Mediaval Law Documents in United Kingdom

Case Law (The Courts)

This covers:

• Case Law (The Courts) (see below)
• Statutory Law (Legislative Records) (see below)
• Administrative Law (Records of State) (see below)
• Private Legal Documents (see below)
• Writs and Pleadings (see below)
• Early Legal Treatises (see below)
• Collections of Texts from Various Sources (see below)

Case Law (The Courts) covers:

• Royal Courts (see below)
• Non Royal Courts (see below)

Royal Courts

Royal courts cover:

• Central Common Law Courts (see below)
• Central Non Common Law Courts (see below)
• Itinerant Courts (see below)

Central Common Law Courts

Court Records

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V

Year Books and other Reports

Under the following Reigns periods:

• William
• Henry I
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Common Law Abridgments

Central Non Common Law Courts

Court Records

Under the following Reigns periods:

• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV

Year Books and other Reports

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following Reigns periods:

• William
• Henry I
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Itinerant Courts

Eyres

• Court Records
• Year Books and other Reports
• Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases
• Feet of Fines

Assizes

• Court Records
• Court Records
• Court Records
• Year Books and other Reports
• Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Gaol Deliveries

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Edward I
• Edward II
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V

Justices under Special Commission

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III

Non Royal Courts

Non Royal Courts include:

• High Court of Parliament (see below)
• Ecclesiastical Courts (see below)
• Manorial/Seignorial Courts (see below)
• Palatine Courts (see below)
• Local Courts (see below)
• University Courts (see below)

High Court of Parliament

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Ecclesiastical Courts

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon
• William
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Manorial/Seignorial Courts

Under the following Reigns periods:

• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Palatine Courts

Under the following Reigns periods:

• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Local Courts

Calendars, Registers and Indexes of Cases

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

University Courts

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Henry VI
• Edward IV

Statutory Law (Legislative Records)

Statutory Law (Legislative Records) covers:

• Statutes (see below)
• Parliamentary Records (see below)
• Ecclesiastical Law (see below)

Statutes

This include: Collections of Statutes and Abridgments, Digests and Indexes of Statutes.

Collections of Statutes

Under the following Reigns periods:

• William
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII
• Anglo Saxon

Abridgments, Digests and Indexes of Statutes

See more about this in the legal Encyclopedia.

Parliamentary Records

Parliamentary Records covers:

• Full Text Records of Parliament (see below)
• Calendars and Registers of Parliamentary Documents (see below)

Full Text Records of Parliament

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon
• William
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII
• Henry VIII

Calendars and Registers of Parliamentary Documents

Under the following Reigns periods:

• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Administrative Law (Records of State)

Legal materials of Administrative Law (Records of State) covers:

• Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation (see below)
• Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation (see below)
• Administrative Records (see below)
• The Domesday Book (see below)

Royal Charters and Writs of Proclamation

Full Text Charters and Proclamations

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon
• Anglo Saxon et seq.
• William
• William Rufus
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Calendars and Registers of Charters

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon et seq.
• William
• William Rufus
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Administrative Records

Full Text Records

The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material.

• Charter Rolls
• Close Rolls
• Exchequer Procedural Documents
• Fine Rolls
• Hundred Rolls
• Liberate Rolls
• Memoranda Rolls
• Patent Rolls
• Pipe Rolls
• Receipt and Issue Rolls
• Treaty Rolls
• Various Other Exchequer Rolls

Calendars and Registers of Administrative Documents

The Domesday Book

See more about Domesday Book in the legal Encyclopedia.

Private Legal Documents

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon Reigns
• William
• William Rufus
• Henry I
• Stephen
• Henry II
• Richard I
• John
• Henry III
• Edward I
• Edward II
• Edward III
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI
• Edward IV
• Edward V
• Richard III
• Henry VII

Early Legal Treatises

This covers:

• Treatises
• Handbooks of Procedure and Pleading

Collections of Texts from Various Sources

Under the following Reigns periods:

• Anglo Saxon : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• William : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Richard I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• John : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry III : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Edward I : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Edward II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Edward III : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Richard II : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry IV : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry V : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns
• Henry VI : Collections Which Cover Individual Periods or Reigns