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The History of Law Blog

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

The petty assizes and the development of the jury system

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Clarendon Palance ruins

We discussed here how Henry II made it a requirement that all land disputes should be resolved via … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Assize Of Novel Disseisin, Assizes, Henry II, Legal Procedure, Ordeals, Seisin, The Jury System, Writ, Writs and forms of action

The General Eyre and the Court at Westminster

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Henry II of England

In my last post I said I was going to be looking the new forms of action developed by Henry II, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Assizes, courts, Eyre, Henry II, Henry Ii Of England, Richard De Lucy, The Court System, Westminster

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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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