# Source Problems in English History

HARPER'S PARALLEL SOURCE PROBLEM SERIES
SOURCE PROBLEMS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
SOURCE PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH HISTORY
SOURCE PROBLEMS OF MEDIÆVAL HISTORY
SOURCE PROBLEMS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
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HARPER'S PARALLEL SOURCE PROBLEMS
SOURCE PROBLEMS
IN
ENGLISH HISTORY
BY
ALBERT BEEBE WHITE
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
AND
WALLACE NOTESTEIN
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH HISTORY IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
Professor DANA CARLETON MUNRO
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1915. BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CONTENTS
| | PAGE |
| Preface | ix |
| Introduction | xv |
| I. ALFRED AND THE DANES |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 3 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 7 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 10 |
| IV. The Sources | 12 |
| 1. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | 12 |
| 2. Asser's Life of King Alfred | 16 |
| 3. The Chronicle of Ethelwerd | 25 |
| 4. Alfred and Guthrum's Peace | 31 |
| II. ORIGIN OF THE JURY |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 35 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 39 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 45 |
| IV. The Sources | 48 |
| 1. The Monastery of St. Vincent versus Certain Serfs of the Monastery. 854 | 48 |
| 2. Abbot of St. Augustine's Claim to a Ship | 51 |
| 3. Title of the Domesday Inquest for Ely. 1086 | 52 |
| 4. Claim of Abbot of St. Augustine to Customs at Newington. 1094 | 53 ​ |
| 5. Monks of St. Stephen versus the King's Tenants. 1122 | 53 |
| 6. Writ of the Earl of Essex in favor of the Canons of St. Martin | 55 |
| 7. Constitutions of Clarendon. 1164 | 55 |
| 8. Assize of Clarendon. 1166 | 56 |
| 9. Assize of Northampton. 1176 | 56 |
| 10. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Anglicæ | 58 |
| 11. Typical Civil Pleas before the Justices of the Bench and before the Justices in Eyre. 1200-1202 | 60 |
| 12. Typical Pleas of the Crown before the Justices Itinerant. 1201-1203 | 64 |
| 13. Typical Pleas of the Crown before the Justices Itinerant in Gloucestershire. 1221 | 66 |
| III. SOME ANTECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 73 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 75 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 85 |
| IV. The Sources | 88 |
| 1. Inquest of Sheriffs. 1170 | 88 |
| 2. Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis | 89 |
| 3. Assize of Arms. 1181 | 90 |
| 4. Ordinance of the Saladin Tithe. 1188 | 91 |
| 5. Form of Proceeding on the Judicial Visitation. 1194 | 92 |
| 6. Summons of Juries to St. Albans. July 21, 1213 | 93 |
| 7. Summons to a Great Council. November 7, 1213 | 93 |
| 8. Magna Carta. June 15, 1215 | 93 |
| 9. Writ for Assembling the County Court before the Itinerant Justices. 1218 | 94 |
| 10. Writ for the Collection of a Carucage. 1220 | 95 ​ |
| 11. Distraint of Knighthood. 1224 | 96 |
| 12. Writ Summoning Four Knights of the Shire. 1227 | 97 |
| 13. Writ Summoning Representatives of Seven Boroughs. 1235 | 95 |
| 14. Writ Summoning Two Knights of the Shire. 1254 | 98 |
| 15. Writ Summoning Three Knights of the Shire. 1261 | 100 |
| 16. Writ Summoning Four Knights of the Shire. 1264 | l01 |
| 17. Writs Relating to the Assembly of January, 1265 | 102 |
| IV. AN ASPECT OF THE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY LABOR PROBLEM |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 109 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 113 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 118 |
| IV. The Sources | 121 |
| 1. Cartularium Monasterii de Ramseia: CCIX. 1252 | 121 |
| 2. Extent of the Manor of Borley. 1308 | 127 |
| 3. Typical Lists of Manorial Services | 132 |
| 4. Chronicon Henrici Knighton. 1349 | 135 |
| 5. Royal Writ in Behalf of John de Paddebury. 1350 | 140 |
| 6. Ordinance of Laborers. 1349 | 141 |
| 7. Statute of Laborers. 1351 | 146 |
| 8. Writ Appointing Justices of Laborers. 1356 | 152 |
| 9. Proceedings before the Justices of Laborers. 1355; 1358 | 154 |
| V. FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER ELIZABETH AND THE STUARTS |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 161 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 176 ​ |
| Part A. Elizabeth | 176 |
| Part B. The Stuarts | 178 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 181 |
| Part A. Elizabeth | 181 |
| Part B. The Stuarts | 183 |
| IV. The Sources | 186 |
| Part A. Elizabeth | 186 |
| 1. Commons Journals, Nos. 1, 6 | 186 |
| 2. Calendars of State Papers, Spanish, No. 2 | 187 |
| 3. State Papers, Domestic, No. 3 | 190 |
| 4. D'Ewes, Journals, Nos. 4, 5, 7 | 192 |
| 8. Townshend's Historical Collections, Nos. 8, 9 | 200 |
| Part B. The Stuarts | 202 |
| 1. Parliamentary History, No. 1 | 203 |
| 2. Parliamentary Debates in 1610, Nos. 2, 4 | 205 |
| 3. Commons Journals, Nos. 3, 12 | 207 |
| 5. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Nos. 5, 8 | 208 |
| 6. Nicholas, Proceedings and Debates, No. 6 | 210 |
| 7. Calendar of Stale Papers, Venetian, No. 7 | 224 |
| 9. Notes of the Parliament of 1626, No. 9 | 225 |
| 10. An Account of the Debate on June 5, 1628, No. 10, from |
| a. Grosvenor's Journal | 230 |
| b. Borlase Manuscript | 230 |
| c. Rushworth's Historical Collections | 230 |
| 11. Cobbett's State Trials, No. 11 | 235 |
| 13. Lords Journals, No. 13 | 237 |
| Reference to Bill of Rights in Appendix, No. 14 | 238 |
| VI. THE ENGLISH PARISH AND THE NEW ENGLAND TOWN-MEETING |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 241 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 244 ​ |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 246 |
| IV. The Sources | 248 |
| 1. Lambard, Duties of Constables | 248 |
| 2. Sheppard, Offices and Duties of Constables | 252 |
| 3. Meriton, A Guide for Constables | 255 |
| 4. The Annals of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London | 257 |
| 5. Nichols, Illustrations |
| A. Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Margaret's Westminster | 261 |
| B. Churchwardens' Accounts of Wigtoft | 264 |
| 6. Boston Town Records | 264 |
| 7. Records of Boston Selectmen | 277 |
| 8. Winthrop's Journal | 278 |
| 9. The Records of the Town of Cambridge | 279 |
| VII. BEGINNING OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICA |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 283 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 288 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 289 |
| IV. The Sources | 293 |
| 1. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin | 293 |
| 2. Life of Shelburne with Extracts from his Papers and Correspondence | 314 |
| 3. Letters from the Landsdowne MSS | 315 |
| 4. Memorials and Correspondence of Fox | 317 |
| 5. Autobiography of the Duke of Grafton | 317 |
| VIII. THE PARLIAMENT ACT OF 1911 |
| I. The Historical Setting of the Problem | 331 |
| II. Introductions to the Sources | 340 |
| III. Questions and Suggestions for Study | 340 |
| IV. The Sources | 343 |
| 1. Seligman, The English Budget Proposals, No. 1 | 343 |
| 2. The Annual Register, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 | 346 ​ |
| 3. Hansard, No. 6 | 349 |
| 4. The London Times, Nos. 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 21 | 350 |
| 5. Law Reports, The Public General Statutes, 1911, No. 24 | 363 |
| Appendix | 367 |
| Index | 415 |