Law Reports under Henry Vii in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Henry VII of England

Year Books and other Reports

Law Reports under Henry VII and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Henry VII and Legal History

This issue under the Ruling of King Henry VII of England

Year Books and Early Law Reports

Law Reports under Henry VII and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Henry VII and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Baker, John H., ed. The Notebook of Sir John Port. The Selden Society (SS), 102 for 1986. London: Selden Society, 1986.

Abstract: The earliest notebook compiled by a common lawyer, and contains the first law reports known to be in the hand of an English judge. Material included dates from the early 1490’s up to and including a series of King’s Bench reports from 1529 and 1530.

Baker, John H., ed. Reports of Cases by John Caryll. 2 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 115 for 1998 & 116 for 1999. London: Selden Society, 1999.

Abstract: Reports of cases from the Court of Common Pleas. Vol. I covers 1485-1499; Vol. II covers 1501-1522.

Bradford, Gladys, ed. Proceedings in the Court of the Star Chamber in the Reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. Somerset Record Society, 27. London: The Society , 1911.

Abstract: Text in English. Covers the years 1485-1547.

Brown, William, and Hardy B McCall?, eds. Yorkshire Star Chamber Proceedings. 4 Vols. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, 41, 45, 51, 70. Leeds: The Society, 1909-1927.

Abstract: Text in English. Covers the years 1485-1551.

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.

Hemmant, Mary, ed. Select Cases in the Exchequer Chamber, Before All the Justices of England. 2 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 51 (extra volume for 1933), 64 for 1945. London: Quaritch, 1933.

Abstract: “Reproduces, from published and unpublished year books, cases heard in the important informal assembly of all the justices, accompanied in many cases by a transcription of the original judicial records of the court of origin, by which the reference to the Exchequer Chamber was made. Cases of special legal difficulty, or involving important people, were those usually referred.” Contents: Vol. I, 1377-1461; Vol. II, 1461-1509.

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.

Leadam, Isaac S., ed. Select Cases in the Court of Requests (1497-1569). The Selden Society (SS), 12 for 1898. London: Quaritch, 1898.

Abstract: “English bills and petitions filed in the Court of Requests, English answers and further pleadings, interrogatories with the resulting depositions.

Robinson, William, ed. Collections Relative to Claims at the Coronations of Several of the Kings of England, Beginning With King Richard II. London: J.B. Nichols, 1820.

Notes: Also available online in The Making of Modern Law (subscription database)Abstract: Text in English. Contains claims made at several of the Coronations from Richard II to George II, with the answers of the court. Covers the period 1377-1727.

Sanders, George W., ed. Orders of the High Court of Chancery, and Statutes of the Realm, Relating to Chancery, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 1 Vol. in 2. London: A. Maxwell & Son, 1845.

Abstract: Contents: Vol. 1. Part I, Orders 12 Ric. II to 16 Geo. II; Vol. 1. Part 2, Orders 17 Geo. II to 8 Vict.

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

• Treason (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Law Enforcement (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Usurpation (in this legal Encyclopedia)

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Baker, John H., ed. The Notebook of Sir John Port. The Selden Society (SS), 102 for 1986. London: Selden Society, 1986.

Abstract: The earliest notebook compiled by a common lawyer, and contains the first law reports known to be in the hand of an English judge. Material included dates from the early 1490’s up to and including a series of King’s Bench reports from 1529 and 1530.

Baker, John H., ed. Reports of Cases by John Caryll. 2 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 115 for 1998 & 116 for 1999. London: Selden Society, 1999.

Abstract: Reports of cases from the Court of Common Pleas. Vol. I covers 1485-1499; Vol. II covers 1501-1522.

Bradford, Gladys, ed. Proceedings in the Court of the Star Chamber in the Reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. Somerset Record Society, 27. London: The Society , 1911.

Abstract: Text in English. Covers the years 1485-1547.

Brown, William, and Hardy B McCall?, eds. Yorkshire Star Chamber Proceedings. 4 Vols. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, 41, 45, 51, 70. Leeds: The Society, 1909-1927.

Abstract: Text in English. Covers the years 1485-1551.

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.

Hemmant, Mary, ed. Select Cases in the Exchequer Chamber, Before All the Justices of England. 2 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 51 (extra volume for 1933), 64 for 1945. London: Quaritch, 1933.

Abstract: “Reproduces, from published and unpublished year books, cases heard in the important informal assembly of all the justices, accompanied in many cases by a transcription of the original judicial records of the court of origin, by which the reference to the Exchequer Chamber was made. Cases of special legal difficulty, or involving important people, were those usually referred.” Contents: Vol. I, 1377-1461; Vol. II, 1461-1509.

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.

Leadam, Isaac S., ed. Select Cases in the Court of Requests (1497-1569). The Selden Society (SS), 12 for 1898. London: Quaritch, 1898.

Abstract: “English bills and petitions filed in the Court of Requests, English answers and further pleadings, interrogatories with the resulting depositions.

Robinson, William, ed. Collections Relative to Claims at the Coronations of Several of the Kings of England, Beginning With King Richard II. London: J.B. Nichols, 1820.

Notes: Also available online in The Making of Modern Law (subscription database)Abstract: Text in English. Contains claims made at several of the Coronations from Richard II to George II, with the answers of the court. Covers the period 1377-1727.

Sanders, George W., ed. Orders of the High Court of Chancery, and Statutes of the Realm, Relating to Chancery, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 1 Vol. in 2. London: A. Maxwell & Son, 1845.

Abstract: Contents: Vol. 1. Part I, Orders 12 Ric. II to 16 Geo. II; Vol. 1. Part 2, Orders 17 Geo. II to 8 Vict.

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

• Religious Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Laws (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Ecclesiastical Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Punishment (in this legal Encyclopedia)