Private Legal Documents in United Kingdom

(Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) The distinction between real and personal property is emphasized in the history of wills. By the time of Glanvill it was conceded that the ecclesiastical courts had sole jurisdiction over deathbed gifts of personal property. However, no rights were allowed to the ecclesiastical courts regarding real property, and their rules ceased to have any effect on the land law. (69) For a detailed list of publications on wills and intestacies, see Maxwell. (70)

Private Legal Documents and Medieval Law

Private Legal Documents and Legal History

Legal Materials in relation to Edward V

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Orme, Nicholas, ed. Cornish Wills, 1342-1540. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, n.s. v.41. Exeter, The Society, 2007. 294p.

Abstract: Contains all the 122 Cornish wills known to exist up to the year 1540. All the wills are presented in English in complete, rather than abbreviated form.

Raine, James, William Greenwell, and Herbert M. Wood, eds. Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, etc. of the Northern Counties of England from the Eleventh Century Downwards. 4 v. Publications of the Surtees Society, v.2, 38, 112 & 142. London, J.B. Nichols and Son, 1835-1929. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 277439358Abstract: Chiefly from the registry at Durham.

Sharpe, Reginald R., ed. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D.1258 – A.D.1688: Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London, at the Guildhall. 2 Vols. London : John C. Francis, 1889-1990.

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

• Pleading (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Detinue (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Law Making (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia)