Title: Rotuli hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I. in Turr' lond' et in curia receptae scaccarij Westm. asservati
Description: "Surviving original returns to government enquiries of 1255, into royal rights, including forests; of 1274-1275, into liberties and the misdeeds of officials; and of 1279-1280, into liberties and land-holding. Also included are extract rolls of material compiled from the original returns of 1274-1275 between 1290 and 1294. The series also includes a number of veredicta of presenting juries in eyres, which were mistaken for hundred rolls because of their similar nature. The records have long been popularly known as the Hundred Rolls, because most of the returns were made by hundreds, the principle subdivision of the county." Includes those hundred rolls known in 1818, from both the Chapter House (of Westminster Abbey) series and the Tower (of London) series--National Archives.
Subjects: Royal Prerogative, Land titles, Revenue, History, Sources, Land tenure, Economic conditions
Places: Great Britain, England
Time periods: Henry III, 1216-1272, Edward I, 1272-1307, 13th century, 1066-1485