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The History of Law Blog

From Normans times to now, focus on land law ...

Tessa SheppersonWelcome to this History of Law Blog

I am Tessa Shepperson, and here you will find posts and fascinating stories all around English legal history (not as boring as you might think!).

If you are new here you should really start reading from the beginning - so choose one of the text links below:

Introduction | The first Norman post | The Timeline

Some Norman Posts

Oath of fealty

Landlord and tenure

(Looking at Norman land law from about 1066 …) Landlord Land is different from all other property. … [Read More...]

Turstin FitzRolf

Norman Barons: Writs and Relief

In Norman England, at the top of the feudal hierarchy immediately below the King, were the barons. … [Read More...]

Delamere forest

The Kings Demesne

When William the Conqueror conquered England, legally he became the ultimate owner of all land (as … [Read More...]

Some Angevin Posts

Stephen and Henry discuss

The Young King Henry II

By the time 1154 came around, everyone in England was sick of civil war. Even the barons were fed … [Read More...]

Westminster Abbey

Crowned King of England

When I studied for my law degree, a long time ago, there was a compulsory paper on jurisprudence in … [Read More...]

medieval marriage

Feudal incidents

In my post Landlord and Tenure, back in the Norman section, I introduced the feudal system. I … [Read More...]

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Henry the Young King

The Young King Henry – crowned but not a real king?

Henry II had seen at first hand the devastation that can be wrought when the succession was not … [Read More...]

The Constitutions of Clarendon and the Becket affair

If anyone knows anything about the reign of Henry II, they know about the Beckett affair. About … [Read More...]

Towns in medieval England

Most people in Medieval England lived off the land. There were cities of course, but these were far … [Read More...]

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