Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward Ii in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Edward II of England

Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward II and Medieval Law

Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward II and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Ault, Warren O., ed. Court Rolls of the Abbey of Ramsey and the Honor of Clare. Yale Historical Publications. Manuscripts and Edited Texts, 9. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928.

Abstract: Text in English.

Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia Munimenta Quae Ad Dominium De Glamorgancia Pertinent, 447-1721. 6 Vols . Talygarn: W. Lewis, 1910.

Abstract: Text in Latin with notes and introduction in English. Includes charters, pleas, inquisitions post mortem, etc.

Eagle, Francis, and Edward Younge, eds. A Collection of the Reports of Cases, the Statutes, and Ecclesiastical Laws, Relating to Tithes. 4 Vols. London: S. Sweet, 1826.

Abstract: Compiled from the year books, reports and other authentic sources. Covers the years 1204-1825

Helmholz, R. H., ed. Select Cases on Defamation to 1600. The Selden Society (SS), 101 for 1985. London: Selden Society, 1985.

Abstract: Select cases chosen “to illustrate the development of private remedies for defamation, and to provide the basis for a comparison between the Canon law and the English practice in both the spiritual and temporal courts.” Part I contains 30 cases from the ecclesiastical courts between ca.1290 and 1593. Part II contains 30 cases from various local courts, mostly of manors or boroughs, between 1245-1539. Parts III and IV cover sixteenth century cases.

Raine, James, ed. Depositions and Other Ecclesiastical Proceedings From the Courts of Durham, Extending From 1311 to the Reign of Elizabeth. Publications of the Surtees Society, 21. London: J. B. Nichols & Son, 1845.

Abstract: Early depositions in Latin. Depositions respecting witchcraft, matrimonial causes, and probates.

Walsingham, Thomas, Matthew Paris, and Henry T. Riley , eds. Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, a Thoma Walsingham, Regnante Ricardo Secundo, Ejusdem Ecclesiae Praecentore, Compilata. 3 Vols. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores (Rolls Series), 28. London: Longmans, Green, 1867-1969.

Abstract: Text in Latin. Chronicles of St. Albans Monastery. Vol. 1, AD 793-1290; Vol. 2, AD 1290-1349; Vol. 3, AD 1349-1411. Reprinted by Kraus, 1965.

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.

Resources

See Also

• Ecclesiastical Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Trespass (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Exchequer (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Legal History of India (in this legal Encyclopedia)