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''Liber Horn'' is a book completed in 1311 by
Andrew Horn Andrew Horn (–1328) was a fishmonger of Bridge Street, London, lawyer and legal scholar. Biography He served as Chamberlain of the City of London from 1320 until his death in 1328. Sir William Blackstone's ''Commentaries on the Laws of Engla ...
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(the official archive of the UK government) describes it as "a compilation of charters, statutes and customs". It is thought to have been a compilation of two separate books: ''De Veteribus Legibus Angliae'' and ''De Statutes.'' The ''
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...
'' describes it as "the most comprehensive of all statute collections".''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
/ref> Portions of ''Liber Horn'' were reproduced in ''Statutes of the Realm'', Volume 1.


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Letter-Books of the City of London The Letter-Books of the City of London are a series of fifty folio volumes in vellum containing entries of the matters of in which the City of London was interested or concerned, beginning in 1275 and concluding in 1509. The volumes are part of t ...
1310s books Books about politics of England Law books {{England-poli-book-stub