c. 1160 AD–c. 1216 AD
Royal itinerant justices and the formation of English common law
Law & constitutions · Tribunales, procedimiento y common law
From the mid-twelfth century, judges sent from royal courts traveled English counties and connected local litigation with Westminster courts. The practice contributed to common law, while coexisting with manorial, ecclesiastical, and local jurisdictions and not immediately creating a uniform system.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
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Sources
- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2015-03-20
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- Source updated
- 2025-02-04
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- 2026-09-23
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