Ranulf de Glanvill
historical figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 15 anchored passages
Glanvill
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Twelfth-century justiciar traditionally credited with the treatise on the laws and customs of England (Tractatus de legibus), cited as an authority on feudal wardship and procedure.
In socage and burgage tenures no wardship was recognized;
For a discussion of the difficulties involved in accepting Glanvill see Adams, Origin, 96.
283) shows Henry and his Justice Glanvill acting in a spirit friendly to the private courts.
The Law of Torts
Twelfth-century jurist traditionally credited with an early treatise on the laws of England, cited for the ancient writ of debt.
The writ of debt in Glanvill, lib.