A Latin Reader for the Study of Early English Law: with Introductions, Selections, Translations, Notes & Glossary.

Author/Editor
Meindl, Robert J. and Mark T. Riley, eds. and trans.,

Title
A Latin Reader for the Study of Early English Law: with Introductions, Selections, Translations, Notes & Glossary.

Published
Meindl, Robert J. and Mark T. Riley, eds. and trans., A Latin Reader for the Study of Early English Law: with Introductions, Selections, Translations, Notes & Glossary. (St. Augustine, FL: Sophron Editor, 2017), pp. 585-605.

Review
Meindl and Riley present full Latin texts, followed by lucid translation into English, of "The Case of Sir William Septvans, 1366." They incorporate the five known documents associated with the case of Gower's obtaining the manor of Aldington Septvans via what have seemed to many rather shady dealings. The documents are: "Rotulus Parliamenti de anno Regni Regius Tertii quadragesimo" (Summary in French); The King's Writ (in Latin); Record of the Inquiry (in Latin); Evidence heard by the inquiry from the knights and respectable men of legal standing (in Latin); The decision of Parliament (in Latin). The volume thus does Gower studies a great service, by gathering in one place, and translating, disparate texts otherwise difficult to access, making them easily available. [RFY. Copyright. The John Gower Society. eJGN 37.2.]

Date
2017

Gower Subjects
Biography of Gower