The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1874 |
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Alfred ancient Anglia Anglo-Saxon archbishop assembly Assize Assize of Clarendon barons Bede bishops Canute century character Chron church clergy comitatus comites common connexion Conq Conqueror Conquest constitutional coronation council court crown Curia Regis customs Danegeld Danes Dipl Domesday ealdorman earl earldom ecclesiastical Edgar Edward the Confessor election England English estates Ethelred Exchequer existence feudal folkland Frank Freeman German gesith Gneist guild Henry Henry II hereditary Hist Hoveden hundred Ibid judicial jurisdiction jury justice justiciar Kemble Kent king king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc legislation lord mark Maurer ment Mercia Norman Normandy Northumbria oath officers omnes organisation Palgrave peace Pipe Roll political principle probably quod regni reign Richard Robert royal scarcely scutage Select Charters sheriff shire Stephen tenure territorial thegn tion tithing township vassals Waitz wapentake wergild Wessex whilst William Winchester witan witenagemot