The Crown Pleas of Lancashire and Cheshire 1292

The Crown Pleas of Lancashire and Cheshire 1292 Volume one: Introduction - The Record Society of Lancahsire and Cheshire 2014 - The Record Society for Lancshire and Cheshire 148 .

This is the first of three volumes, publishing the crown pleas of the 1292 eyre roll for the county of Lancashire. Volume one comprises an extended introduction by Henry Summerson; volumes two and three will publish the contents of the eyre roll in parallel Latin and English text. The introduction and edition combined shed considerable light on Lancashire society in the late thirteenth century, as well as providing important evidence for the history of crime and justice in the reign of Edward 1.

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