Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I Politics and the legislative reform of the common law: from the Provisions of Westminster of 1259 to the Statute of Marlborough of 1267
- Chapter 1 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING AND THEIR POLITICAL CONTEXT
- Chapter 2 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAUSES: I
- Chapter 3 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAUSES: II
- Chapter 4 THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER DURING THE INITIAL STAGE OF THEIR EXISTENCE, 1259–63
- Chapter 5 THE REVISION AND REISSUING OF THE PROVISIONS, 1263–4
- Chapter 6 THE REVISED PROVISIONS IN ACTION, 1263–7
- Chapter 7 THE FINAL REVISION AND REISSUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE STATUTE OF MARLBOROUGH OF 1267
- Part II Beyond politics: the enforcement and interpretation of the Statute of Marlborough in the courts, 1267–1307
- Chapter 16 CONCLUSIONS
- Appendix I TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER OF 1259
- Appendix II TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER AS REISSUED IN 1263 AND 1264
- Appendix III TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE STATUTE OF MARLBOROUGH OF 1267
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth series
Chapter 5 - THE REVISION AND REISSUING OF THE PROVISIONS, 1263–4
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I Politics and the legislative reform of the common law: from the Provisions of Westminster of 1259 to the Statute of Marlborough of 1267
- Chapter 1 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING AND THEIR POLITICAL CONTEXT
- Chapter 2 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAUSES: I
- Chapter 3 THE MAKING OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAUSES: II
- Chapter 4 THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER DURING THE INITIAL STAGE OF THEIR EXISTENCE, 1259–63
- Chapter 5 THE REVISION AND REISSUING OF THE PROVISIONS, 1263–4
- Chapter 6 THE REVISED PROVISIONS IN ACTION, 1263–7
- Chapter 7 THE FINAL REVISION AND REISSUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER: THE STATUTE OF MARLBOROUGH OF 1267
- Part II Beyond politics: the enforcement and interpretation of the Statute of Marlborough in the courts, 1267–1307
- Chapter 16 CONCLUSIONS
- Appendix I TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER OF 1259
- Appendix II TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF WESTMINSTER AS REISSUED IN 1263 AND 1264
- Appendix III TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE STATUTE OF MARLBOROUGH OF 1267
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth series
Summary
THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THE REISSUES OF 1263
Henry III returned to England from a long visit to France in December 1262 to face a general Welsh rising, discontent on the part of those members of the Lord Edward's retinue who had been dismissed in the summer of 1262, and widespread local disaffection. One easy way for him to make a conciliatory gesture towards some of the more moderate of his opponents was for him to end the uncertainty which had hung over the Provisions of Westminster ever since his ambiguous repudiation of the work of the reforming council in May 1262. This he did by reissuing the Provisions in a revised text in January 1263. This marked his own personal acceptance and approval of the legislation but at the same time put his own distinctive stamp on it. A second reissue followed in June of the same year. The reasons for this reissue are much less obvious. Henry's opponents had already renewed their commitment to the Provisions of Oxford and begun attacks on aliens, royalists and courtiers. It is difficult to see what Henry may have thought he would gain by such a reissue, particularly as no significant changes were made in it at this time.
THE TEXTS OF THE 1263 REISSUES
Three texts of these reissues are known to exist. All are in Latin. Two are now to be found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. MS. Douce 139 is one of a number of MSS.
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- Kings, Barons and JusticesThe Making and Enforcement of Legislation in Thirteenth-Century England, pp. 140 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003