Reginald Robinson Sharpe
Published: 2015-08-06
Total Pages: 358
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Excerpt from Calendar of Coroners Rolls of the City of London: A. D. 1300-1378 It has been said that it was, probably, in view of this visit of the Justices that he drew up the Ordinaciones de Itinere, which appear in his book, in order to instruct the civic authorities as to the procedure to be followed in the reception of these unwelcome visitors; and that the Ordinances were appropriated by John Carpenter, the City's famous Town Clerk, for his compilation of the Liber Albus, a century later. On the same folio is a rubricated heading testifying that the book belonged to Andrew Horn and stating the nature of its contents, and the date of its compilation, as follows: Iste liber resiat Andree Horn piscenario London' de Breggestrete in quo continentur Carta et Alie consuetudines predide Civiiatis, Et carta libertatis Anglie et statuta per Henricum Regern et per Edwardum Regem filium predicti Regis Henrici edita. Quern fieri fecit Anno Domini MCCCXI Et anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi - v. Translation. "This book belongs to Andrew Horn, fishmonger of Bridge Street, London, and contains the Charter and other customs of the said City, and the Charter of Liberty of England and statutes promulgated by Henry the King and by Edward the King, son of the aforesaid King Henry. "He caused it to be made A. D. MCCCXI in the 5th year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward." Suspended from a leafy twig in the ornamental border of the page is a shield bearing the arms of Horn depicted in heraldic tinctures, viz: Az. a Saltire arg. between three leopards heads caboshed in chief and flanks or. and in base a luce hauriant of the last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.