145-50, and Supplement, 1896, pp. 308-22; Walter Rye, Records and Record Searching, 1897, pp. 103-7; Richard Sims, Manual for the Genealogist, 1856, pp. 343-50. There is a good account of the medieval history of wills in Pollock and Maitland's English Law, bk. ii. ch. vi. For printed collections of wills relating to particular counties or districts, see § 57. The oldest of these are the wills enrolled in the court of husting, London, A.D. 1258-1688 (No. 2505). Round's Calendar of Documents (No. 2114) includes many private deeds preserved in France. 2771. Abstracts of ancient wills [1300-1488]. Collectanea Topog. et Genealogica (No. 820), iii. 99-106. London, 1836. 2771 a. A collection of the wills of the kings and queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Henry VII. [ed. John Nichols]. London, 1780. Valuable. 2772. Descriptive catalogue of ancient deeds in the public record office. Rolls Series. 3 vols. London, 1890-1900. This valuable catalogue comprises, for the most part, conveyances of land; but it also includes agreements, bonds, acquittances, wills, and other documents concerning private persons, from the 12th to the 16th century. Some of them 'seem to have been brought into the courts of law as evidence of title, others to have been deposited in the chancery for enrolment on the close rolls.' 2773. Fifty earliest English wills (The) in the court of probate, London, 1387-1439, 1454, ed. F. J. Furnivall. Early English Text Soc. London, 1882. 2774. Handbook of the ancient courts of probate and depositories of wills. By G. W. Marshall. London, 1895. pp. 75. This very useful book gives an alphabetical list of all known courts of probate, with details as to their records and jurisdiction and with bibliographical notes. For the old repositories, see also N. H. Nicolas, Notitia Historica, 1824, pp. 142-205; Report of the Record Commissioners, 1837, pp. 257-81. 2775. Hebrew deeds of English Jews [1182-1290], ed. M. D. Davis. London, 1888. 2776. Index of wills proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury, 1383-1558, ed. J. C. C. Smith. British Record Soc., Index Library, vols. x.—xi. 2 vols. London, 1893-95. 2777. Testamenta Lambethana : a complete list of wills and testaments recorded in the archiepiscopal registers at Lambeth, 1312-1636. By Dr. [A. C.] Ducarel. Middle Hill Press, 1854. There is a calendar of Lambeth wills, 1313-1644, in the Genealogist, 1881, v. 211-17, 324-9; 1882, vi. 23-32, 127-35, 217-28. For a calendar of Lambeth administrations, see ibid., 1883, vii. 204-12, 271-84; new series, 1884, i. 80-82. These two calendars have superseded Ducarel's list. 2778. Testamenta vetusta: illustrations, from wills, of manners, customs, etc., from the reign of Henry II. to the accession of Elizabeth, ed. N. H. Nicolas. 2 vols. London, 1826. Mainly translations of wills. d. UNIVERSITIES AND INNS OF COURT. For catalogues of MSS. in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge, see § 13; for the modern literature concerning the universities, etc., $71. See also below, app. B. Oxford: General. See Nos. 2567, 2570, 2572. 2779. Collectanea, ed. C. R. L. Fletcher and Montagu Burrows. Oxford Hist. Soc. 3 vols. Oxford, 1885-96. Letters relating to Oxford, 14th cen tury, ed. H. H. Henson, i. 1-56. The university of Oxford in the 12th century, ed. T. E. Holland, ii. 137-92: extracts from various sources. The friars preachers v. the university, 1311-13, ed. H. Rashdall, ii. 193273. Durham college rolls, 1315-1542, ed. H. E. D. Blakiston, iii. 1-76: Poems on the riot between town and 2780. *Epistolæ academicæ Oxon.: a collection of letters and other documents illustrative of academical life and studies at Oxford in the fifteenth century, ed. Henry Anstey. Oxford, 1898. 2781. *Munimenta academica, or Oxford Hist. Soc. 2 vols. documents illustrative of academical life and studies at Oxford, ed. Henry Anstey. Rolls Series. 2 vols. London, 1868. Contains chancellors' and proctors' books (statutes, etc., A. D. 1214-1504); acts of the chancellor's court, 1434-67; register of the convocation of the university, 1449-63. By 2782. Register of the university of Oxford [1449–1622]. C. W. Boase and Andrew Clark. Oxford Hist. Soc. 2 vols. in 5 pts. Oxford, 1885-89. 2783. *Statutes of the colleges of Oxford, with royal patents of foundation, etc. Printed by desire of her majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the state of the university of Oxford. 3 vols. Oxford, etc., 1853. Oxford: Particular Colleges. 2784. Catalogue of the archives in the muniment rooms of All Souls college. By C. T. Martin. London, 1877. 2784 a. +The statutes of Oriel college. London, 1855. 2785. Foundation statutes of Merton college, 1270, with subsequent ordinances, from the Latin, ed. E. F. Percival. London, 1887. 2786. Notes from the muniments of Magdalen college, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. By W. D. Macray. Oxford, etc., 1882. See No. 2391. 2787. Register of the members of Magdalen college, Oxford, from the foundation of the college to the present time. By J. R. Bloxam. 7 vols. and index. Oxford, 1853-85.- New series [fellows, 1458-1575], by W. D. Macray, 2 vols., London, 1894-97. Macray, i. 3-79, prints extracts from registers and rolls, 1454–1520. 2788. Register of the rectors, fellows, and members of Exeter college, Oxford [1318-1893], with a history of the college. By C. W. Boase. New edition. Oxford Hist. Soc. Oxford, 1894. — First printed, with illustrative documents, Oxford, 1879; 2nd edition, 1893-94. Cambridge. 2789. Ancient laws of the fifteenth century for King's college, Cambridge, and for the public school of Eton college, ed. James Heywood and Thomas Wright. London, 1850. 2790. Documents relating to St. Catharine's college [1473-1860], ed. Henry Philpott. Cambridge, 1861. 2791. *Documents relating to the university and colleges of Cambridge. Published by direction of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state, etc., of the university and colleges. 3 vols. London, 1852. Abstracts of public records, i. 1-104. Charters and statutes of colleges, vols. ii.-iii. 2792. Early Cambridge university and college statutes in the English language, ed. James Heywood. London, 1855. This superseded his Collection of Statutes for the University and the Colleges of Cambridge (London, 1840). 2793. Grace Book A, containing the proctors' accounts and other records of the university of Cambridge, 1454-88, ed. S. M. Leathes. Cambridge Antiq. Soc., Luard Memorial Series, vol. i. etc., 1897. Cambridge, 2794. The privileges of the university of Cambridge. By George Dyer. 2 vols. London, 1824. Vol. i. consists, in large part, of charters and statutes. London: Lincoln's Inn. 2795. The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn : admissions, 1420-1893, and chapel registers. 2 vols. London, 1896. 2796. The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn: the black books [1422-1775, ed. W. P. Baildon]. 3 vols. London, 1897-99. e. COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, AND AGRICULTURE. For documents concerning craft and mercantile gilds, see Smith, English Gilds, and Gross, Gild Merchant (Nos. 824, 2214). The modern literature relating to commerce and agriculture is examined in §§ 25, 72. 2797. Débat (Le) des hérauts d'armes de France et d'Angleterre, suivi de The debate between the heralds of England and France by John Coke, ed. Paul Meyer. Société des Anciens Textes Français. Paris, 1877. Translated by Henry Pyne: England and France in the fifteenth century: the contemporary French tract entitled The debate between the heralds of France and England. London, 1870. Le Débat des Hérauts was written about 1456 by a Frenchman, to prove the superiority of France over England. The portion dealing with the riches of the two countries is of interest to students of economic history. A response was made in English by John Coke in 1549: The Debate between the Heralds of England and France (London, 1550). 2798. Hanseakten aus England, 1275-1412, ed. Karl Kunze. Verein für Hansische Geschichte, Hans. Geschichtsquellen, vol. vi. Halle, 1891. Valuable for the commercial history of England, especially for her relations with foreign merchants. 2799. Hansisches Urkundenbuch, vols. i.-iv., A.D. 975-1392, ed. Konstantin Höhlbaum; vol. v., 1392-1414, ed. Karl Kunze; vol. viii., 1451-63, ed. Walther Stein. Verein für Hansische Geschichte. Halle, etc., 1876–99. Contains many documents concerning English trade. 2800. The libell of Englishe policye, 1436, ed. Wilhelm Hertzberg. Leipsic, 1878. — Other editions: in Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, etc., of the English Nation, 1599, i. 187–208; and Wright's Political Songs, 1861 (No. 2756), ii. 157–205. A plea for the maintenance of England's commercial and naval supremacy. 2801. *Walter of Henley's Husbandry, together with an anonymous Husbandry, Seneschaucie, and Robert Grosseteste's Rules [with a translation]. Edited by Elizabeth Lamond, with an introduction by William Cunningham. Royal Hist. Soc. London, etc., 1890. These four French tracts were compiled in the 13th century, and deal with the management of rural estates. Walter of Henley gives practical directions regarding tillage; the anonymous Husbandry is primarily concerned with the accounts of an estate; the Seneschaucie describes the functions of the steward and other manorial officers; Grosseteste's Rules, written in 1240-41, lay down maxims for the management of the household of the countess of Lincoln. For additions to Cunningham's introduction, see Royal Hist. Soc., Trans., 1895, ix. 215-21. |