Exchequer Rolls in United Kingdom

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

Exchequer Rolls and Medieval Law

Exchequer Rolls and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Chaplais, Pierre, ed. Diplomatic Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office . London: His/Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (now part of the Office of Public Sector Information), 1964.

Abstract: Includes both Chancery and Exchequer documents. Contents: Vol. 1, 1101-1272. Rotuli chartarum in Turri Londinensi asservati, 1199-1216. Vols. 2 & 3 were in preparation, but have not been published.

Farrer, William, ed. Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids. 3 Vols . Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Series, 48, 54, 70. Liverpool: Printed for the Record Society by W. Barton, 1903-1915.

Abstract: Text in English. Contents: Pt. 1, 1205-1307; Pt. 2, 1310-1333; Pt. 3, 1313-1355.

Fowler, George H., ed. Rolls From the Office of the Sheriff of Beds. and Bucks., 1332-1334. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Quarto Memoirs, 3. Aspley Guise: The Society, 1929.

Abstract: Contents:

Pt. I, Introductory material

Pt. II, The sheriff’s roll of writs and returns, 1333-1334; General relations of the roll. Subject matter of the roll. Conspectus curiarum; Conspectus brevium; Select entries (Latin)

Pt. III, The county roll, 1332-1333; General relations of the roll; The county court; Transcript of the county roll (Latin); Collected entries of the county roll.

Pt. IV, Addenda.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Palatinate of Chester Enrolments Recognizance Rolls, 1352-1353. (Microfilm). London: PRO, 1974.

Lyte, Henry C. Maxwell, Alfred E. Stamp, Charles G. Crump, and Anthony S Maskelyne, eds. Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees, Commonly Called Testa De Nevill. 2 Vols. in 3 . London: His/Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (now part of the Office of Public Sector Information), 1920-1931.

Abstract: Text in Latin. Taken from the earliest manuscripts recording the assessments of knights’ fees liable to the King. Vol. 1, 1198-1242; Vol.2, 1242-1293, and appendix; Vol. 3, Index.

Maskelyne, A. S., C. Johnson, A. E. Stamp, and J. V. Lyle, eds. Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal Aids, With Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office; A.D. 1284-143I. Published by Authority of H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. 6 Vols. London: His/Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (now part of the Office of Public Sector Information), 1899-1920.

Abstract: Latin text based mainly on reconstituted Exchequer precedent books known as Kirkby’s Quest, the Nomina villarum, the Book of Aids, and the Book of Knights’ fees. Contents: Vol. 1, Bedfordshire to Devon; Vol. 2, Dorset to Huntingtonshire; Vol. 3, Kent to Norfolk; Vol. 4, Northhamptonshire to Somerset; Vol. 5, Staffordshire to Worcestershire; Vol. 6, Yorkshire and additions.

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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• Lordship Rights (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Uses (in this legal Encyclopedia)