Memoranda Rolls

Memoranda Rolls in United Kingdom

The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material (Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Kept by clerks of the Exchequer, these rolls reflect the day-to-day activities of the government.

Brown, R. Allen, ed. Memoranda Rolls: 16-17 Henry III : Preserved in the Public Record Office. London: His/Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (now part of the Office of Public Sector Information), 1991.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Great Britain. Exchequer. Records of the King’s Remembrancer, Memoranda Rolls and Enrolment Books, 1218-1994. E 159 (Microfilm). London: Public Record Office (now the National Archives) , 1970-.

Abstract: E 159/37-46. 1262 Mich-1272 Trin, 55/56 Henry III–E 159/47-50. 1272 Mich-1276 Trin, 3/4 Edward I. This series consists of rolls recording memoranda made in the Exchequer. Each roll covers a year, consisting of four terms, and is divided into different sections. The contents of the two parallel series, one kept by the King’s Remembrancer and the other by the Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, reflect the differing functions of the two offices, which were defined by the Exchequer ordinances of 1323.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Memoranda Rolls for the Period 1216-1327. E368 (49 Microfilm Reels). London: Public Record Office (now the National Archives) , 1970.

Abstract: Text in Latin. Includes proceedings relating to the accounts of sheriffs, escheators and bailiffs. Also contains the enrolments of deeds, etc., acknowledged before one of the barons. Public Record Office (now the National Archives) No. E368.

—. Memoranda Rolls of the King’s Remembrancer (E159) for the Period 1217-1307 . London: Public Record Office (now the National Archives) , 1900-1987.

Palgrave, Francis, ed. The Ancient Kalendars and Inventories of the Treasury of His Majesty’s Exchequer, Together With Other Documents Illustrating the History of That Repository. 3 Vols. London: G. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode, 1836.

Abstract: Vol. 1, Bishop Stapleton’s calendar, completed 1323, and memoranda of the treasury, 19-50 Edward III. Records relating to the robbery at the Treasury, 31 Ed. I.

Vol. 2, Memoranda of the Treasury, 1 Ric. II-38 Hen. VI, and miscellaneous inventories of regalia, plate and jewels.

Vol. 3, Memoranda of the Treasury, 1 & 2 Ed. IV-35 Hen. VIII, and miscellaneous documents, Edward I – George II.

Memoranda Rolls and Medieval Law

Memoranda Rolls and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Richardson, Henry G., ed. The Memoranda Roll for the Michaelmas Term of the First Year of the Reign of King John (1199-1200) Together With Fragments of the Originalia Roll of the Seventh Year of King Richard I (1195-6), the Liberate Roll of the Second Year of King John (1200-1) and the Norman Roll of the Fifth Year of King John (1203) . Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 59; n.s., 21. London: J.W. Ruddock, 1943.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Robinson, Chalfant, ed. The Memoranda Roll of the King’s Remembrancer for Michaelmas 1230-Trinity 1231 (E.159.10) Now First Printed From the Original in the Custody of the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls . Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 49. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1933.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Rokéah, Zefira Entin, ed. Medieval English Jews and Royal Officials: Entries of Jewish Interest in the English Memoranda Rolls. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2000.

Abstract: Text in English. These reflect the day-to-day activities of both the English government and the last generation of English Jews before the expulsion of the Jews from all England in 1290. Entries are from the period of Henry I, Henry III, and Edward I of England (1266-1293)

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

  • Concilliar Courts (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Medieval Legal History (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Superior Courts of Common Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Quasi-Contract (in this legal Encyclopedia)

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