A Formula Book of English Official Historical Documents, Volume 2, Ministerial and Judicial Records

This 1909 work forms a second supplement to Hall's Studies in English Official Historical Documents. It gives examples of a wide range of English ministerial and judicial documents from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries. These are arranged according to type and purpose, the majority in Latin. The intention is to assist the user of such archival materials, by familiarising them with the format and language used in each kind of document, and explaining why and how they were written. The 80 transcriptions were made by palaeography students at the London School of Economics, and classified and edited with extensive notes by Mr Hall. They are not literal transcriptions, as contractions have been expanded, and the punctuation and capitalisation modernised. To save space standard formulas have not been repeated each time. Despite the lack of any illustrations of originals, the book filled a need long felt by students of history. This 1909 work provides examples of over 80 English ministerial or judicial documents, arranged by type, which modern readers might come across in historical research. Mr Hall explains the provenance and function of the different records, and when certain types were issued, to provide a guide to dating. PREFACE 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS 12 I. MINISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS 16 A. ROYAL SURVEYS, INQUISITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS 16 B. ROYAL ACCOUNTS 106 II. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 141 C. POLITICAL OR STATUTORY INQUISITIONS 141 D. JUDICIAL INQUISITIONS 207 APPENDIX. 228 9781108010238 Cambridge University Press PREFACE......Page 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 12 A. ROYAL SURVEYS, INQUISITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS......Page 16 B. ROYAL ACCOUNTS......Page 106 C. POLITICAL OR STATUTORY INQUISITIONS......Page 141 D. JUDICIAL INQUISITIONS......Page 207 APPENDIX.......Page 228