Unfinished treatise on English law and Confirmatory charter of Edward III. to Shrewsbury Abbey, bulk: 16th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 410
Held at the Weston Library
Many leaves are blank.
On a leaf at the end of the volume are the following entries:
On a leaf at the end of the volume are the following entries:
- Latin lines on the dangerous days in each month of the year, excepting August; beg. "Pallida luna pluit, rubea flat, alba serenat. / January. / Prima dies mensis et septima truncant ut ensis."
- "A plaine declaracion of a iust magistrate and true subiect to his countrey;" 26 lines on the duty of a magistrate; beg. "Mans harte and mynde can nott be tryed, / Nor inward thought be fully spied, / Before he hath in office benne, / And of the lawes the force well seene."
Dates
- Majority of material found within 16th century
Extent
37 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 410
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 410.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11757.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11757.
Custodial History
Owned by H. Powle, and afterwards "Lord Halifax's MS, numb. 495."
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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