Statuta Angliae nova

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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Statuta Angliae nova

Preceding the Statuta is Modus tenendi Parliamantum, with the Seneschal tract, followed by a subject index of the Statutes to 23 Hen. VI (1444)
	Six miniatures with borders portraying English kings, many small painted initials, and borders; Elyot and Delamare arms, and arms of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
	Manuscript on vellum. In law French, and Latin
	The Statuta nova, from Edward III to Henry VI, 1327-1444, are supplemented by additions through 7 Edward IV, 1477, and 1 Richard III, 1483/1484, in a different hand
	Presented by Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou; later owners Sir Richard Elyot, Sir Thomas Elyot, Roger Nichols, 1614, Sir Thomas Winnington, bart., 19th century, and others
	Various notes and letters relating to this manuscript are in an envelope at the back of the volume