Select Civil Pleas, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Select Civil Pleas, Vol. 1

King's Court seems to have been instituted in the reign of Henry II., but no Rolls of that period are known. In case 155 in this volume, the defendants put themselves on the rolls of the first year of the reign of King Richard. No rolls are known to be extant for so early a year, but it is quite possible that there are such among the rolls of uncertain date. Most of these could, I believe, be accurately dated with the aid of the Feet of Fines, but until these last are all printed and indexed, it is hopeless to make the attempt. In this way I have ascertained Curia Regis Roll, No. 67 (late Coram Rege Roll, John, No. Which is undated, to be of Hilary Term in the fifth year.

Several rolls of Richard's reign have been identified during the recent examination and rearrangement of the Coram Rege Rolls, though none of them are of very early date. Nos. 5, 53, 55, 66 (in. 2 only) and 69 (old numbers) have now been transferred to this reign, and these, it is understood, are to be included in the Publications of the Pipe Roll Society.

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