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MS. Hatton 87

Summary Catalogue no.: 4079

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Statutes of the General Chapter of the Benedictine Order held in Northampton, 1444
Rubric: Hec sunt statuta diffinitoria edita in capitulo generali [ordinis s. Benedicti in Anglia] tento Northampton Anno Domini 1444

Preceded by clause of ratification, preamble and list of tituli

The statutes begin (fol. 3) 'In Dei nomine... Postquam nos qui subditorum'

Documents Illustrating the Activities of the General and Provincial Chapters of The English Black Monks 1215-1540, ed. W. A. Pantin, Camden Soc. 3rd ser. 47, II, pp. 183-220 (nos. 175-6), with description of this manuscript at p. 185.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 27 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 7.5 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1150

Good miniatures (marginal drawings): heraldic pen drawings on fols iii verso, 4, 5 and 25

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Pen-trials, fol. 25r, 15th century and later, include 'Nicholaus de Barnwell seneschallus hospicii domini regis et domine regine' (15th century), 'prenobilis Thomas Randolph | comes Moray'.

Arms, fols. 5r, 25r, on a cross five mullets (Randolph (?), cf. MS. Selden Supra 22, vol. II, no. 250: Pächt and Alexander)

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937), with additional description of provenance. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 832

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)