Source Problems in English History

by Albert Beebe White and Wallace Notestein

HARPER'S PARALLEL
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HARPER'S PARALLEL SOURCE PROBLEMS

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SOURCE PROBLEMS

IN

ENGLISH HISTORY

BY

ALBERT BEEBE WHITE

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

AND

WALLACE NOTESTEIN

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH HISTORY
IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

Professor DANA CARLETON MUNRO

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1915. BY HARPER & BROTHERS

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CONTENTS

	PAGE
Preface	ix
Introduction	xv
I. ALFRED AND THE DANES
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	3
II. Introductions to the Sources	7
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	10
IV. The Sources	12
1. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	12
2. Asser's Life of King Alfred	16
3. The Chronicle of Ethelwerd	25
4. Alfred and Guthrum's Peace	31
II. ORIGIN OF THE JURY
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	35
II. Introductions to the Sources	39
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	45
IV. The Sources	48
1. The Monastery of St. Vincent versus Certain Serfs of the Monastery. 854	48
2. Abbot of St. Augustine's Claim to a Ship	51
3. Title of the Domesday Inquest for Ely. 1086	52
4. Claim of Abbot of St. Augustine to Customs at Newington. 1094	53
5. Monks of St. Stephen versus the King's Tenants. 1122	53
6. Writ of the Earl of Essex in favor of the Canons of St. Martin	55
7. Constitutions of Clarendon. 1164	55
8. Assize of Clarendon. 1166	56
9. Assize of Northampton. 1176	56
10. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Anglicæ	58
11. Typical Civil Pleas before the Justices of the Bench and before the Justices in Eyre. 1200-1202	60
12. Typical Pleas of the Crown before the Justices Itinerant. 1201-1203	64
13. Typical Pleas of the Crown before the Justices Itinerant in Gloucestershire. 1221	66
III. SOME ANTECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	73
II. Introductions to the Sources	75
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	85
IV. The Sources	88
1. Inquest of Sheriffs. 1170	88
2. Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis	89
3. Assize of Arms. 1181	90
4. Ordinance of the Saladin Tithe. 1188	91
5. Form of Proceeding on the Judicial Visitation. 1194	92
6. Summons of Juries to St. Albans. July 21, 1213	93
7. Summons to a Great Council. November 7, 1213	93
8. Magna Carta. June 15, 1215	93
9. Writ for Assembling the County Court before the Itinerant Justices. 1218	94
10. Writ for the Collection of a Carucage. 1220	95
11. Distraint of Knighthood. 1224	96
12. Writ Summoning Four Knights of the Shire. 1227	97
13. Writ Summoning Representatives of Seven Boroughs. 1235	95
14. Writ Summoning Two Knights of the Shire. 1254	98
15. Writ Summoning Three Knights of the Shire. 1261	100
16. Writ Summoning Four Knights of the Shire. 1264	l01
17. Writs Relating to the Assembly of January, 1265	102
IV. AN ASPECT OF THE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY LABOR PROBLEM
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	109
II. Introductions to the Sources	113
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	118
IV. The Sources	121
1. Cartularium Monasterii de Ramseia: CCIX. 1252	121
2. Extent of the Manor of Borley. 1308	127
3. Typical Lists of Manorial Services	132
4. Chronicon Henrici Knighton. 1349	135
5. Royal Writ in Behalf of John de Paddebury. 1350	140
6. Ordinance of Laborers. 1349	141
7. Statute of Laborers. 1351	146
8. Writ Appointing Justices of Laborers. 1356	152
9. Proceedings before the Justices of Laborers. 1355; 1358	154
V. FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER ELIZABETH AND THE STUARTS
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	161
II. Introductions to the Sources	176
Part A. Elizabeth	176
Part B. The Stuarts	178
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	181
Part A. Elizabeth	181
Part B. The Stuarts	183
IV. The Sources	186
Part A. Elizabeth	186
1. Commons Journals, Nos. 1, 6[1]	186
2. Calendars of State Papers, Spanish, No. 2	187
3. State Papers, Domestic, No. 3	190
4. D'Ewes, Journals, Nos. 4, 5, 7	192
8. Townshend's Historical Collections, Nos. 8, 9	200
Part B. The Stuarts	202
1. Parliamentary History, No. 1	203
2. Parliamentary Debates in 1610, Nos. 2, 4	205
3. Commons Journals, Nos. 3, 12	207
5. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Nos. 5, 8	208
6. Nicholas, Proceedings and Debates, No. 6	210
7. Calendar of Stale Papers, Venetian, No. 7	224
9. Notes of the Parliament of 1626, No. 9	225
10. An Account of the Debate on June 5, 1628, No. 10, from
a. Grosvenor's Journal	230
b. Borlase Manuscript	230
c. Rushworth's Historical Collections	230
11. Cobbett's State Trials, No. 11	235
13. Lords Journals, No. 13	237
Reference to Bill of Rights in Appendix, No. 14	238
VI. THE ENGLISH PARISH AND THE NEW ENGLAND TOWN-MEETING
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	241
II. Introductions to the Sources	244
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	246
IV. The Sources	248
1. Lambard, Duties of Constables	248
2. Sheppard, Offices and Duties of Constables	252
3. Meriton, A Guide for Constables	255
4. The Annals of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London	257
5. Nichols, Illustrations
A. Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Margaret's Westminster	261
B. Churchwardens' Accounts of Wigtoft	264
6. Boston Town Records	264
7. Records of Boston Selectmen	277
8. Winthrop's Journal	278
9. The Records of the Town of Cambridge	279
VII. BEGINNING OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICA
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	283
II. Introductions to the Sources	288
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	289
IV. The Sources	293
1. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin	293
2. Life of Shelburne with Extracts from his Papers and Correspondence	314
3. Letters from the Landsdowne MSS	315
4. Memorials and Correspondence of Fox	317
5. Autobiography of the Duke of Grafton	317
VIII. THE PARLIAMENT ACT OF 1911
I. The Historical Setting of the Problem	331
II. Introductions to the Sources	340
III. Questions and Suggestions for Study	340
IV. The Sources	343
1. Seligman, The English Budget Proposals, No. 1	343
2. The Annual Register, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23	346
3. Hansard, No. 6	349
4. The London Times, Nos. 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 21	350
5. Law Reports, The Public General Statutes, 1911, No. 24	363
Appendix	367
Index	415

1. These numbers are those of the extracts, which, on account of the repeated use of the same source in this problem and Problem VIII, have been arranged in a separate enumeration.