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

The Cartae Baronum of 1166 and the Elephant

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medieval elephant

Kings need information. By 1166 Domesday was getting a bit out of date. It was eighty years old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Exchequer, feudal incidents, Henry II, Henry Ii Of England

The Exchequer in the time of Henry II

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Haddon Hall medieval manor

Revenue and the sheriffs All Kings need money. Lots of money. “We are of course aware” wrote … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Domesday, Exchequer, Government administration, Henry, Henry II, Pipe Rolls, Richard Fitznigel, Sheriff, William II (Rufas)

The Kings household and the administration of government

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Henry II seal

In the time of Henry II In the twelfth century the machinery of government was inextricably … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Administration, Chamberlain, Chancellor, Exchequer, Henry II, Henry Ii Of England, Household, Privy Chamber, Sheriff

Custom and courts before and after the conquest

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Signatures of William I and Matilda

When William the Conquerer conquered England, he found a country which already had an established, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Norman Tagged With: courts, Custom, Exchequer, Government administration, The Conquest

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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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