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Fragment from a Register of writs : [manuscript]

Description: ff. 1-8v. [Register of Writs; beginning with a writ of right dated 26 November, 25 Henry [VI], 1447 brought by John Shirland against William Asthill for a messuage in "N.," and ending defectively with a Recordari addressed to the council of Dover castle].
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1450 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 15242
Provenance: In the lower margin of f. 1, in a textura hand in blue ink with a red initial, the name "Folbery," possibly the Robert Folbery/Fulberry of Newcastle (1420-85) admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1443-44 (see J. C. Wedgwood and A. D. Holt, History of Parliament, Biographies. . . 1439-1509 (London 1936) 343). Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps; his n. 11002. Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1935, lot 250, at that time bound with a fragment of a year book, now shelved separately as HM 15241.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 195 x 275 mm
Associated people: Phillipps, Thomas, (1792-1872,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Register of writs : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-104v: [Register of writs; beginning defectively in the section on trespass and ending defectively in the section on writs of attaint; at least 7 quires missing with loss of text at the beginning (2 quires), after f. 56 (3 quires), f. 64 (1 quire), f. 72 (1 quire) and an unknown amount at the end].

mssHM 45147

Register of writs : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-96v. [Register of writs]. Latin. Beginning with a writ of right dated 12 February, 33 Edward [I], 1307, brought by John de Cawod against William de Wystowe for a messuage in Nottingham; no running headlines or chapter divisions; leaves apparently missing after ff. 88 and 96 with loss of text.

mssEL 35 B 54

[Register Brevium]

Manuscripts

Collection of writs from the fifth year of the reign of Henry IV (1402) to the thirty-eighth year of Henri VI (1460). It also contains additions from the 16th century, including the alphabetical index. Subjects of writs include lands and manors held by various men from the King; instructions to the King's bailiffs; tenancies and inheritances; and ecclesiastical holdings and prebendaries. In the early 16th century, the contents list, alphabetical index and eight new sections (ff. 33-40, 65-88, 315-44, 358, 359, 400-09) were added in a more recent hand (by Bishop Richard Nix?). Further additions at ends of book include oath of the master of chancery, in French (f. II), a list of charges payable by Genoese and other foreign merchants of chancery, in French (ff. 404v-405), the coronation oath sworn by medieval English kings (f. 410), a short Middle English tract opening, "All writtez of Couenaunt ..." (f. IIv), and two copies of formulas in the name of "Bysshopryk of C" renouncing "all wordys comprised in the Popes Bull made vnto me" and instead promising loyalty to "the kyng our sovreign lord" (f. 404r). ff. i-ii. Table of contents, headed ""Kalendare."". f. ii recto-verso. Oath of the Master in Chancery. Incipit: Sacramento unius magistrorum de cancellarie domini regis. Lang: Anglo-Norman. ff. iii - xxxii verso; f. xxxiii recto-verso blank. Alphabetical index. The material indexes the main run of the codex, i.e. the writs copied on ff. 1-410v. ff. 1-410v. Royal writs. Incipit: [H]enricus dei gratia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus hibernie Ballivis suis de N. salutem. Precipimus vobis quod sine dilatione plenum rectum teneatis I. de C. de uno mesuagio cum pertinentiis in M. quod clamat tenere de nobis. English.

mssHM 81170

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Legal notebook, possibly a register or calendar of writs with other material on lawsuits

Manuscripts

A register or possibly calendar of writs with a few miscellaneous notes on individual lawsuits and other legal matters from the reigns of Elizabeth through Charles I, written in Latin in one small careful professional "common law hand." Occasional later fragmentary additions in secretary hands, and in English rather than Latin. Includes an index, or "tabula," at the end.

mssHM 70981

Missal, for Cistercian use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-141v (+ f. 108r-v bis). Latin. ff. 1-50v, Temporale, beginning defectively; ff. 50v-55v, Prefaces and canon of the mass; ff. 55v-130, Sanctorale; ff. 130-139v, Votive masses; f. 140r-v, Office of the dead, beginning and ending defectively; f. 141r-v, Full office of Elizabeth, beginning defectively, several other masses, and prayers for the blessing of water, starting with the blessing of salt.

mssHM 1079

Statutes : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-38v. Statuta vetera. Latin; French. ff. 38v-44v. Fet asaver. Incipit: Fet asaver que au comencement de chescun play que est plede en la Court le rey. Explicit: Mes si la terre luy fust donee en franc mariage donc covendra que ele seit//. Rubric: Incipit Summa Fet asaver. French. G. E. Woodbine, ed., Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale University Press 1910) 53-96, here ending defectively. ff. 45-50. Hengham Parva. Incipit: //Et iacet solummodo in omni breve de recto ante apparenciam. Explicit: Si compertus fuit ille qui primo cassavit breve verus tenens. Explicit Summa de quinque essoniis. Latin. W. H. Dunham, ed., Radulphi de Hengham Summae (Cambridge 1932) 54-71, the "Summa Parva" here beginning defectively. ff. 50-54. Judicium essoniorum. Incipit: Primum capitulum de difficultate essoniorum circa viros et mulieres. Explicit: et sic procedere debent ad alia placita iuxta eorum discrecionem. Explicit Summa Iudicium essoniorum. Rubric: Incipit Summa Iudicium essoniorum. Latin. Woodbine, 116-42. ff. 54-59; f. 59v blank. Cadit assisa. Incipit: Rex vicecomiti salutem. Si Adam Bonde fecerit te securum de clamore suo prosequendo. . ., Cadit assisa si petatur tenementum per assisam. Explicit: si petens ius petendi remanebit possessio suo loco ut predictum est. Rubric: Incipit Summa Cadit assisa. Latin. See Woodbine, p. 1 and n. 4 giving references to Bracton; the text is preceded by an assize of mort d'ancestor by Adam Bonde in the time of Edward I. ff. 60-83v. Latin. Beginning with a writ of right to the sheriffs of London (no names given) and ending defectively in a note concerning disseisin of husband and wife.

mssHM 946

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