PART I. STATUTES

1164. CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON 1

1166. ASSIZE OF CLARENDON 3

1170. INQUEST OF SHERIFFS--"THE KING'S OFFICERS AT FAULT" 5

1181. ASSIZE OF ARMS 6

1188. SALADIN TITHE 6

1205. THE LEVYING OF A FORCE 7

1213. CONCESSION OF ENGLAND TO THE POPE 7

1213. SUMMONS TO A COUNCIL AT OXFORD 9

1215. MAGNA CHARTA 9

EXTRACTS FROM THE _Dialogus de Scaccario_, WRITTEN BY RICHARD FITZNEAL, BISHOP OF LONDON IN HENRY II.'S REIGN:

(1) THE EXCHEQUER 19

(2) SCUTAGE AND MURDRUM 22

(3) FUSION OF ENGLISH AND NORMANS 23

(4) DANEGELD 24

(5) FORESTS 29

(6) SHERIFFS AND BAILIFFS 29

(7) LIVERIES 30