Index

455

Council—• Continued
legislation of, 237, 238, 418, 419
and note 2; general account of,
Pt. Ill, § II., 2; relation to
Wardrobe, 320; Parliament and,
287, 361 and note 3, 398, 415, 434,

435,437 1 .

Counties palatine, 107, 108, 373,
note 2

County, see Shire

Court, king's, prototype in Nor-
mandy, 82, 83 and note i; early
development of, Pt. III., § I., i,
passim; 207, 426; as source of the
Council, 293-296, 437; as source
of the House of Lords, 337-341,
437; new elements added to, 358-
364, passim

Customary, Court, 191-195

Customs duties, 51, note I, 368,
369, 405-4H

D

Danegeld, 51, 52, in, 119, 120,123,

309, 402, 407
Danelaw, 14, 15, 48, 129
Danes, effect of invasions of, 44,
note i, 45, 47, 48; effect of, upon
the church, 60, 63, 64; Anglo-
Saxons' chief peril, 65; a cause of
Conquest, 71; relation to taxation,
51, note I, 407
Despensers, 284, 323, 399
Dioceses, creation of, 60, 61
Dispensing power of the king, 421,

433
Dissolution of Parliament, 291, note

2, 427
Distraint of knighthood, 199, 384

and note 3, 409, note i
Domesday survey, 43 and note i,

116 and note i, 120, 124, note 2,

153, 188, note 2, 325
Dunstan, 56, 64 and note I, 132

E

Ealdorman, in the shire court, 17;
becomes local noble, 26, 27 and
note i; in witan, 54; loses official
character, 70, 71

Earls, origin of, 27 and note I; great
families of, 54, 70, 71; leave shire
court and change in character,
103; creation of title, 343 and
note i

Ecclesiastical councils, 61,128; gen-

eral character of, after Conquest,
130, 131 and note i

Ecclesiastical courts, 62; separated
from lay courts, 131; relations to
lay courts, Pt. Ill, § I., 5

Edgar, 19, 30, 46, 56, 68, 70, 71

Edmund, 56

Edward the Confessor, 51, 56, 71,
108, 114, 115, 119, 216, note 3,
259, 312

Edward the Elder, 14, 15, 30, 56

Edward the Martyr, 46.note 2 w

Edward 1^, 173^,175, «*fo 188^189,
T$g, 200, 214, 216, note's, 229,
note 2, 232, 234, 2^5, 238-240,*""
note 2, 266, note i, 276, 278-284, •-•
296-298, 315, 320, 321, 340, note
I, 344, note 3,363, 368-37^374,
376, 377, 3SiTnote 2, "

392,^
note ¥, 394, 405,
4iS. 417
Edward II., 199, 200, 209, 217, 266,
note i, 283-286, 288, 298, 315,
321, 322, 341, 380, 387, 399, 409,
note 2, 413, 447
Edward III., 173, 178, 199, 200,
217, note i, 218, note 2, 231, 239,
note 2, 252, 282, note I, 290, note
2, 299, 301, 322, 340, 341, 343,
note i, 344, 380, 388, 389, 400,
401, 409, note 2, 410, 419-421,
4^5, 427, 428, 436
Edward IV., 201, 202, 210, note 2,
224, 305 and note i, 346, note I,
394, 427, 431, 440
Edward VI, 253
Egbert, 47
Election, of Anglo-Saxon kings, 46,
47; of post-Conquest kings, 265,
266 and note I; origin of popular,
353-357; of members of Parlia-
ment, Pt. Ill, § III., 6
Elizabeth, 235,334,387, note i, 432,
note 4, 437, 443, 44^
Enclosures, 194, note i
Englishry, presentment of, no,
note i
Eorls, 13
Equity, 143 and note 2; of the Ex-
chequer, 176, note 3; general ac-
count of equitable jurisdiction,
Pt III., § I, 3; 230
Ethelbert of Kent, 48, 55, 57, note 3
Ethelred II., 46, note 2, 51, 71, 157,
note i
Exchequer, 83 and note 3, 124,
140 and note 2, 294; Court of,