Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

MARLBOROUGH, STATUTE OF

1267. A statute which signalled the conclusion of the "Barons' War. Under the Provisions of "Westminster Henry III had surrendered control of government to a baronial council with an agenda of institutional reform. The provisions were revised and reissued by the king in 1263, and a further revision in 1267 produced this Statute of Marlborough. -
Cf.Oxford, Provisions of