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Statuta nova — London, Inner Temple.


Provenance: London, Inner Temple.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Nero C.i fols. 44–264
Author/Title: Statuta nova
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
Notes on evidence:

Bequeathed to 'the company of the Inner Temple' by Thomas Jakes (d. 1513); his inscription is at the foot of what would have been the first page of the manuscript (now fol. 44r)

Medieval Catalogue: SH45.1

Further details of medieval catalogue: SH45. SECULAR INSTITUTIONS: Hospitals, Towns, and the Professions: London, Inner Temple: Bequest by Thomas Jakes, 20 January 1512/13
Ownership:

John Smyth, given by him to Sir Robert Cotton in 1631 (fol. 5v).