Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
British History Online at the Institute of
Historical Research (http://www.british-history.ac.uk)
would like to announce an important new addition to its premium content section:
the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/prome).
This source consists of scholarly descriptions of every parliament held in
England between 1275 and 1504. It covers 10 monarchs, from Edward I to Henry VII
(since no parliament was held in the reign of Edward V, he is not included). The
rolls for some of these parliaments, particularly the earlier ones, do not
survive, but where they are extant have been fully transcribed; supplementary
material about the business of the parliament is given in an appendix. Opposite
the original text, which may be in Latin, Anglo-Norman, or Middle English, is a
modern English translation. To make PROME easier to use, the text and
translation have been put into tables, so that the corresponding paragraphs are
simple to locate.