Manorial in United Kingdom

Manorial Courts under Richard II

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Manorial and Medieval Law

Manorial and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Abstract: Covers the years 1384 -1627. Vol. 2 contains South-Yorkshire? land-charters from the Lindsay collection. Vol. 3 contains Sheffield manorial records from the court-roll, 1424-1597 as well as ancient charters and an index to Liber finium.

Helmholz, R. H., ed. Select Cases on Defamation to 1600. The Selden Society (SS), 101 for 1985. London: Selden Society, 1985.

Abstract: Select cases chosen “to illustrate the development of private remedies for defamation, and to provide the basis for a comparison between the Canon law and the English practice in both the spiritual and temporal courts.” Part I contains 30 cases from the ecclesiastical courts between ca.1290 and 1593. Part II contains 30 cases from various local courts, mostly of manors or boroughs, between 1245-1539. Parts III and IV cover sixteenth century cases.

Hone, Nathaniel J., ed. The Manor and Manorial Records. 3rd ed. London: Methuen, 1925.

Abstract: Contains extracts from several court rolls and includes lists of court rolls in various depositories.

Humphreys, Arthur L., ed. Wellington Manorial Court Rolls. 1277-1908. London: n.p., 1910.

Abstract: Text in English.

Lock, Ray, ed. The Court Rolls of Walsham Le Willows. 2 Vols. Suffolk Records Society, 41, 45. Woodbridge: Boydell , 1998-2000.

Abstract: Vol. 1, 1303-1350; Vol. 2, 1351-1399.

Longstaffe, William H. D., and John Booth, ed. and trans. Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis, Containing Extracts From the Halmote Court or Manor Rolls of the Prior and Convent of Durham, A.D. 1296-A.D. 1384. Publications of the Surtees Society, 82. Durham: The Society, 1889.

Abstract: Text in English.

Marcham, William M., ed. Some Court Rolls of the Manors of Tottenham, Middlesex, 1318-1503, and Court Rolls of Cantelowes Manor, St. Pancras, 1308-1317 . Manor of Tottenham Series, 1 ed. Tottenham: Libraries and Museum, 1956.

Abstract: Text in English.

Massingberd, William O., ed. Court Rolls of the Manor of Ingoldmells in the County of Lincoln . London: Spottiswoode, 1902.

Abstract: Court records for the period 1291-1578.

Tooting Beck Manor, England. Court Rolls of Tooting Beck Manor. V. London: London County Council, 1909-.

Abstract: Text of rolls in Latin and English. Vol. 1 contains 27 rolls in the London County Council’s possession, dating from 1394-1422, with introduction, and notes. An appendix contains earlier rolls of the Manor in the possession of King’s College, Cambridge, and index.

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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See Also

• Canon Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Conversion (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Exchequer (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Trespass (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Canon Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)