OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD, M.A., AND OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW;
AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF CRIME IN ENGLAND,"

"A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS," ETC.

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TREASURY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.

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1903.

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CONTENTS.

Page

INTRODUCTION :

The old editions of years 17 and 18 Edward III.
Transpositions in the present edition where there
are two independent reports of the same case, and
where different cases have hitherto been confused -
Discovery of reports not printed in the old editions
of the Year Books

The MSS. used: rapid degeneration after 36 Edward
III.

Records compared with the reports

XV

xvi

xviii

xviii

XX

Corodies: laymen in the monasteries: past members
of Royal Households

xxiii

Deceit fraudulent attorney examined in Court, and
committed to the Fleet

XXV

The beginning of the Sheriff's Turn in the County of
Lancaster, and of the Turn in Furness

xxvi

Grant of the Turn in Furness to the Earl of Lancaster,
and by the Earl of Lancaster to the Abbot of Fur-

ness

xxvii

Action of Trespass brought by the Abbot against the
Bailiff of the Wapentake of Lonsdale

xxviii

The claim to the Serjeanty of the Bailiwick
The lands of Furness alleged by the Bailiff to be
within the Wapentake

Question whether bloodshed should be presented at
the Sheriff's Turn belonging to the Abbot or in the
County Court

XXX

Voucher and Warranty

xxxi

The call of the tenant named in the Original Writ to
the "warantus" or "garraunt"

How the vouchee or "warantus" became "tenant by

his warranty"

xxxii

Case in which the "warantus" (the Earl of Lancaster),
after warranting, disputed the extent to which he
had become tenant by his warranty

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xxxiii

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xxxiii

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xxxiv

The use of the terms "voucher to warranty" and

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warrantor

"Vouchement de garant" in Normandy

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Case in which a tenant vouched himself with the

object of saving an estate tail

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XXXV

xxxvi

Law touching the prerogatives of the Queen Consort

The "Round Table" of Edward III. mentioned in

one of the MSS. of the Year Books

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xxxvi

Early stories of Round Tables

xxxvi

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Effect of the stories of King Arthur's Round Table in

the 14th century

xxxvii

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Different accounts of the Round Table of Edward III.,

with different dates

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The true date determined by the MS. of Year Books -

xxxvii

xxxix

THE CHANCELLOR, JUSTICES OF THE TWO BENCHES,

TREASURER, AND BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER, during

THE PERIOD OF THE REPORTS

NAMES OF THE 'NARRATORES," COUNTORS, OR COUNSEL

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CORRECTIONS

1

REPORTS OF CASES IN MICHAELMAS TERM 17 EDWARD III.

2