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Ancient laws and institutes of England : comprising laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon kings from Æthelbirht to Cnut, with an English translation of the Saxon; the laws called Edward the Confessor's; the laws of William the Conqueror, and those ascribed to Henry the First; also, Monumenta ecclesiastica anglicana, from the seventh to the tenth century; and the ancient Latin version of the Anglo-Saxon laws. With a compendious glossary, c / Printed by command of His Late Majesty King William IV. under the direction of the Commissioners on the public records of the Kingdom.

General note: Preface signed: B. Thorpe. "List of manuscripts and printed books, referred to in the various readings and notes, under the letters of the alphabet" 1 l. following p. x.