The Hundred Rolls
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The Hundred Rolls
The
Hundred Rolls are a detailed census and inquiry of England taken in the late thirteenth
century under kings Henry III and Edward I. Often called a second Domesday
Book, they record land ownership, feudal services, and local government abuses
across regional administrative districts known as hundreds.
The 1255 Inquiry was an initial survey of royal
privileges under Henry III. The 1274–1275 Inquiry was commissioned by Edward I
upon returning from the crusade to investigate local government corruption,
abuse of royal authority by sheriffs and officials, and the usurpation of royal
rights by lords. The 1279–1280 Inquiry was a massive, detailed survey of land
ownership, tenancies, and tenant services owed to lords.
Index of The Hundred Rolls
Rotuli Hundredorum
Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. in Turr' Lond' et in Curia Receptae
Scaccarij Westm. Asservati. Volume 1
(1812).
Rotuli Hundredorum
Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. in Turr' Lond' et in Curia Receptae
Scaccarij Westm. Asservati. Volume 2
(1818).