Aachen, church and city of 89–91
Abingdon, monks of 195
abjuration of the realm 136–7
abusive behaviour 75, 116, 157, 241
accidental killing 59
acquittal 33
Acre, siege of 113
actaof emperors and kings v, 10, 17, 20,
109, 201, 211, 236, 253, 287
actions at law, see assumpsit; deceit; grand
assize; petty assizes; replevin; trespass;
writs
Adam the Englishman, mayor of Evreux
122
Adhemar of Chabannes 70
administrative abuses 160–3, 188
see alsoofficials
admiralty, court of 182
advocates of churches 34, 36–7, 62, 92,
94–5, 112, 120, 202
advocates (legal counsel) 151, 194
advowson 92, 121, 127, 129, 130, 170, 195
Aegidius Romanus, seeGiles of Rome
Aelfric, glossary of 22
Aethelwulf, king of Wessex 201
affray 59, 61, 157
Agen, barons and customs of 219
Agincourt, battle of 281
Aix-en-Provence, parlement at 288
Albigensians, seeCathars
Albini, William de, the king’s butler 213
Alès, castellan and consuls of 157
Alexander II, king of Scots 162
Alexander III, pope 88
Alexander IV, pope 160
Alfred, king of Wessex 22, 27, 44, 47
and Guthrum, peace of 80
alienation of land and rights 89, 93, 140,
201, 208, 233–5, 238
see also inalienability
alms, free, pure and perpetual 65–6, 127,
130, 167, 238
alods 46
Alsace 83–4, 87
amercements 122
see also fines
Amiens 56, 72, 115–16, 149, 220
count of 212
Anarchy 128, 131–2
ancient demesne of the king of England 159,
180
Andover, laws made at 28
Angers 11, 51, 55
Angevin:
empire 56
justice 139
kings 56, 109, 127, 133, 141
state 137
Anglo-French war 230, 256, 262, 281, 296,
322
Anglo-Norman:
administration and procedures 79, 122
barons 156
procedures 122
Anglo-Saxon England 26, 36, 47, 79,
131–2, 170, 212, 333
government of 79
laws of 27–30, 38, 45, 79–81
Anjou 19, 48, 118, 122, 207, 220
counts of 46, 48–9, 51, 54–5, 62, 66, 86,
125, 128, 162
and Maine, customs of 195
seneschal of 122, 125–6
Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury 274
Anstey, Richard of 138
antrustiones 14
apanagesof French royal princes 167–8
appeal (accusation) of crimes 136–7, 155,
241–3, 268
appeals to Rome 137, 144
approvers 137
Aquileia, patriarch of 91
Aquinas, Thomas v, 3–9, 196, 200, 237,
253, 257–9, 262, 300, 320–1, 333
Aquitaine 44, 286
duke of 40, 49, 62, 70, 128, 207
arbitration 18, 63, 67–8, 103, 119–20,
163–4, 175
Arbroath, declaration of 264
arengaeof charters 83, 85, 131
Argentan 67
aristocracy as a regime 3, 4, 258, 260, 272,
319
Aristotle 3–5, 252, 257, 260, 262, 266,
271–4, 278–9, 297, 303, 315, 319
Arles 70, 205
Raimbald, archbishop of 73
Armenia, kingdom of 276