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Charters, Codes and Constitutions
- A collection of ancient records, charters, and instruments of divers kinds, necessary for illustrating the ecclesiastical history and antiquities of the diocese and cathedral church of Rochester.
- Includes laws from the time of Henry I as well as several Anglo-Saxon rulers whose laws were removed by Lambarde.
- (Latin; facsimile)
- Beginning with ancient German polity and extracts from Caesar and continuing to the reign of Edward the First
- (1st century BC; English and Latin facsimiles)
- Contains the original and authentic testimony of contemporary writers to the most important transactions of our forefathers, both by sea and land, from their first arrival in this country to the year 1154.
- (1-1154; English transcription)
- Cartularium Saxonicum: a Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History
- Volume 1 (AD 430-839)
- Volume 2 (AD 840-947)
- Volume 3 (AD 948-975)
- (430-975; Latin and English; eBook)
- Charters, pleas and inquisitions in several volumes.
- (447-1721; Latin eBook)
- A Collection of English Charters, From the Reign of King Aethelberht of Kent, A.D. DC. V. to That of William the Conqueror
- (6th-11th century; Latin and English; eBook)
- Laws of Alfred and Ine
- See the law code in its original language HERE
- (560-975; English translation)
- Anglo-Saxon Laws
- (Latin; eBook)
- The laws called Edward the Confessor's. The laws of William the Conqueror, and those ascribed to Henry the First. Also Monumenta Eclesiastica Anglicana, from the seventh to the tenth century, and the ancient Latin version of the Anglo-Saxon laws.
- (589-1135; English translation; eBook)
- (598-1909; English and Latin; eBook)
- Digitized book.
- Includes Aethelberht's laws regarding the church and those pertaining to the king.
- (ca 6th century; Latin)
- Includes the Kentish laws, laws of Ine and of Alfred, treaties with the Danes, and the laws of Edward the Elder and Æthelstan.
- (7th-10th century; English translations; eBook)
- Contains Anglo-Saxon charters.
- (7th-16th century; Latin; eBook)
- The Chronicle of Abingdon Abbey, containing Anglo-Saxon charters.
- (7th-late 12th century; Latin; eBook)
- Extracts From Early Laws of the English
- From the Avalon Project
- (600-1020; English translation)
- 250 primary and secondary documents are included, with heavy focus on gesiths and laenland.
- (Latin and Anglo-Saxon with English notes; eBook)
- Liebermann's Laws of the Anglo-Saxons, digitized.
- See also, Consiliatio Cnuti
- (601-1154; German)
- Includes several legal documents such as most of the surviving Anglo-Saxon charters, in addition to wills, land documents and leases.
- See also, Diplomatarium Anglicum Aevi Saxonic
- (604-1061; Latin translation from Anglo-Saxon; eBook)
- 11 ancient charters and other documents
- See also, The British Library's Digitized Manuscripts Collection
- (8th-10th century; facsimiles)
- Full transcriptions in the original languages, with notes.
- (739-1150; Latin, Old and Middle English; eBook)
- Facsimiles were printed and transcribed in this 1873 publication, which was then digitized.
- (10th century; facsimiles)
- 15 charters, writs and confirmations from authorities such as King Æthelred and King Cnut.
- Includes Latin text, English translation, and the old text.
- (908-992 AD)
- Volume 14, containing Anglo-Saxon charters
- (English and Latin; eBook)
- Also, calendars of all the treaties of peace entered into by the kings of England with those of Scotland; and of sundry letters and public instruments...together with catalogues of the records brought to Berwick from the Royal Treasury at Edinburgh...The Proceedings relating to the carrying back the records of Scotland...To which are added memoranda concerning the affairs of Ireland.
- (11th-13th centuries; Latin; digitized book)
- (11th-18th century; English; eBook)
- Digital version.
- Medieval facsimile version HERE
- This Old English code represents the agreement reached at Oxford in 1018 between the Danes and the English early in the reign of King Cnut (1016–1035). Both peoples accepted the laws of Edgar I (king of England, 959–975) as the basis for an Anglo-Danish settlement.
- (1018 Latin with English translation)
- Laws of King Cnut. Digitized book.
- (Latin translation from Anglo-Saxon)
- Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum
- Containing calendars of royal acts (Vol. I) and full texts of charters (Vol. III).
- Volume I - Regesta Willelmi Conquistoris et Wilhelmi Rufi
- Volume III - Regesta Regis Stephani ac Mathildis Imperatricis ac Gaufridi et Henrici Ducum Normannorum
- (1066-1154; Latin; eBook)
- Containing calendars of royal acts (Vol. I) and full texts of charters (Vol. III).
- See also, The Black Book of the Exchequer
- Contains charters, the Constitutio Domus Regis, the Cartae of 1166, and other documents.
- (1066-1485; English and Latin; eBook)
- (post-1066; modern English translation)
- (1071-1237; Latin with English notes; eBook)
- 276 documents from the earliest age.
- (1080-1885; English; eBook)
- The Register of S. Osmund. Volume I is The Tractatus de Officiis Ecclesiasticis. Volume II includes letters, charters, and bulls.
- (1091-ca. 1276; Latin with some English translations; eBook)
- Includes charters and letters of William the Conqueror
- (late 11th century; Latin; eBook)
- (Old English with modern English notes; eBook;)
- Writs, charters and letters extending from the time of Henry I to Charles II.
- (12th-17th centuries; Latin with English translations)
- This charter, granted by Henry when he ascended the throne, is important in two ways. First, Henry formally bound himself to the laws, setting the stage for the rule of law that parliaments and parliamentarians of later ages would cry for. Second, it reads almost exactly like the Magna Carta, and served as the model for the Great Charter in 1215.
- From the Internet History Sourcebook
- (1100; English translation)
- Contains important charters of Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, John; articles of the barons; the Charter of the Forest; Magna Carta; Henry III and Edward I's confirmations.
- (1100-1303; French eBook with Latin texts)
- The Statutes of the Realm
- (facsimiles with English translations)
- The original Annals of Rochester, digitized. A valuable collection of laws starting from the time of Æthelberht, along with secular documents and the chartulary of the Cathedral priory.
- Click the title links, and then on the next page click the title links again to find the full PDF documents.
- From the Rochester Cathedral Research Guide
- (1122-1124; facsimiles; modern English translations)
- Of Henry I, Henry II, Richard I and King John. "Also early Lancashire charters of the period from the reign of William Rufus to that of King John."
- (1130-1216; Latin; eBook)
- including commentary on the questionable authenticity of the papal bull.
- (1155; modern English translation).
- Proclamation of Henry II of England.
- (1164; modern English translation)
- Explains what it is and the laws and details surrounding it.
- A part of the Avalon Project
- (1180; English)
- (1189; modern English translation)
- Charters and grants granted by King John, transcribed in the original language.
- (1199-1216)
- Being a Collection of Documents Anterior to the Thirteenth Century Made From the Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's Manuscripts and Other Available Sources
- (pre-13th century; Latin with English notes; eBook)
- The King's remembrancer's Memoranda rolls
- (13th century; Latin with English translation; eBook)
- Includes charters and statues from the Middle Ages, in addition to the Magna Carta and the Forest Charter.
- (685-late 13th century; Latin; eBook)
- Constitutions, legal and social documents from London.
- (13th-14th century; Latin; eBook)
- A Norman charter and other rolls from the time of King John, in addition to a roll from the time of Henry V.
- (1200-1205, 1417; Latin; eBook)
- 330 charters and other documents from before King John's death. An "analytic digest of charters granted to burgesses of boroughs in the British Isles, and of a large selection of writs of similar import."
- (1216-1307; Latin and English; eBook)
- Digitized by the Harvard Law School Library.
- (1220-1250; English & Latin transcriptions)
- Digitized books in 46 volumes
- (1225-1806; English, French, Latin)
- Digitized reprint from the 17th century.
- (1229-1299; English)
- Cronica Maiorum Et Vicecomitum Londoniarum Et Quedam, Gue Contingebant Temporibus Illis Ab Anno Mclxxviii an Annum Mcclxxiv; Cum Appendice.
- Includes the Book of Ancient Laws (chapters 37 and 44), the Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, etc.
- (1274; Latin with English translations and explanations; eBook)
- Proclamation of Edward I of England, reaffirming previous charters and assizes.
- (1297; English transcription)
- (Transcriptions and translations)
- "The first [collection] consists of important charters and a compilation of local town ordinances from the late 14th century... the second group consists of ordinances of the gilds from the Gildbook... compiled in the early 15th century."
- (14th-15th century; Latin with English translations; eBook)
- Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century]
- Includes the Statutes of Marlborough and Westminster.
- (14th century; English; eBook)
- Scotland's declaration of independence.
- (1320; original Latin plus an English-language translation)
- Charters that the crown granted to the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster.
- (1342-1399; Latin with English translation; eBook)
- (1351; modern English translation)
- The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain - The Tomlins and Raithby Editions
- From Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Digitized books.
- (English, French, Latin)
- (1485-1603; English facsimile)
- The Nova statuta contain the English legal statutes beginning with the reign of Edward III. In this manuscript, the statutes end in the third year of the reign of Henry VII .... This page begins the statutes of Edward III.
- (1488; Anglo-Norman facsimile)
- Including coronation oaths, royal Charters of Liberties, documents on the judicial system, the Bill of Rights, etc.
- From the Norman Conquest to the End of the Reign of King Henry the VIII
- (1702; facsimile; Latin and English)
- Anglo-Saxon laws with comparisons drawn to early Germanic laws.
- (1721; Latin; facsimile)
- Digitized from the original
- (1723; Latin)
- Containing the original institution of mayors, sheriffs, recorders, town-clerks, and all officers whatsoever ... also of a common-council, and the ancient laws and customs of the city.
- (1736; facsimile; eBook)
- Constitutional documents, treaties, and other primary sources regarding English and French interests in Canada.
- (1760 to the present; transcriptions)
- (19th century; English; eBook)
- Provincial historical documents regarding English and French interests.
- Digitised by the National Library of Canada.
- (19th and 20th centuries; transcriptions)
- between the United States and Britain.
- (1815; English transcription)
- Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, on the one part, and The Netherlands, on the other.
- Bound Britain to guard Belgium's neutrality in the event of the latter's invasion.
- (19 April 1839; English transcription)
- "[1846 edition], enriched with a large accession of materials taken from leiger books, chartularies, rolls, and other documents preserved in the national archives, public libraries, and other repositories; the history of each religious foundation in English being prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters."
- Includes a rich collection of English charters and other documents from the 11th-12th centuries.
- (1846; English; facsimile; English and Latin)
- This was used by lawyers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Although it was once believed to be part of Anglo-Saxon law, it was most likely based of of documents from the London Eyre of 1321.
- (1893; English; eBook)
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