The Red Book of the Exchequer

A rich resource for medieval historians, this three-volume compilation of legal and administrative documents was first published in 1896.

Hubert Hall (Edited by)

9781108053259, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

544 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.79 kg

A rich resource for medieval historians, the Liber rubeus de Scaccario is a register, or book of remembrance, first compiled in the clerical offices of the Exchequer during the reign of Henry III. It contains documents from the post-Conquest period up to the year 1230. Including deeds and grants, as well as records of serjeanties and material from pipe rolls and various other sources, it has been deemed second only to the Domesday Book in importance for its wealth of genealogical and geographical information. The various records were brought together in order to provide a convenient single source for establishing legal precedents, and it remained in use throughout the middle ages. This three-volume edition was prepared by the archivist Hubert Hall (1857–1944) and published in 1896. Among the various texts in Volume 2 are serjeanties, knights' fees, abstracts of pipe rolls, genealogies, and precedents.

Preface
Appendix to preface
Serjeanties
Inquisitions of knights' fees
Inquisitions of honours
Knights' fees of Normandy
Abstracts of pipe rolls
Constableships
Wards and cornages
Miscellaneous knights' fees
Official memoranda, historical excerpts, genealogies, and precedents
Farms of counties
Appendix.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]