
Author: legalhistorymiscellany


The Ownership of Swans in English History: Does the Queen Own all the Swans?

King Henry of Scotland’s Pardon of the Earl of Argyll, March 1566

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Marriage in Late Medieval England and the Low Countries

Perjury, Wager of Law, and Debt in the Elizabethan Star Chamber

From Blue Lobsters to Friendly Giants: Visual Representations of the Police, c.1840–1880

Apostasy, Sanctuary, and Spin: The Canons of Waltham and Sanctuary at St. Martin le Grand, 1430

Treason in Shropshire in the Early Fifteenth Century: The Case of Sir Richard Lacon

Evil May Day, 1517: Prosecuting Anti-Immigrant Rioters in Tudor London
