Mediaval Law

Mediaval Law

English Case Law (The Courts)

This covers:

  • Case Law (The Courts) (see below)
  • Statutory Law (Legislative Records) (see below)
  • Administrative Law (Records of State) (see below)
  • Private Legal Documents (see below)
  • Writs and Pleadings (see below)
  • Early Legal Treatises (see below)
  • Collections of Texts from Various Sources (see below)

Case Law (The Courts) covers:

  • Royal Courts (see below)
  • Non Royal Courts (see below)

Royal Courts

Royal courts cover:

  • Central Common Law Courts (see below)
  • Central Non Common Law Courts (see below)
  • Itinerant Courts (see below)

Legal Documents: Central Common Law Courts

Court Records

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V

Year Books and other Reports

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • William
  • Henry I
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Common Law Abridgments

Legal Documents: Central Non Common Law Courts

Court Records

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV

Year Books and other Reports

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • William
  • Henry I
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Itinerant Courts

Eyres

  • Court Records
  • Year Books and other Reports
  • Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases
  • Feet of Fines

Assizes

  • Court Records
  • Court Records
  • Court Records
  • Year Books and other Reports
  • Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Gaol Deliveries

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V

Justices under Special Commission

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III

Non Royal Courts

Non Royal Courts include:

  • High Court of Parliament (see below)
  • Ecclesiastical Courts (see below)
  • Manorial/Seignorial Courts (see below)
  • Palatine Courts (see below)
  • Local Courts (see below)
  • University Courts (see below)

Legal Documents: High Court of Parliament

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Ecclesiastical Courts

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon
  • William
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Manorial/Seignorial Courts

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Palatine Courts

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Local Courts

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: University Courts

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV

Statutory Law (Legislative Records)

Statutory Law (Legislative Records) covers:

  • Statutes (see below)
  • Parliamentary Records (see below)
  • Ecclesiastical Law (see below)

Statutes

This include: Collections of Statutes and Abridgments, Digests and Indexes of Statutes.

Legal Documents: Collections of Statutes

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • William
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII
  • Anglo Saxon

Legal Documents: Abridgments, Digests and Indexes of Statutes

See more about this in the legal Encyclopedia.

Parliamentary Records

Parliamentary Records covers:

  • Full Text Records of Parliament (see below)
  • Calendars and Registers of Parliamentary Documents (see below)

Legal Documents: Full Text Records of Parliament

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon
  • William
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII
  • Henry VIII

Legal Documents: Calendars and Registers of Parliamentary Documents

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Administrative Law (Records of State)

Legal materials of Administrative Law (Records of State) covers:

  • Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation (see below)
  • Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation (see below)
  • Administrative Records (see below)
  • The Domesday Book (see below)

Legal Documents: Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation

Full Text Charters and Proclamations

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon
  • Anglo Saxon et seq.
  • William
  • William Rufus
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Calendars and Registers of Charters

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon et seq.
  • William
  • William Rufus
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Legal Documents: Administrative Records

Full Text Records

The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material.

  • Charter Rolls
  • Close Rolls
  • Exchequer Procedural Documents
  • Fine Rolls
  • Hundred Rolls
  • Liberate Rolls
  • Memoranda Rolls
  • Patent Rolls
  • Pipe Rolls
  • Receipt and Issue Rolls
  • Treaty Rolls
  • Various Other Exchequer Rolls

Calendars and Registers of Administrative Documents

Legal Documents: The Domesday Book

See more about Domesday Book in the English legal Encyclopedia.

Private Legal Documents

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon Kings
  • William
  • William Rufus
  • Henry I
  • Stephen
  • Henry II
  • Richard I
  • John
  • Henry III
  • Edward I
  • Edward II
  • Edward III
  • Richard II
  • Henry IV
  • Henry V
  • Henry VI
  • Edward IV
  • Edward V
  • Richard III
  • Henry VII

Early Legal Treatises

This covers:

  • Treatises
  • Handbooks of Procedure and Pleading

Collections of Texts from Various Sources

Under the following English Kings periods:

  • Anglo Saxon : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • William : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Richard I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • John : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry III : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Edward I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Edward II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Edward III : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Richard II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry IV : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry V : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
  • Henry VI : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns

Bibliographies of English Law History

  • Maxwell, William H. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 1: English Law to 1800. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1955-
  • Beale, Joseph H. A Bibliography of Early English Law Books. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.
  • Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.

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