Manorial Law and Custumal Documents in England (12th–15th centuries)

1. Domesday Book records manors and customary dues

   Jan 1, 1086Labels: Domesday Book, Manor

   • Britannica
   • Hunningham

2. Glanvill treatise systematizes royal legal process

   Jan 1, 1188Labels: Glanvill, Royal Courts

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

3. Manorial court rolls begin surviving from c.1200

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Manorial Court, Court Baron

   • TNA Manors
   • Oxford Academic

4. Custumals compiled as written statements of custom

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: Custumal, Manor

   • TNA MDR Guide
   • Nottingham

5. Bracton describes law, custom, and property rules

   Jan 1, 1260Labels: Bracton, Legal Doctrine

   • Bodleian
   • Wikipedia

6. Cuxham court rolls begin a long local record

   Jan 1, 1275Labels: Cuxham Court, Manor

   • TNA Discovery
   • TNA Manors

7. Quia Emptores limits subinfeudation in free land

   Jun 1, 1290Labels: Quia Emptores, Statute

   • Britannica
   • Avalon

8. Black Death disrupts labor services and seigneurial control

   Aug 1, 1348Labels: Black Death, Labor Shortage

   • Britannica
   • Cambridge RH

9. Statute of Labourers seeks to cap wages

   Feb 9, 1351Labels: Statute of, Parliament

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

10. Poll taxes intensify conflict between rulers and laborers

    Jan 1, 1377Labels: Poll Taxes, Crown

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

11. Peasants’ Revolt challenges serfdom and labor regulation

    Jun 1, 1381Labels: Peasants' Revolt, Rebels

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

12. Statute of Cambridge restricts labor mobility and poor relief

    Oct 17, 1388Labels: Statute of, Parliament

    • Wikipedia
    • Britannica

13. Late medieval copyhold ties title to court-roll entries

    Jan 1, 1450Labels: Copyhold, Court Roll

    • Cambridge
    • TNA MDR Guide

14. Manorial courts and records persist beyond the Middle Ages

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Manorial Courts, Court Rolls

    • TNA Manors
    • TNA MDR Guide