Law Reports under Henry Iii

Law Reports under Henry Iii in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Henry III of England

Year Books and other Reports

Law Reports under Henry III and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Henry III and Legal History

This issue under the Ruling of King Henry III of England

Year Books and Early Law Reports

Law Reports under Henry III and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Henry III and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bracton, Henry de, and Frederic William Maitland, eds. Bracton’s Note Book: a Collection of Cases Decided in the King’s Courts During the Reign of Henry the Third, Annotated by a Lawyer of That Time, Seemingly by Henry of Bratton. 3 Vols. 1887 ed. Littleton, Colorado: F. B. Rothman, 1983. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 9219487

Abstract: Reprint of the 1887 edition originally published in London by C. J. Clay, it contains transcripts of entries on the de banco (1217-34), coram rege (1234-39), and eyre rolls (1-24 Henry III). Vol. 1, contains introduction, tables and indexes. Vol. 2 (Trinity, AD 1218 through Easter , AD 1234), & Vol. 3 (Easter, AD 1224 through Michaelmas, AD 1240), contain excerpts from the plea rolls, with marginal comments on certain cases. The text of the cases is in Latin.

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): 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.

Renton, Alexander W., comp. The English Reports. 178 Vols. London: Stevens and Sons, 1900-1932. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 1470288

Notes: Also available online in Justis, HeinOnline?, and LLMC-Digital (subscription databases)Abstract: Contains reprinted decisions of all English courts from 1220 to the commencement of the official Law reports in 1866. vols. 1-11, House of Lords; vols. 12-20, Privy Council; vols. 21-47, Chancery; vols. 48-55, Rolls Court; vols. 56-71, Vice-Chancellors’ Courts; vols. 72-122, King’s Bench Division; vols. 123-144, Common Pleas; vols. 145-160, Exchequer; vols. 161-167, Ecclesiastical, Admiralty, and Probate and Divorce; vols. 168-169, Crown cases; vols. 170-176, Nisi Prius. Volumes which contain reports prior to 1550 are: vols. 72-122 King’s Bench (1378-1865); vols. 123-144 Common Pleas (1486-1865); vols. 145-160 Exchequer (1220-1865) Only volumes 72 & 73 (Kings Bench), volume 145 (Exchequer) contain cases from the medieval period.

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.

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)
  • Peasant (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Detinue (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Legal History of India (in this legal Encyclopedia)

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bracton, Henry de, and Frederic William Maitland, eds. Bracton’s Note Book: a Collection of Cases Decided in the King’s Courts During the Reign of Henry the Third, Annotated by a Lawyer of That Time, Seemingly by Henry of Bratton. 3 Vols. 1887 ed. Littleton, Colorado: F. B. Rothman, 1983. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 9219487

Abstract: Reprint of the 1887 edition originally published in London by C. J. Clay, it contains transcripts of entries on the de banco (1217-34), coram rege (1234-39), and eyre rolls (1-24 Henry III). Vol. 1, contains introduction, tables and indexes. Vol. 2 (Trinity, AD 1218 through Easter , AD 1234), & Vol. 3 (Easter, AD 1224 through Michaelmas, AD 1240), contain excerpts from the plea rolls, with marginal comments on certain cases. The text of the cases is in Latin.

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): 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.

Renton, Alexander W., comp. The English Reports. 178 Vols. London: Stevens and Sons, 1900-1932. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 1470288

Notes: Also available online in Justis, HeinOnline?, and LLMC-Digital (subscription databases)Abstract: Contains reprinted decisions of all English courts from 1220 to the commencement of the official Law reports in 1866. vols. 1-11, House of Lords; vols. 12-20, Privy Council; vols. 21-47, Chancery; vols. 48-55, Rolls Court; vols. 56-71, Vice-Chancellors’ Courts; vols. 72-122, King’s Bench Division; vols. 123-144, Common Pleas; vols. 145-160, Exchequer; vols. 161-167, Ecclesiastical, Admiralty, and Probate and Divorce; vols. 168-169, Crown cases; vols. 170-176, Nisi Prius. Volumes which contain reports prior to 1550 are: vols. 72-122 King’s Bench (1378-1865); vols. 123-144 Common Pleas (1486-1865); vols. 145-160 Exchequer (1220-1865) Only volumes 72 & 73 (Kings Bench), volume 145 (Exchequer) contain cases from the medieval period.

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.

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)
  • Medieval Church Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Law Making (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Judicial Review (in this legal Encyclopedia)

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