Regnal Years
Normans 1066 - 1154
William I 25 Dec 1066 - 9 Sept 1087
William II 26 Sept 1087 - 2 Aug 1100
Henry I 5 Aug 1100 - 1 Dec 1135
Stephen 26 Dec 1135 - 25 Oct 1154
Angevins (aka Plantagenets) 1154-1216 (descendents of Counts of Anjou)
Henry II 19 Dec 1154 - 6 July 1189
Richard I 3 Sep 1189 - 6 Apr 1199
John 27 May 1199 - 19 Oct 1216
English legal memory starts from 3 September 1189. A tradition arising from royal compromise in the Statute of Quo Warranto (1290)
The Selden Society editions are at Legal Hist S464.4a. (For online access to these volumes see link below)
| Select Pleas of the Crown | 1 Selden Society |
| Select Civil Pleas | 3 Selden Society |
| Introduction to the Curia Regis Rolls | 62 Selden Society |
| Pleas Before the King or His Justices | 67, 68, 83 & 84 Selden Society |
| English Lawsuits from William I to Richard I | 106, 197 Selden Society |
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