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MS. Hatton 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 4066

Physical Description

Composite: three parts
Form: codex
Extent: i + 100 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.5 × 6.625 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

An entry of a 'curia prioris de Thornholm tenta apud Appilby' occurs at fol. 42v, i.e. the prior of the house of Austin canons at Thorneholme in Lincolnshire. Thornholme provenance rejected, MLGB.

Christopher, Lord Hatton.

Given to the Bodleian by Hatton's son in 1675.

MS. Hatton 28 – Part 1

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Statutes of England (statuta vetera) (fol. 1) Magna Carta as confirmed by Henry iii, 1217: (fol. 3v) Carta de Foresta as confirmed by Henry iii, 1224-5: (fol. 5) Statutum de Merton: (fol. 6v) Statutum de Marleberga: (fol. 11) Statutum Westmonasteriense primum, in French: (fol. 19v) Statuta Gloucestrensia, in French: (fol. 22) Statuta Westmonasteriensia secunda: (fol. 40v) Statutum de empcione terrarum: (fol. 41) Statutum de religiosis: (fol. 41v) Statutum de juratis et recognitionibus assisarum: (fol. 42) Districciones scaccarii, in French: (fol. 42v) Statutum de scaccario, in French: (fol. 44) Statutum Wintoniense, in French: (fol. 45v) Modus inquirendi de Statutis Wynton.': (fol. 46) Statutum de mercatoribus, in French: (fol. 46v) Statutum de bigamis: (foll. 47v, 60v) Statutum de conspiratoribus. A list of chapters in foll. 1-40 is at fol. 61v.
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
2. (fol. 48)

Short legal treatises:

(fol. 48)
Summa bastardiae
Incipit: Nota quod si bastardus
(fol. 51) )
Summa que vocatur Cadit Assisa
Incipit: Cadit assisa si petatur
(fol. 55)
Ralph Hengham, Summa parua
Rubric: Parva Heyngham
Incipit: Notandum quod quinque sunt essoniae
((fol. 60)
Seneschaucie

An anonymous description of the office of seneschal, as in miss Lamond's Walter of Henley, pp. 84-8

Incipit: ⟨L⟩ome qe veot bon aprendre de terres garder
Dean and Boulton, no. 393
(fol. 60v)
Rubric: Compositio monete

'In French:

(fol. 60v )
Statutum de chaumpartie

In French:

(fol. 61)
Rubric: Modus exceptionis
(fol. 61)
Rubric: Articuli contra regis prohibicionem
(fol. 61)
Circumspecte agatis
Rubric: Articuli de curia Christianitatis

On fol. 62v are some forms of letters in Latin (noted Polak, Medieval and Renaissance letter treatises and form letters II.373).

Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
3. (fol. 63)
Statutes of England (statuta vetera), further statutes

(fol. 63) Visus franciplegii: (fol. 64) 'Noui Articuli' super chartas: (fol. 66v) Statute of Exeter, here called Statutum Oxonie, all in French.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman
4. (fol. 69)
Ralph Hengham, Summa magna
Incipit: Licet ordo placitandi in curia
Final rubric: Explicit ista summa que vocatur Hengeham
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; English

MS. Hatton 28 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century, first half ; English

MS. Hatton 28 – Part 3

Contents

6. (fol. 90)
Manual for preachers (fragment)

Without beginning or end, consisting of 'Auctoritates' or passages suitable for sermons on such subjects as Avaritia, Accidia, Superbia.

Language(s): Latin

A French theological note occurs at the foot of fol. 95v.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

History

Origin: 13th century, late ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (Sept. 2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1937) with additional reference to published literatur as cited.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 823
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 824

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Encode all information in Summary Catalogue.