The official records of England are the focus of this volume - their origin, their use, and what they reveal.

Introduction: The Record of 1204 - Nicholas Vincent
'In Testimonium Factorum Brevium': The Beginnings of the English Chancery Rolls - David Carpenter
The Earliest Exchequer Estreat and the Forest Eyres of Henry II and Thomas Fitz Bernard, 1175-1180 - David Crook
Theory and Practice in the Making of Twelfth-Century Pipe Rolls - Mark Hagger
Between Three Realms: The Acts of Waleran II, Count of Meulan and Worcester - David Crouch
Archbishop Geoffrey of York: A Problem in Anglo-French Maternity - Marie B Lovatt
Hugh de Gundeville [fl.1147-1181] - Nicholas Vincent
Guérin de Glapion, Seneschal of Normandy [1200-1]: Service and Ambition under the Plantagenet and Capetian Kings - Daniel Power