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(1): Original Sources. - Sir Frederick Pollock, The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, vol. 2 [1898]

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The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I. Reprint of 2nd edition, with a Select Bibliography and Notes by Professor S.F. Milsom. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2010). Vol. 2.

Part of: The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, 2 vols.

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Original Sources.

(Supplementing the rubrics “Collections of ancient laws and documents,” “Judicial records,” “Law books” and “Law reports,” in the List of Texts Used, vol. I, pp. xxv ff., above)

Ancient Laws and Law Books.

Anglo-Saxon laws, etc.:

  • (a) F. Liebermann, Die Gesetze des Angelsachsen (Halle, 1903-1916), 3 vols.
  • (b) F. L. Attenborough, The Laws of the Earliest English Kings (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1922).
  • (c) A. J. Robertson, The Laws of the Kings of England from Edmund to Henry I (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1925).

Bracton:

  • (a) ed. G. E. Woodbine (Yale Univ. Press, 1915-1942), 4 vols.
  • (b) S. E. Thorne has an edition in progress, reprinting Woodbine’s text but with a translation and other apparatus. It will be published by the Harvard Univ. Press in association with the Selden Society, and the first two volumes are expected shortly.
  • (c) For Bractonian studies see H. G. Richardson, Bracton, The Problem of his Text (Seld. Soc. Supp. Series, vol. 2, 1965), and its bibliography.
  • Brevia Placitata, ed. G. J. Turner and T. F. T. Plucknett (Seld. Soc., vol. 66 for 1947). See Professor Plucknett’s preface for the story of this important volume, and for the reasons why Maitland was able to cite the earlier portions by page.
  • Casus Placitorum, ed. W. H. Dunham (Seld. Soc., vol. 69 for 1950).
  • “Consuetudines Diversarum Curiarum,” ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles in Select Cases of Procedure without Writ under Henry III (Seld. Soc., vol. 60 for 1941), Appendix II, text at pp. cxcv–cciii.
  • “Exceptiones ad Cassandum Brevia,” ed. G. E. Woodbine, in Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale Univ. Press, 1910).
  • “Fer Asaver,” ed. G. E. Woodbine, in Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale Univ. Press, 1910).
  • Fleta, ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles (Seld. Soc., vol. 72 for 1953), Prologue and Books i and ii; remainder in progress.

Glanvill:

  • (a) ed. G. E. Woodbine (Yale Univ. Press, 1932); useful notes.
  • (b) ed. G. D. G. Hall (Nelson, in association with Seld. Soc., 1965); a definitive edition with translation.
  • Hengham, ed. W. H. Dunham (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1932).
  • “Judicium Essoniorum,” ed. G. E. Woodbine, in Four Thirteenth Century Tracts (Yale Univ. Press, 1910).
  • “Modus Componendi Brevia,” ed. G. E. Woodbine, in Four Thirteenth Century Tracts (Yale Univ. Press, 1910).
  • Novae Narrationes, ed. E. Shanks and S. F. C. Milsom (Seld. Soc., vol. 80 for 1963).
  • Placita Corone, ed. J. M. Kaye (Seld. Soc. Supp. Series, vol. 4, 1966).

Records of Royal Courts to the Late Thirteenth Century.

  • Curia Regis Rolls (H.M.S.O., 1922-1961), vols. 1-14; work on further volumes in progress.
  • “Curia Regis Rolls for Hilary 7 Ric. I and Easter 9 Ric. I,” ed. R. Allen Brown, in Memoranda Roll, 10 John (Pipe Roll Soc., New Series, vol. 31, 1955), pp. 69-118.
  • Pleas before the King or his Justices, 1198-1212, ed. D. M. Stenton (Seld. Soc., vols. 67 for 1948, 68 for 1949, 83 for 1966, 84 for 1967).
  • Rolls of the Justices in Eyre at Bedford, 1202, ed. G. H. Fowler (Publications of Bedford-shire Historical Record Soc., vol. 1 for 1913), pp. 133-247.
  • Earliest Lincolnshire Assize Rolls, 1202-1209, ed. D. M. Stenton (Lincoln Record Soc., vol. 22, 1926).
  • Earliest Northamptonshire Assize Rolls, 1202 and 1203, ed. D. M. Stenton (Northamptonshire Record Soc., vol. 5, 1930).
  • Rolls of the Justices in Eyre for Lincolnshire, 1218-1219, and Worcestershire, 1221, ed. D. M. Stenton (Seld. Soc., vol. 53 for 1934).
  • Rolls of the Justices in Eyre for Yorkshire, 1218-1219, ed. D. M. Stenton (Seld. Soc., vol. 56 for 1937).
  • Rolls of the Justices in Eyre for Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire [Shropshire], 1221, 1222, ed. D. M. Stenton (Seld. Soc., vol. 59 for 1940).
  • “Two Thirteenth Century Assize Rolls for the County of Durham” (27 and 53 Henry III.), ed. K. C. Bayley, in Miscellanea (Surtees Soc., vol. 127, 1916), pp. 1-105.
  • Placita Coram Domino Rege, 1297, ed. W. P. W. Phillimore and E. A. Fry (British Record Soc., 1898).
  • A Lincolnshire Assize Roll for 1298, ed. W. S. Thomson (Lincoln Record Soc., vol. 36 for 1939).
  • Three Yorkshire Assize Rolls for the Reigns of King John and King Henry III, ed. C. T. Clay (Yorkshire Archaeological Soc., vol. 44 for 1910); in translation only.
  • Rolls of the Justices in Eyre at Bedford, 1227, ed. G. H. Fowler (Publications of Bedford-shire Historical Record Soc., vol. 3 for 1916), pp. 1-206; in translation only. Crown Pleas of the Wiltshire Eyre, 1249, ed. C. A. F. Meekings (Wiltshire Archaeological Soc., Records Branch, vol. 16 for 1960); in translation only.
  • Select Pleas of the Forest, ed. G. J. Turner (Seld. Soc., vol. 13 for 1899).
  • Select Cases in the Exchequer of Pleas, ed. H. Jenkinson and B. Formoy (Seld. Soc., vol. 48 for 1931).
  • Select Cases of Procedure without Writ under Henry III, ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles (Seld. Soc., vol. 60 for 1941).
  • Select Cases in the Court of King’s Bench under Edward I, ed. G. O. Sayles (Seld. Soc., vol. 55 for 1936; vol. 57 for 1938; vol. 58 for 1939).
  • State Trials of Edward I, 1289-1293, ed. T. F. Tout and H. Johnstone (Camden, 3rd Ser. vol. 9, Royal Historical Soc., 1906).

Records of Local Courts to the Early Fourteenth Century.

  • Alrewas Court Rolls, 1259-1261, 1268-1269, 1272-1273, ed. W. N. Landor (Wm. Salt Archaeological Soc., New Series, vol. 10, 1907), pp. 245-293; (3rd ser. vol. for 1910), pp. 87-137.
  • Court Roll of Chalgrave Manor, 1278-1313, ed. M. K. Dale (Bedfordshire Historical Record Soc., vol. 28 for 1948).
  • Court Rolls of the Manor of Hales, 1270-1307, ed. J. Amphlett, S. G. Hamilton, R. A. Wilson (Worcestershire Historical Soc., Part I, 1910; Part II, 1912; Part III, 1933).
  • Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, from 1274, ed. W. P. Baildon, J. Lister, J. W. Walker (Yorkshire Archaeological Soc., vol. 29 for 1900; vol. 36 for 1906; vol. 57 for 1917; vol. 78 for 1930; vol. 109 for 1944).
  • Court Rolls of the Manor of Ingoldmells, ed. W. O. Massingberd (Spottiswoode, 1902).
  • Court Rolls of the Abbey of Ramsey and of the Honor of Clare, ed. W. O. Ault (Yale Univ. Press, 1928).
  • “Extracts from Court Book” (St. Albans), in A. E. Levett, Studies in Manorial History (Oxford Univ. Press, 1938), p. 300.
  • Records of the Barony and Honour of the Rape of Lewes, ed. A. J. Taylor (Sussex Record Soc., 1940).
  • Rolls of Highworth Hundred, 1275-1287, ed. B. Farr (Wiltshire Archaeological Soc., vol. 21 for 1965; vol. 22 for 1966.
  • Rolls from the Office of the Sheriff of Beds. and Bucks, 1332-1334, ed. G. H. Fowler (Bedfordshire Historical Record Soc., quarto memoirs vol. 3, 1929).
  • “Extracts from Rolls of County Court of Cornwall, 7 Ed. III,” in W. A. Morris, The Early English County Court (Univ. of California Press, 1926), pp. 181 ff.
  • Calendar of County Court, City Court and Eyre Rolls of Chester, 1259-1297, ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Chetham Soc., New Series vol. 84, 1925).
  • Selected Rolls of the Chester City Courts, ed. A. Hopkins (Chetham Soc., 3rd Ser. vol. 2, 1950).
  • Calendar of Early Mayor’s Court Rolls of the City of London, 1298-1307, ed. A. H. Thomas (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1924).
  • Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls of the City of London, 1323-1364, ed. A. H. Thomas (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1926).
  • Select Cases on the Law Merchant, vol. 1, ed. C. Gross (Seld. Soc., vol. 23 for 1908).

Early Year Books.

  • Casus Placitorum, ed. W. H. Dunham (Seld. Soc., vol. 69 for 1950), contains two collections of cases of Year Book type from the early years of Edward I, some twenty years earlier than the earliest Year Books previously known. It contains also, pp. lxxv–lxxxiv, Latin notes under the title Casus et Judicia, largely made from plea rolls of 1252-1256; and, pp. lxxxv–lxxxix, extracts from a students’ work-book of late Edward I.
  • Year Books of Edward II. The Selden Society Series, which now runs to twenty-five volumes and is still in progress, was started by Maitland, but not until this book was finished.