A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Rawl. C. 321

Summary Catalogue no.: 12177

Contents

Statutes of England (nova statuta), 1 Edw. III to 9 Henry V
1. (fol. 3)

Stat. “Come Hugh le Dispencer,” 1 Edw. III.

2. (fol. 5)

“Lestatut.... de diverse choses graunte al commune. ”

3. (fol. 6v)

“La patent de perambulacion fait des boundez des fforsters.”

4. (ff. 7, 9)

Statuta apud Northampton, 2 Edw. III.

5. (fol. 9v)

—— Westm., an. 4,

6. (fol. 11v)

—— —— an. 5.

7. (ff. 14, 14v)

—— apud Ebor. de moneta, &c. an. 9.

8. (fol. 16)

—— Westm., an. 10.

9. (fol. 17)

—— de provisionibus.

10. (fol. 17v)

—— Westm., an. 11.

11. (fol. 18)

———————— an. 14.

12. (fol. 23v)

Prærogativa regis.

13. (fol. 24)

Statuta de clero, an. 14.

14. (fol. 25v)

—— prælatorum, an. 14.

15. (fol. 27)

—— de Hibernia, an. 17.

16. (fol. 27v)

—— Westm., an. 18.

17. (fol. 29v)

—— pro clero, an. 18.

18. (fol. 30v)

Declaratio exigendorum.

19. (fol. 30v)

Sacramentum justiciariorum.

20. (fol. 31)

—— clericorum.

21. (fol. 31v)

Ordinatio justiciariorum, an. 20.

22. (fol. 32v)

Stat. primum de servientibus et operariis; an. 23. Latin.

23. (fol. 34)

—— secundum de servientibus; an. 25.

24. (fol. 37v)

—— de his qui nati sunt extra ligeanciam regis; eodem anno.

25. (fol. 38)

—— de provisoribus, apud Karliolam, eodem anno.

26. (fol. 40v)

—— de declaratione regis et reginæ provisionis; eodem anno.

27. (fol. 44)

—— pro clero; eodem anno.

28. (fol. 45v)

“Memorandum est quod anno xxv. regis Edw. tertii post conquestum fuit quoddam statutum apud Westm. editum, et postea eodem anno revocatum, ut patet in brevi subsequenti.” Latin.

29. (fol. 46)

Stat. de forma levationis finiurn &c.; eodem anno.

30. (fol. 47)

Stat. an. 26.

31. (fol. 48v)

—— — 27.

32. (fol. 50v)

—— stapulæ; eodem anno.

33. (fol. 58)

Ordinatio de feodis majorum et constabulariorum stapulæ.

34. (fol. 58v)

Stat. an. 28.

35. (fol. 62)

—— — 31.

36. (fol. 64v)

Ordinatio de pisce salso; eodem anno.

37. (fol. 65)

———— de allece; eodem anno.

38. (fol. 66v)

Stat. an. 34.

39. (fol. 70)

—— secundum de allece; an. 35.

40. (fol. 70v)

—— an 36.

41. (fol. 74)

—— pardonationis; eodem anno.

42. (fol. 75)

—— an. 37.

43. (fol. 76)

———— 38.

44. (fol. 77)

———— 39.

45. (fol. 78v)

———— 42.

46. (fol. 79v)

———— 43.

47. (fol. 81)

———— 45.

48. (fol. 81v)

———— 47.

49. (fol. 81v)

———— de pardonatione; an. 50.

50. (fol. 84)

———— an. 1 Regis Ricardi II.

51. (fol. 86v)

———— an. 2.

52. (fol. 89)

Aliud statutum, eodem anno.

53. (fol. 90)

Stat. an. 3.

54. (fol. 91b)

———— apud Norhampton, an 4.

55. (fol. 92)

———— apud Westm., an. 5.

56. (fol. 95)

Aliud statutum, eodem anno.

57. (fol. 96v)

Stat. an. 6. Latin.

58. (fol. 98)

Aliud stat., eodem anno. Latin.

59. (fol. 99)

Stat., an. 7.

60. (fol. 101v)

———— an. 8. Latin.

61. (fol. 102v)

———— an. 9.

62. (fol. 103)

Commissio apud Westm., an. 10.

63. (fol. 105v)

Stat. an. 11.

64. (fol. 111)

———— apud Canteb., an. 12.

65. (fol. 114v)

———————————— an. 13.

66. (fol. 119v)

Aliud stat., eodem anno.

Statutes of Richard II are continued at the end of the volume.

67. (fol. 121)

Stat. an. 1 Regis Henrici IV.

68. (fol. 125v)

———— an. 2.

69. (fol. 132v)

———— an. 4.

70. (fol. 138v)

Stat. an. 5.

71. (fol. 141v)

———— an. 6.

72. (fol. 142v)

——— an. 7.

73. (fol. 147v)

——— an. 9.

74. (fol. 149)

——— an. 11.

75. (fol. 151v)

———— an.13.

76. (fol. 155)

———— an. 1 Hen. V.

77. (fol. 157v)

———— apud Leycestriam, an. 2.

78. (fol. 165)

———— apud Westm., eodem anno.

79. (fol. 167)

——— an. 3.

80. (fol. 170)

———— an. 4.

81. (fols. 173–5)

———— ann. 5-8.

82. (fol. 175)

————an. 9.

83. (fol. 178v)

Aliud stat., eodem anno.

84. (fol. 181,

Stat. an. 14 Ric. II.

85. (fol. 182)

———— an. 15.

86. (fol. 184v)

——— apud Wyntoniam, an. 16.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman and Latin
(endleaves)
Treatise on the steward
Incipit: Hic annotatur quis sit senescallus Angliæ et quid ejus officium
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 185 leaves, quarto.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1161:

Initials.

Penwork initials with interlace in colour.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

“Liber Pauli Cooke” (fol. 3, 16th century): Paul Cook, fl. 1509-28, for whom see J. Baker, The Men of Court 1440 to 1550, Selden Society supp. ser. 18 (2012), I. 493

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Quarto Catalogue (W. D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ...viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum...complectens, Quarto Catalogues V, 5 fascicles, 1862–1900). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12: Revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.