Volume compiled in the 16th century containing various royal documents
Single Item
MS. Eng. hist. c. 486
Held at the Weston Library
Volume compiled, containing:
- (fols. 1-23) digest of statutes and cases relating to forest law from Edward the Confessor to Henry VI
- (fols. 27-64) treatise on the nature of forests and forest law
- (fols. 68-73) summaries of pleadings and judgments in cases in the Exchequer and Queen's Bench, 25-6 Eliz. I
- (fols. 77-153) lectures in law French given in 1571 by George Fetiplace of the Middle Temple on the statute concerning tenants in chief of the King, 2 and 3 Ed. VI, cap. 8. Published in microform, and more fully described in Baker, pp. 185-6.
Dates
- Creation: In the 16th century
Extent
163 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. c. 486, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. hist. c. 486
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 8778
Abstract
Volume compiled in the 16th century containing various royal documents.
Biographical / Historical
Edward the Confessor (1003-1066), was the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066. Henry VI (1421-1471), was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Elizabeth I (1533-1603), was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by L. K. Elmhirst, 1958.
Physical Facet
20th-cent. half vellum binding
Topical
- Title
- Volume compiled in the 16th century containing various royal documents
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk