Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-vii

List of Contributors

pp viii-x

Acknowledgments

pp xi-xi

Abbreviations

pp xii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-6

I - Records and their Uses

pp 7-8

1 - Between Magna Carta and the Parliamentary State: The Fine Rolls of King Henry III, 1216–72

pp 9-29

2 - The Form and Function of the Originalia Rolls

pp 30-43

3 - The Fine Rolls of Henry III as a Source for the Legal Historian

pp 44-54

4 - The Fine Rolls as Evidence for the Expansion of Royal Justice during the Reign of Henry III

pp 55-71

5 - Administering the Irish Fines, 1199–1254: The English Chancery, the Dublin Exchequer and the Seeking of Favours

pp 72-84

6 - Auditing and Enrolment in Thirteenth-Century Scotland

pp 85-103

7 - Imitation and Independence in Native Welsh Administrative Culture, c. 1180–1280

pp 104-120

8 - An Inventory of Gifts to King Henry III, 1234–5

pp 121-146

II - Government in Action

pp 147-148

9 - Another Fine Mess: Evidence for the Resumption of Exchequer Authority in the Minority of Henry III

pp 149-165

10 - Roger of Wendover, Prior of Belvoir, and the Implementation of the Charter of the Forest, 1225–27

pp 166-178

11 - Royal Government and Administration in Post-Evesham England, 1265–70

pp 179-195

12 - The Church and the King: Canon Law and Kingship in England, 1257–61

pp 196-211

13 - Women in English Local Government: Sheriffs, Castellans and Foresters

pp 212-226

14 - The Origins of the Office of Escheator

pp 227-266

Index

pp 267-288