Statutes of Edward III, in French; England, s. xv1

Title

Statutes of Edward III, in French; England, s. xv1

Shelfmark

Exeter College MS. 167

Place of origin

England

Date

s. xv1

Language

Anglo-Norman

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment FHHF

Physical extent

128 leaves preceded and followed by one medieval membrane flyleaf

Hands

A good mixed anglicana (d, e, r, s) and secretary (a, g, s) hand, legal in character, punctuated by occasional punctus elevatus.

Decoration

None. Spaces with guide letters for initials remain blank.

Binding

Sewn on two bands in a stiff membrane cover with two green ribbon ties on each cover. The flyleaves (fols. i, I) are a single sheet wrapped round the spine.

Provenance

Unknown before the 17th century, but see item *1 above.

Among the many pen-trials on the flyleaves are (fol. 1r) ‘Willelmus Fall de Gippinwic’, s. xivin, which, if the place-name means Ipswich, may suggest that the book has an Essex connection, and (fol. ir) ‘Vinter(?) Vyner [or ‘Varners’] de Wilsingham’, s. xiv. ‘Godefreidus Haukyn’, fol. iv, s. xv2, may be an owner’s name.

On fol. 1r ‘96’ and ‘Statuta Regni ad an. 1 Ed. III ad 46 Ed: III, vide Cat. MSS Glynne Barti’ and the same number on both the spine and the front cover, refer to the catalogue of the library of Sir William Glynne (CMA ii. 49–54, no. 2020. 96), with the majority of whose manuscripts the book came to Exeter by bequest of Joseph Sandford: see MS 87, History.

Exeter library identifications are a label inside the front cover, on which are ‘Exeter’, ‘Coxe CLXVII’ (also on the outer front cover) and the book stamp.