Trial by Ordeal, mid-10th century
Textus Roffensis contains the code concerning the infamous administering of trial by ordeal: by water, by fire, and by bread and cheese.
Corpse Robbery, late 10th century
This anonymous law fragment Walreaf (‘Spoil of the Slain/Corpse Robbery’) forbids the robbery of corpses.
Edmund’s First Code, 942-6 AD
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.
Æthelred’s Woodstock Code, 997 AD
‘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.
Provisions for the sick of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rochester, c.1235
Translation from Latin of Custumale Roffense, c.1235, folios 47r-47v by Dr Christopher Monk.
Duties and succession of the Millers of St Andrew’s Priory, Rochester, c.1235
Translation of Custumale Roffense, folios 53r-60v, by Dr Christopher Monk.
The Trial of Penenden Heath, c. 1076
The Trial of Penenden Heath, Textus Roffensis, folios 168r-170v, by Dr Christopher Monk.
Henry I Coronation Charter
Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, ff. 96r-97v by Dr Christopher Monk.
King William’s Statute, r.1066-1087 AD
Known by its Old English title Willelmes Cyninges Asetnysse (‘King William’s Statute’), this writ, or royal command, introduced to the English the unfamiliar Norman practice of trial by combat.
Rochester Bridgework List in Textus Roffensis
Transcription and translation of Textus Roffensis, folios 164v-165v and 166v-167r by Jacob Scott.
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