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The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books'. Those for the regnal years 20-2 and 30-5 of Edward I (1239-1307) were edited for the Rolls Series, and published in five volumes between 1863 and 1879, with translations provided for the Anglo-Norman text.

This edition of the history of the abbots of St Albans by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422) was published in three volumes between 1867 and 1869. The text is in Latin with English side-notes. Volume 1 covers the period from the abbey's foundation in 793 to 1290.

This two-volume edition of the 'History of England' by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422), now considered part of his longer Chronica majora, appeared in 1863-4. An important Latin source for fourteenth-century English history, the text follows the fifteenth-century manuscript Arundel M.S. VII, with English side-notes and introduction.

This five-volume edition of key Latin sources for thirteenth-century English history was originally published in 1864-9, and remains a standard reference work. The annals record events ranging from conflicts, disasters and crimes to appointments and acquisitions, and Luard's edition includes introductions, notes, a glossary and a thorough index.

This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 3 focuses on remedies and charms against illness, the solar and lunar calendars, horoscopes, and the interpretation of dreams.

Joseph Stevenson (1807-95), a founder of the Rolls Series, compiled this two-volume, three book, collection of archival source materials about the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. Originally published 1861-4, it contains documents in Latin, Middle French and Middle English relating to court matters, diplomacy and military logistics.

This three-volume catalogue (in four parts) was first published between 1862 and 1871, and offers an overview of early historical sources in public ownership. Volume 2 describes manuscripts documenting events for the period 1066-1200. It also includes an index for the first and second volumes.

Published in 1858, Volume 1 of this two-volume work contains original documents in Latin and Middle English relating to the establishment and organisation of the English Franciscans in the thirteenth century. The editor's preface is invaluable and thorough, providing historical background, context, and manuscript information for the texts.

The abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, was a wealthy establishment with royal connections. The medieval chronicle and charters, published in three volumes between 1863 and 1867, contain valuable information on the economic and ecclesiastical history of the West Country. The charters are organised thematically, and include information on estate management.

This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 1 contains Old English versions of the Herbarium, formerly attributed to Apuleius, and two other late classical texts on medicine.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d. 1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

Published in 1873-77, this two-volume work brings together a rich variety of contemporary documents illustrating the reign of Henry VII. Volume 2 covers the period between August 1486 and December 1490, with material presented in English. It provides fascinating insight into the years following the Wars of the Roses.

This two-volume work, published in 1872, presents an edited collection of letters and documents, originally compiled by Thomas Beckington, who was hugely influential in fifteenth-century Church affairs and government. In the original Latin and with valuable commentary, it offers insight into foreign, diplomatic and domestic affairs of the time.

Published in 1868, this is a two-volume collection of transcribed Latin documents relating to academic life in medieval Oxford. Their contents do not constitute a history of the university; rather, they give a fascinating insight into its provisions and requirements, and the private life of its members.

This two-volume work, published for the Rolls Series in 1867, contains the chronicle that is now attributed to Roger of Hoveden. It is a crucial source of information on the reign of Henry II, for whom Hoveden acted as clerk. Each volume includes rich contextual analysis in addition to the original Latin.

Matthew Paris, a monk at St Albans, wrote and illustrated this history of England from the Norman Conquest to 1253. This three-volume edition of the Latin text was first published in 1866-9. Volume 1, covering 1067 to 1189, derives mainly from the work of Paris' predecessor, Roger of Wendover.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Easter Term, 18 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 18 Edward III.

The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books'. Those for the regnal years 20-2 and 30-5 of Edward I (1239-1307) were edited for the Rolls Series, and published in five volumes between 1863 and 1879, with translations provided for the Anglo-Norman text.

The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books'. Those for the regnal years 20-2 and 30-5 of Edward I (1239-1307) were edited for the Rolls Series, and published in five volumes between 1863 and 1879, with translations provided for the Anglo-Norman text.

This two-volume collection, published 1862-6, brings together the most important correspondence of Henry III, his Court, the nobility and bishops. Transcribed from the originals in the Public Record Office, the letters are given in the original Latin. This volume includes documents from 1235 to Henry's death in 1272.

This medieval text records events in Britain and Europe during the first half of the fifteenth century. Published in two volumes in 1870-1, it is full of fascinating details, and features occasional verse by the abbot of St Albans. The text is in Latin, with an English introduction and side-notes.

Joseph Stevenson (1807-95), a founder of the Rolls Series, compiled this two-volume, three book, collection of archival source materials about the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. Originally published 1861-4, it contains documents in Latin, Middle French and Middle English relating to court matters, diplomacy and military logistics.

This three-volume catalogue in four parts was first published between 1862 and 1871, and offers an overview of early historical source documents in public ownership. The first part of Volume 1 describes manuscripts documenting events from the classical period up to 750 CE.

Written in the 1360s, with later additions, the Eulogium provides an insight into the attitudes and opinions of the period, and also into the historical sources available to a member of a large English religious house. This three-volume edition of the monastic chronicle was published between 1858 and 1863.

Compiled by Thomas Wright for the Rolls Series, this two-volume collection of poems and tracts covers the period between the reigns of Edward III and Edward IV. Volume 2, first published in 1861, consists of forty-four pieces, including Chaucer's apocryphal 'Jack Upland', and several poems by Gower.

The abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, was a wealthy establishment with royal connections. The medieval chronicle and charters, published in three volumes between 1863 and 1867, contain valuable information on the economic and ecclesiastical history of the West Country. The charters are organised thematically, and include information on estate management.

Edited by William Stubbs (1825-1901) and published in 1887, volume one of this two-volume set devoted to the Latin historical works of William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1142), one of the most important of all the medieval historians, presents the first two books of his 'Deeds of the English Kings'.

This four-volume set of Old Norse texts with English translation (1887-94) includes the saga of the Orkney jarls, written in Iceland about 1230, and the saga of King Hakon Hakonarson of Norway by the Icelander Sturla THordarson. Volume 2 contains Gudbrand Vigfusson's edition of Hakonar saga.

This four-volume set of Latin chronicles was edited by Richard Howlett (1841-1917) and published between 1884 and 1889. Volume 3 includes the Gesta Stephani regis Anglorum, the Relatio de standardo of St Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx, and chronicles by Richard, prior of Hexham, Jordan Fantosme, and Richard of Devizes.

This first volume of the complete works of Symeon of Durham (fl. c.1090-c.1128), published in 1882, contains his complete history of the church of Durham as well as material concerning Saints Cuthbert and Oswald among others, with an introduction and scholarly notes by Thomas Arnold (1823-1900).