Synopsis
Dear Books Of The Reign Of King Edward The First documents the Hereford Iter pleas from ca. 1292–1293, in the reign of Edward I. This portion comprises front matter, editor’s Preface and notes, a Table of Names, and the initial batch of Pleas in the Hereford Iter, recording writs, pleadings, and judgments in feudal property disputes across Hereford and neighboring counties. It documents how seisin and tenure underlie disputes such as Mordancester and Novel Disseisin, dower, advowson, entry, detinue, covenants, wardship, and other writs (including Quo Warranto and Right). Editorial notes explain doctrinal rules and procedural practices—abatement, assizes, inquest procedures, and the role of bailiffs and crown officers—offering a window into late-12th/late-13th-century English law. The text is bilingual (English mixed with Norman-French and Latin) and presented as court transcripts with scholarly apparatus, including a Table of Names and cross-references that illuminate how judges, tenants, wards, and clerical claimants navigated seisin, inheritance, and royal prerogatives in a multi-county circuit.
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