Dr Alexander Thomas introduces The Peace of Edward and Guthrum forgery, Textus Roffensis, folios 40r-41v.

Transcription and translation from Old English of Textus Roffensisfolios 32v-37r by Dr Christopher Monk.

Concerning arsonists and murders (Be blaserum ⁊ be morðslihtum), anonymous, probably the 2nd quarter of the 10th century. Translation from Old English of Textus Roffensis folio 31v-32r by Dr Christopher Monk.

Transcription and translation from Old English of Textus Roffensis folio 32r by Dr Christopher Monk.

Concerning both the age at which a thief could be executed and the lower limit of the value of property stolen for which a thief could be put to death.

Be wifmannes beweddung (‘Concerning a woman’s betrothal’) (early-11th-century). Translation from Old English of Textus Roffensis folios 94v-95r by Dr Christopher Monk.

These are the judgements of Wihtræd, king of the Kentish people. Translation from Old English of Textus Roffensis folios 5r-6v by Dr Christopher Monk.

These are the judgements which Hlothere and Eadric, kings of the Kentish people, set down.

These are the judgements which King Æthelberht set down in Augustine’s day. Translated from Old English by Christopher Monk.

This provides information on the payment of wergild (the legal value set on a person’s life according to rank) within Mercian society. Textus Roffensis, f. 39v. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Hit becwæð (‘It he bequeathed’), a c. 975–c.1025 formula for asserting the right to hold bequeathed land. Textus Roffensis, ff. 95r–95v. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Be Mirciscan Aðe (‘Concerning the Mercian Oath), early-11th-century. Textus Roffensis, f. 39v. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Concerning wergild (‘man-payment’); the monetary value put on the life of a free person within Anglo-Saxon compensation laws. Textus Roffensis, ff. 93v–94r. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

‘Here is shown what William, king of the English, with his principal men, decreed after the conquest of England…’ Textus Roffensis, ff. 80r–81v. Translated from Latin and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Pax (‘Peace’) relates to physical boundaries or limits of the ‘King’s peace’.

Hu se man sceal swerie (‘How the person must swear an oath’), c. 900. Textus Roffensis, ff. 38v–39v. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Textus Roffensis contains the code concerning the infamous administering of trial by ordeal: by water, by fire, and by bread and cheese.

This anonymous law fragment Walreaf (‘Spoil of the Slain/Corpse Robbery’) forbids the robbery of corpses.

The code’s chief concerns are ecclesiastical: clerical celibacy, church dues and alms, and restoration of church buildings. Textus Roffensis, ff. 44r-45r. Translated from the Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

‘This is the decree which King Æthelred and his council decreed at Woodstock for all the people as a remedy of peace in Mercia…’ Textus Roffensis, ff. 46r–47r. Translated from Old English and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.