Law Reports under Edward I in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Edward I of England

Year Books and other Reports

Law Reports under Edward I and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Edward I and Legal History

This issue under the Ruling of King Edward I of England

Year Books and Early Law Reports

Law Reports under Edward I and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Edward I and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Brand, Paul A., ed. The Earliest English Law Reports. 4 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 111 for 1995, 112 for 1996, 122 for 2005. London: Selden Society, 1996-2005. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 61659364Abstract: Vol. 1 contains common bench reports to 1284. Three quarters of the cases have been identified in the plea rolls and the matching enrolments are printed with the reports. Vol. 2 contains common bench reports from 1285 -1289 and undated reports 1279-1289. The extensive introduction includes detailed descriptions of the manuscript sources, the dramatis personae of the reports including the justices, and a discussion of the serjeants. Vol. 3 contains eyre reports to 1285. Vol. 4 (forthcoming) will contain cases of the same period held in a number of other courts, including some common bench cases not included in the earlier volumes. Text in Latin and Law French, with English translation.

Cobbett, William, and Thomas B. Howell, ed. Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 33 Vols. London: Printed by T.C. Hansard for R. Bagshaw, 1809. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 122275433Abstract: Based on earlier editions published in 1719, 1730, 1742, and 1775. Covers English trials relating to offenses against the State or trials illustrative of the law relating to State Officers. Covers a wide variety of cases, predominantly high treason, but also bigamy, sedition, seditious libel, murder involving high-ranking officials, riot, piracy, witchcraft, bribery, and corruption. Vol. 1 covers Henry II to Elizabeth I (1163-1600).

Gross, Charles, ed. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant. 3 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 23 for 1908, 46 for 1929, 49 for 1932. London: Quaritch, 1908. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 228497Abstract: Vol. 1, “Local Courts” contains numerous extracts, with translations from the Latin records of Fair Courts from 1270-1638; Vol. 2, “Central Courts,” includes cases drawn from the Curia Regis rolls, the Assize rolls, the records of the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, and Chancery proceedings, from 1239-1633, translated into English;

Vol. 3, “Statutory Recognizances and Special Assizes,” is a supplementary volume which contains records of proceedings on statutory and official recognisances (Statutes Merchant and Statutes Staple) and a number of additional cases and documents concerning mercantile law.

Horwood, Alfred J., ed and trans. Yearbooks of the Reign of King Edward the First. 5 Vols. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores (Rolls Series), no. 31a. London: Longmans, 1863-1879. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 37147850Abstract: Vol. 1, Years 20-21: Eyres of Hereford and Salop, 1292:cases in common pleas, 1292: eyre of Stafford 1293;

Vol. 2, Years 21-22: Cases in common pleas, 1293: eyre of Middlesex, 1294;

Vol. 3, Years 30-31: Cases in common pleas, Michaelmas, 1302, and Michaelmas, 1303; eyre of Cornwall, 1302; pleas of the Crown in the Cornish eyre, 1303, writs and enrollments

Vol. 4, Years 32 -33: Hilary 1304-Easter 1305;

Vol. 5, Years 33-35: Michaelmas, 1305-Trinity, 1307. Text in English and Law French

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.

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Gross, Charles, ed. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant. 3 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 23 for 1908, 46 for 1929, 49 for 1932. London: Quaritch, 1908.

Abstract: Vol. 1, “Local Courts” contains numerous extracts, with translations from the Latin records of Fair Courts from 1270-1638; Vol. 2, “Central Courts,” includes cases drawn from the Curia Regis rolls, the Assize rolls, the records of the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, and Chancery proceedings, from 1239-1633, translated into English; Vol. 3, “Statutory Recognizances and Special Assizes,” is a supplementary volume which contains records of proceedings on statutory and official recognisances (Statutes Merchant and Statutes Staple) and a number of additional cases and documents concerning mercantile law.

Schumer, Beryl, ed. Oxfordshire Forests, 1246-1609. Oxfordshire Record Society v.64. Oxford, The Society, 2004. 271p.

Abstract: Includes forest pleas.

Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson W. His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers; a Novel Inquiry into a Special Branch of Constitutional Government Founded Entirely Upon Original Sources of Information, and Extensively Upon Hitherto Unprinted Material. London: Longmans, Green, 1907.

Notes: Also available online in The Making of Modern Law (subscription database)Abstract: Covers period 1296-1521. Has an appendix of cases from the Court of Chivalry and of the Lord High Steward.

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

• Marriage (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Negligence (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Guilt (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Laws (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Notability (in this legal Encyclopedia)

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Brand, Paul A., ed. The Earliest English Law Reports. 4 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 111 for 1995, 112 for 1996, 122 for 2005. London: Selden Society, 1996-2005. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 61659364Abstract: Vol. 1 contains common bench reports to 1284. Three quarters of the cases have been identified in the plea rolls and the matching enrolments are printed with the reports. Vol. 2 contains common bench reports from 1285 -1289 and undated reports 1279-1289. The extensive introduction includes detailed descriptions of the manuscript sources, the dramatis personae of the reports including the justices, and a discussion of the serjeants. Vol. 3 contains eyre reports to 1285. Vol. 4 (forthcoming) will contain cases of the same period held in a number of other courts, including some common bench cases not included in the earlier volumes. Text in Latin and Law French, with English translation.

Cobbett, William, and Thomas B. Howell, ed. Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 33 Vols. London: Printed by T.C. Hansard for R. Bagshaw, 1809. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 122275433Abstract: Based on earlier editions published in 1719, 1730, 1742, and 1775. Covers English trials relating to offenses against the State or trials illustrative of the law relating to State Officers. Covers a wide variety of cases, predominantly high treason, but also bigamy, sedition, seditious libel, murder involving high-ranking officials, riot, piracy, witchcraft, bribery, and corruption. Vol. 1 covers Henry II to Elizabeth I (1163-1600).

Gross, Charles, ed. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant. 3 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 23 for 1908, 46 for 1929, 49 for 1932. London: Quaritch, 1908. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 228497Abstract: Vol. 1, “Local Courts” contains numerous extracts, with translations from the Latin records of Fair Courts from 1270-1638; Vol. 2, “Central Courts,” includes cases drawn from the Curia Regis rolls, the Assize rolls, the records of the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, and Chancery proceedings, from 1239-1633, translated into English;

Vol. 3, “Statutory Recognizances and Special Assizes,” is a supplementary volume which contains records of proceedings on statutory and official recognisances (Statutes Merchant and Statutes Staple) and a number of additional cases and documents concerning mercantile law.

Horwood, Alfred J., ed and trans. Yearbooks of the Reign of King Edward the First. 5 Vols. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores (Rolls Series), no. 31a. London: Longmans, 1863-1879. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 37147850Abstract: Vol. 1, Years 20-21: Eyres of Hereford and Salop, 1292:cases in common pleas, 1292: eyre of Stafford 1293;

Vol. 2, Years 21-22: Cases in common pleas, 1293: eyre of Middlesex, 1294;

Vol. 3, Years 30-31: Cases in common pleas, Michaelmas, 1302, and Michaelmas, 1303; eyre of Cornwall, 1302; pleas of the Crown in the Cornish eyre, 1303, writs and enrollments

Vol. 4, Years 32 -33: Hilary 1304-Easter 1305;

Vol. 5, Years 33-35: Michaelmas, 1305-Trinity, 1307. Text in English and Law French

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.

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Gross, Charles, ed. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant. 3 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 23 for 1908, 46 for 1929, 49 for 1932. London: Quaritch, 1908.

Abstract: Vol. 1, “Local Courts” contains numerous extracts, with translations from the Latin records of Fair Courts from 1270-1638; Vol. 2, “Central Courts,” includes cases drawn from the Curia Regis rolls, the Assize rolls, the records of the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, and Chancery proceedings, from 1239-1633, translated into English; Vol. 3, “Statutory Recognizances and Special Assizes,” is a supplementary volume which contains records of proceedings on statutory and official recognisances (Statutes Merchant and Statutes Staple) and a number of additional cases and documents concerning mercantile law.

Schumer, Beryl, ed. Oxfordshire Forests, 1246-1609. Oxfordshire Record Society v.64. Oxford, The Society, 2004. 271p.

Abstract: Includes forest pleas.

Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson W. His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers; a Novel Inquiry into a Special Branch of Constitutional Government Founded Entirely Upon Original Sources of Information, and Extensively Upon Hitherto Unprinted Material. London: Longmans, Green, 1907.

Notes: Also available online in The Making of Modern Law (subscription database)Abstract: Covers period 1296-1521. Has an appendix of cases from the Court of Chivalry and of the Lord High Steward.

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

• Defamation (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Detinue (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Attainder (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Church Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Lordship Rights (in this legal Encyclopedia)