and Contents

This manuscript was lost during the Second World War. It was a 14th-century English manuscript in vellum, written in Latin and in French, which contained a list of medieval statutes and other laws issued by the Kingdom of England before the development of the English Parliament. A more detailed description can be found in Catherine Borland's catalogue (1916): MS 157 (external link).

Dates: 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Statuta Edwardi III, etc., second half of the 14th century

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Identifier: MS 315
Contents

This is a manuscript in French and in Latin containing 41 statutes, probably assembled by the writer for their own use. The series begins at 1 Edward III and ends at 38 Edward III, but some earlier statutes are included. Written in England in the second half of the 14th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: second half of the 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts