MS. Douce 27

Summary Catalogue no.: 21601

Statutes of England, nova statuta, Edward III (1327–77)

Some leaves are lost at beginning, and one after fol. 35. On fol. 176v is the 'iudicium Hugonis le Despenser' (earl of Winchester, beheaded 1326) in French.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 178 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 5 × 4 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 706:

Borders.

Initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned perhaps by Henry Martin (fol. i) and William Wild (fol. 177v) in about A.D. 1600.

'E. Umfreville'

John Ives (1771)

Gustavus Brander, at whose sale in 1790 Douce bought the book.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 497

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.

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