The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark O.3.56
Manuscript Title

Of Tenures etc

Alternative Title

Of Tenures etc

James Number 1228
Century 15th
Physical Description

26 lines to a page. In a bad hand.

Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. No old mark. (No. 448.) On the first page is a large star and the name Ackelane (or -laue). On f.120b baldewinus ackelane.

Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 22.5 x 15.5
Folio 124 ff.
Material PaperParchment
Language Latin
Collation

124 (outer sheet vellum) 226 (outer sheet vellum) 322 (outer sheet vellum) 426 (as 2) 526 (as 4).

Notes

No f.14

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.3.56/manifest.json
Online Since 13/05/2022

Contents

f.1 Of tenures
In primis est assauer quod tenere per seruicium de cher (14 ff.)
with list at end of 28 chapters.
f.15 Un byll sr forsabill entr. fait vi et armis
f.16 Of briefs
List on f.121 of 121 sections
(1) Breue de droit patent.
(121) Eo quod excedit etatem lxx. annorum.


The last four pages have miscellaneous law notes. The last is on the reigns of English kings from William I. to "Edwardus nunc Rex qui vocatur quartus."

This work is copyright the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License