Law Reports under Edward Iii in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Edward III of England

Year Books and other Reports

Law Reports under Edward III and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Edward III and Legal History

This issue under the Ruling of King Edward III of England

Year Books and Early Law Reports

Law Reports under Edward III and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Edward III and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) 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): 122275433 Abstract: 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., and Luke O Pike, eds and trans. Yearbooks of the Reign of King Edward the Third 15 vols. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores (Rolls Series), 31b. London: Longman, 1883-1911.

Abstract: English and law French on opposite pages. Volumes numbered continuously with the year books of Edward I.

Vol. 1, Years 11-12 (1337-38);

Vol. 2, Years 12-13 (1338-39);

Vol. 3, Years 13-14 (1339-40);

Vol. 4, Year 14 (1340);

Vol. 5, Years 14-15 (1340-41);

Vol. 6, Year 15 (1341);

Vol. 7, Year 16 (1341-42)

Vol. 8, Year 16 (1342);

Vol. 9, Year 17 (1342-43);

Vol. 10, Years 17-18 (1343-44);

Vol. 11, Year 18 (1344);

Vol. 12, Years 18-19 (1344-45);

Vol. 13, Year 19 (1345);

Vol. 14, Year 20 (1345-46);

Vol. 15, Year 20 (1346)

Maynard, John, ed. Year Books, or, Reports in the Following Reigns, With Notes to Brooke and Fitzherbert’s Abridgments: the Vulgate Edition of 1678-1680. 11 Vols. London: George Sawbridge, William Rawlins, and Samuel Roycroft, 1679-1680. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 31448622

Notes: Also available online in Early English Books Online (subscription database)Abstract: Reprinted in 2006, this is referred to as the “standard” or “vulgate” edition. It reprints some of the earliest black letter editions of the year books and repeats the gross errors of those black letter editions, with spelling errors, wrong insertions, and misleading cross references. There appears to have been no effort at proofreading. Contents:

Vol. 1, Memoranda in Scaccario 2-29 Edward I, and year books 1-19 Edward II (dated 1678)

Vol. 2, 1-10 Edward III

Vol. 3, 17-39 Edward III(omitting 19, 20, 31-37)

Vol. 4, 40-50 Edward III (called Quadragesms)

Vol. 5, Liber Assisarum, 1-50 Edward III

Vol. 6, 1-14 Henry IV and 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 Henry V

Vol. 7, 1-20 Henry VI (omitting 5, 6, 13, 15-17)

Vol. 8, 21-39 Henry VI (omitting 23-26 and 29)

Vol. 9, 1-22 Edward IV

Vol. 10, Long Report of 5 Edward IV

Vol. 11, 1 Edward V, 1-2 Richard III,1-21 Henry VII (omitting 17-19) and 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 27 Henry VIII

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) Baildon, W. Paley, ed. Select Cases in the Court of Chancery (1364-1471). The Selden Society (SS), 10 for 1896. London: Quaritch, 1896.

Abstract: Records consist mainly of plaintiffs’ petitions and of the writs of subpoena by which the defendants were summoned. A list of Chancellors from 1363-1467 is included.

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.

Manwood, John, ed. A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest Wherein Is Declared Not Onely Those Laws As They Are Now in Force, but Also the Original and Beginning of Forests, and What a Forest Is in Its Own Proper Nature … : Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, Declaring What Pourallee Is, How the Same First Began, What a Pourallee-Man? May Do … 3rd ed. London: Company of Stationers, 1665.

Notes: Also available online in Early English Books Online and ECCO (subscription databases)Abstract: Contains the principal cases of the Assizes of Woodstock and of Pickering and of Lancaster. Covers the period 1334-1336.

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

• Torture (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Law Enforcement (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Lawyer (in this legal Encyclopedia)

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) 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): 122275433 Abstract: 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., and Luke O Pike, eds and trans. Yearbooks of the Reign of King Edward the Third 15 vols. Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores (Rolls Series), 31b. London: Longman, 1883-1911.

Abstract: English and law French on opposite pages. Volumes numbered continuously with the year books of Edward I.

Vol. 1, Years 11-12 (1337-38);

Vol. 2, Years 12-13 (1338-39);

Vol. 3, Years 13-14 (1339-40);

Vol. 4, Year 14 (1340);

Vol. 5, Years 14-15 (1340-41);

Vol. 6, Year 15 (1341);

Vol. 7, Year 16 (1341-42)

Vol. 8, Year 16 (1342);

Vol. 9, Year 17 (1342-43);

Vol. 10, Years 17-18 (1343-44);

Vol. 11, Year 18 (1344);

Vol. 12, Years 18-19 (1344-45);

Vol. 13, Year 19 (1345);

Vol. 14, Year 20 (1345-46);

Vol. 15, Year 20 (1346)

Maynard, John, ed. Year Books, or, Reports in the Following Reigns, With Notes to Brooke and Fitzherbert’s Abridgments: the Vulgate Edition of 1678-1680. 11 Vols. London: George Sawbridge, William Rawlins, and Samuel Roycroft, 1679-1680. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 31448622

Notes: Also available online in Early English Books Online (subscription database)Abstract: Reprinted in 2006, this is referred to as the “standard” or “vulgate” edition. It reprints some of the earliest black letter editions of the year books and repeats the gross errors of those black letter editions, with spelling errors, wrong insertions, and misleading cross references. There appears to have been no effort at proofreading. Contents:

Vol. 1, Memoranda in Scaccario 2-29 Edward I, and year books 1-19 Edward II (dated 1678)

Vol. 2, 1-10 Edward III

Vol. 3, 17-39 Edward III(omitting 19, 20, 31-37)

Vol. 4, 40-50 Edward III (called Quadragesms)

Vol. 5, Liber Assisarum, 1-50 Edward III

Vol. 6, 1-14 Henry IV and 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 Henry V

Vol. 7, 1-20 Henry VI (omitting 5, 6, 13, 15-17)

Vol. 8, 21-39 Henry VI (omitting 23-26 and 29)

Vol. 9, 1-22 Edward IV

Vol. 10, Long Report of 5 Edward IV

Vol. 11, 1 Edward V, 1-2 Richard III,1-21 Henry VII (omitting 17-19) and 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 27 Henry VIII

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) Baildon, W. Paley, ed. Select Cases in the Court of Chancery (1364-1471). The Selden Society (SS), 10 for 1896. London: Quaritch, 1896.

Abstract: Records consist mainly of plaintiffs’ petitions and of the writs of subpoena by which the defendants were summoned. A list of Chancellors from 1363-1467 is included.

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.

Manwood, John, ed. A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest Wherein Is Declared Not Onely Those Laws As They Are Now in Force, but Also the Original and Beginning of Forests, and What a Forest Is in Its Own Proper Nature … : Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, Declaring What Pourallee Is, How the Same First Began, What a Pourallee-Man? May Do … 3rd ed. London: Company of Stationers, 1665.

Notes: Also available online in Early English Books Online and ECCO (subscription databases)Abstract: Contains the principal cases of the Assizes of Woodstock and of Pickering and of Lancaster. Covers the period 1334-1336.

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

• Pleading (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Negligence (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Institute of Historical Research (in this legal Encyclopedia)