3. Ames Publications 1914 on
11 volumes to date
Most commonly used are its series of
Year Books of Richard II
7 v to date for years 2, 6-13 RII
law French text, + Latin text of the
record of the case & English
translation of both on facing page
Scholarly introduction, tables, and
elaborate indexes
4. Ames publications also
Beale’s Bibliography of Early English
Law Books, & Supplement
Lex mercatoria & Legal Pluralism, a
(13th treatise with introduction and
commentary
Proceedings Before the Justices of
the Peace in the (14th & (15th
The Common and Piepowder Courts
of Southampton, 1426–1483
10. Citations
“AS” or similiar not necessarily part
of citation
The regnal year will be the clue
Eg Raynell v Cruwys (1389) YB Pas 12
Ric II, p.182, pl.21
(contrast with usual practice to
include SS or EELR for Selden
Society volumes)
15. If you don’t have citation
It is probably
better to use the
scanned indexes to
pick up relevant
page references
Rather than using
the Search within
function for each
individual scan