See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY DE See also:

• HENRY DE BRACTON (d. 1268)

BRACTON (d. 1268)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge and writer on English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . His real name was Bratton, and in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability he derived it either from Bratton See also:

• FLEMING, PAUL (1609-1640)
• FLEMING, RICHARD (d. 1431)
• FLEMING, SIR SANDFORD (1827- )
• FLEMING, SIR THOMAS (1S44-1613)

Fleming or from Bratton See also:

• CLOVELLY

Clovelly, both of them villages in See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire . It is only after his See also:

• DEATH

death that his name appears as " See also:

• BRACTON, HENRY DE (d. 1268)

Bracton." He seems to have entered the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's service as a clerk under the patronage of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh, who after See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long service as a royal See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice died See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester in 1250 . Bracton begins to appear as a justice in 1245, and from 1248 until his death in 1268 he was steadily employed as a justice of See also:

• ASSIZE

assize in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western counties, especially See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon and See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall . During the earlier See also:

• PART

part of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he was also sitting as a judge in the king's central See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and was there See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing those pleas which " followed the king "; in other words, he was a member of that See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the central tribunal which was soon to be distinguished as the king's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench . From this position he retired or was dismissed in or about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1257, shortly before the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the Mad See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford in 1258 . Whether his disappearance is to be connected with the See also:

• POLITICAL

political events of this turbulent See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time is uncertain . He continued to take the assizes in the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and in 1267 he was a member of a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of prelates, barons and See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges appointed to hear the complaints of the disinherited partisans of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon de See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort . In 1259 he became See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of See also:

• COMBE, ANDREW (1797-1847)
• COMBE, GEORGE (1788-1858)
• COMBE, or COOMB
• COMBE, WILLIAM (1741–1823)

Combe-in-Teignhead, in 1261 rector of See also:

• BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple, in 1264 See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of Barnstaple, and, having resigned the%archdeaconry, See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral; he also held a prebend in the collegiate See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at Bosham . Already in 1245 he enjoyed a See also:

• DISPENSATION

dispensation enabling him to hold three ecclesiastical benefices . He died in 1268 and was buried in the See also:

• NAVE

nave of Exeter cathedral, and a See also:

• CHANTRY (Fr. chanterie, from chanter, to sing; Med. Lat. cantuaria)

chantry for his soul was endowed out of the revenues of the See also:

• MANOR

manor of Thorverton . His fame is due to a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the See also:

• LAWS

laws and customs of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England which is sufficiently described elsewhere (see ENGLISH LAW) .

The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main part of it seems to have been compiled between 1250 and 1256; but apparently it is an unfinished See also:

• WORK

work . This may be due to the fact that when he ceased to be a member of the king's central court Bracton was ordered to surrender certain judicial records which he had been using as raw material . Even though it be unfinished his See also:

• BOOK

book is incomparably the best work produced by any English lawyer in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . The treatise was published in 1569 by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Tottel . This See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text was reprinted in 164o . An edition (1878—1883) with Englishtranslation was included in the Rolls See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series . See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript copies are numerous, and a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition is a desideratum . See Bracton's See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

Note-Book (ed . See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland, 1887) ; Bracton and See also:

• AZO (c. 1150-1230)

Azo (See also:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden Society, 1895) . (F . W .