OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD, M.A., AND OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; 66 AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF CRIME IN ENGLAND," 66 A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS," ETC. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S LONDON PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EDWARD PONSONBY, 116, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. 1903. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION : The old editions of years 17 and 18 Edward III. The MSS. used: rapid degeneration after 36 Edward Records compared with the reports Fitzherbert's Abridgment compared throughout Page XV xvi xviii xviii XX XX xxi The Liber Assisarum also compared Deceit fraudulent attorney examined in Court, and XXV The beginning of the Sheriff's Turn in the County of xxvi Grant of the Turn in Furness to the Earl of Lancaster, ness xxvii Action of Trespass brought by the Abbot against the xxviii The claim to the Serjeanty of the Bailiwick xxviii XXX Question whether bloodshed should be presented at XXX Voucher and Warranty xxxi The call of the tenant named in the Original Writ to xxxi How the vouchee or 66 warantus" became "tenant by his warranty" xxxii Case in which the "warantus" (the Earl of Lancaster), - - 2 |