St. Hilda
Benedict Biscop
Lindesfarne Gospels
Venerable Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Rowsman
Eric Bloodaxe, Harold Bluetooth, Thorkill the Skull Splitter
Bretwaldas (Kings)
Fyrd
Thegns
Edington (Etheldon)
Guthrum
Treaty of Wedmore
Danelaw
Ealdorman Ethelred
Witan
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Rex Britannia
Kings
Alfred the Great 871-899
Edward the Elder (899-924)
Athelstan
(924-939)
Edgar the
Peaceful (959-975)
Edward
(975-978)
Ethelred
the Redeless (978-1013)
Swegen
(1013-1014)
Edmund
Ironsides (1014-1016)
Canute (1014-1035)
Harold I
(1035-1040) Harold Harefoot
Harthacanute (1040-1042)
Edward the
Confessor (1042-1066)
Danegeld
Emma
Swein Forkbeard (Swegen)
Godwin of
Tostig, Harold II, the Saxon (Harold
Godwinson)
Edith
Eric
Witangemote
Stigand
Robert of Jumieges
Edgar the Aetheling
William of
Esthrison
Harold Hardrada
Stamfordbridge
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Rod=16 ½ feet 4
Virgate=30 acres or quarter-hide 40
Hide=120 acres
Host
Hundred
Folcland
Bocland
Trinada necessitas
Sac and soc
Laeland
Open field system
Theow
Gebur
Ceorl
Thegn
Eorls
Clergy
Athelings
King
Fee simple title
“near
gebur”
Firma burghi
Posse
King’s Peace
Fealty
Life
Prerogative
Rex Anglorum
Rex Anglia
King’s Own
Desmesne
Terra Regis
Purveyance
Wites
Bot
Flotsam, Jetsam,
Treasure Trove
Heriot
Steward, Chamberlain, Staller, Chancellor
Canon law
Hue and Cry
Bohr
Tithing
Manorial or Seignorial
Summons Process or Process of Distress Pleading
Oath burst
Award of Proof Making of Proof
Compurgation
Peter’s Pence
Minster or Advowson
Regular clergy
Abbott Prior
Benedictine Order
Mortmain
NORMAN
Continental
feudalism
Manorial or
seigniorial
Great Council tenants-in-chief
Curia regis
King (overlord)
Tenants in chief --vassal—lord
Mesne tenants
Knight’s fee=5 hides
“Presentment of Englishry”
Lanfranc
Subinfeudination
Fief
Bailiff
Liege lord
Frankalmoign
Military
Sergeantry
Feudal aids
Feudal
Incidents—relief, wardship, marriage
Doomsday Book
Manor system
Demesne
Villeins
Virgate
Work week
Boon work
Relief
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William
Robert William Rufus Henry Adela
Odo
Anselm
Bishop of
Pope Urban II
Pallium
Henry I 1100-1135
Charter of Liberties
1100
Magna Carta 1215
Tinchebrae
Investiture
Clerical and lay
Gregory VII
Lay investiture
Lion of Justice
Chief Justiciar
Itinerant justices justices of eyre
Exchequer pipe rolls
Sheriffs
Matilda
William
“white
ship” 1120
Geoffrey of
Stephen of
Plantagenet
Robert of
Eleanor of
Treaty of
Charter of 1136
Adulterine
Assize of Arms 1181
Chattel property
Scutage “shield money”
Royal writ “crown pleas”
Benefit of clergy
1189 Theobald
Thomas a Becket
Criminus clergy
Constitutions of Clarendon 1164
Advowson
presentment
Agreement of Avranche 1172
Curia regis
1178 en banco
Crown pleas
Itinerant justices
Stare decisis
Saladine
Herbert Walter and
Geoffrey Fitzpeter
Crowner 1194
Graduated-steps away
from the last monarch with heirs
Parentellic-older house extinguished before a
younger house
Philip II of
Innocent III
Reginald of
John de Gray Bishop of
Stephen Langston
Interdict
Fitzpeter
Magna Carta 1215
Annates
Hugh of Lusignon
Eleanor of
Provisions of
Simon de Montfort
Edward
Mise of
Parliament parler
“Model Parliament” 1295
Justinian of
Statute
Ordinance
Act of
Statute of Mortmain 1279
Statute of
Balliol Robert Bruce
Court of the Exchequer
Court of Common Pleas
Court of the King’s
Bench
Justice of eyre
Court of Equity
Late Middle Ages 1307-1485
Bill of Six Articles
Henry III 1216-1272
Edward I 1272-1307 (son)
Edward II 1307-1327 (son)
Edward III 1327-1377 (son)
Richard II 1377-1399 (grandson)
Henry IV 1399-1413 (cousin)
Henry V 1413-1422 (son)
Henry VI 1422-60 1470-1471 (son)
Edward IV 1460-1470 1471-1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-1485
First 1337-1360
Treaty of Bretigny
Second 1360-1380
Third 1380-1414
Fourth 1422-1453
Great Schism 1377-1417
John Wycliffe
Transubstantiation
Lollards
Church of England or Anglican Church
Wat Tyler’s Revolt
1381
Guilds
Thirteen Articles
Henry VII 1485-1509
Henry VIII son
Edward VI son
Mary I daughter
Elizabeth I daughter
Equity law
De la Pole
Tudor Gothic
Court of Chancery
Star Chamber
Tonnage Poundage
Morton’s Fork 1491
Navigation Act 1489
Lambert Simnel
Perkin Warbeck
Cardinal Wolsey
War of the Holy League
Lord Chancellor
Duke of
Humanist Movement
Simony
Plurality
Separatio ab initio
Cardinal Campeggio
Bishop Fisher
Thomas More
Statute of Praemunire 1390
Bill of attainder
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
Probate Act
Act for the Submission of the Clergy 1534
Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates 1532
Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533
Act of Supremacy 1534
National Anglican Church
Supreme Head of the Church
Jane Seymour
Pilgrimage of Grace 1536
Robert Ashe
William Tyndale
Miles Coverdale 1539 “The Great Bible”
Book of Common Prayer
Ten Articles 1536
Six Articles 1539
Anne of
Holbien
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Act of Succession 1544 Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth
Edward Seymour Duke of
Lord Protector and Governor