Henry of Bracton (or Bratton) (c. 1210-1268) was a jurist who worked as a Justice of Assize in the south-west of England, and was the author of the first systematic discussion of English common law. The manuscripts which form Bracton's Note Book were discovered in the British Museum in 1884 by Vinogradoff, and were edited in three volumes in 1887 by Maitland. These volumes contain a collection of over 2,000 lawsuits from the thirteenth century, each with a description of how the law should be applied to the particular circumstances of each case. This is the first example of case law in English legal writing, and its usefulness as a record of legal precedent probably led to the creation of Year Rolls (official records of court cases) from 1268. Volume 1, 'Apparatus', introduces the texts and gives an account of Bracton's life.

Apparatus
Preface	p. vii
Table of Contents	p. xi
Errata	p. xv
Vinogradoff's Letter to the Athenaeum	p. xvii
Note on the Classification of the Plea Rolls	p. xxiv
List of MSS. of Bracton's Treatise to which reference has been made	p. xxiv
Introduction
Of Bracton, his Times and his Work. Generalities	p. 1
Of Vinogradoff's Discovery	p. 12
Of Bracton's Life	p. 13
Of Bracton's Text	p. 26
Of the Date of Bracton's Treatise	p. 34
Of Bracton's Selection of Authorities	p. 45
Of the Note Book	p. 61
Of the Relation between the Note Book and Bracton's Treatise	p. 71
Of Fitzherbert's Use of the Note Book	p. 117
Of the making of this Edition	p. 121
Of some noteworthy Cases in the Note Book	p. 128
Names of the Justices who sat at the Bench during the Reign of Henry III.	p. 139
Bracton's Citations in Chronological Order	p. 146
Fitzherbert's Cases from the Reign of Henry III.	p. 172
Index of Actions	p. 177
Index of Things	p. 188
Index of Places	p. 202
Index of Persons	p. 243
Text.
Pleas in the Bench.
Trinity, A.R. 2, A.D. 1218	p. 1
Easter and Trinity, A.R. 3, A.D. 1219	p. 14
Michaelmas, A.R. 3-4, A.D. 1219	p. 42
Hilary and Easter, A.R. 4, A.D. 1220	p. 72
Hilary, A.R. 6, A.D. 1222	p. 109
Easter, A.R. 6, A.D. 1222	p. 139
Trinity, A.R. 6, A.D. 1222	p. 150
Hilary, A.R. 8, A.D. 1224	p. 175
Easter A.R. 11, A.D. 1227	p. 193
Trinity, A.R. 11, A.D. 1227	p. 213
Hilary and Easter, A.R. 12, A.D. 1228	p. 219
Michaelmas, A.R. 12-13, A.D. 1228	p. 240
Michaelmas, A.R. 4-5, A.D. 1220	p. 249
Hilary, A.R. 13, A.D. 1229	p. 260
Easter, A.R. 13, A.D. 1229	p. 272
Trinity (Middlesex Eyre), A.R. 13, A.D. 1229	p. 279
Michaelmas, A.R. 13-14, A.D. 1229	p. 288
Hilary, A.R. 14, A.D. 1230	p. 309
Easter, A.R. 14, A.D. 1230	p. 325
Trinity, A.R. 14, A.D. 1230	p. 334
Michaelmas, A.R. 14-15, A.D. 1230	p. 348
Hilary, A.R. 15, A.D. 1231	p. 378
Easter, A.R. 15, A.D. 1231	p. 403
Trinity, A.R. 15, A.D. 1231	p. 442
Michaelmas, A.R. 15-16, A.D. 1231	p. 475
Easter, A.R. 16, A.D. 1232	p. 515
Trinity, A.R. 9, A.D. 1225	p. 540
Hilary, A.R. 17, A.D. 1233	p. 555
Trinity, A.R. 17, A.D. 1233	p. 582
Michaelmas, A.R. 17-18, A.D. 1233	p. 603
Hilary, A.R. 18, A.D. 1234	p. 636
Easter, A.R. 18, A.D. 1234	p. 652
Michaelmas, A.R. 16-17, A.D. 1232	p. 668
Michaelmas, A.R. 8-9, A.D. 1224	p. 687
Appendix. Case 791 eorrected	p. 720
Text
Pleas in the Bench
Easter, A.R. 8, A.D. 1224	p. 1
Trinity, A.R. 8, A.D. 1224	p. 33
Hilary, A.R. 9, A.D. 1225	p. 66
Easter, A.R. 9, A.D. 1225	p. 95
Pleas before the King
A.R. 18-19, A.D. 1234-5	p. 123
A.R. 20, A.D. 1235-6	p. 152
A.R. 21, A.D. 1236-7	p. 188
A.R. 22, A.D. 1237-8	p. 231
A.R. 23, A.D. 1238-9	p. 255
A.R. 24, A.D. 1239-40	p. 285
Miscellaneous Cases and Notes	p. 297
Pleas in the Bench
Michaelmas, A.R. 1-2, A.D. 1217	p. 305
Trinity, A.R. 4, A.D. 1220	p. 333
Hilary and Easter, A.R. 5, A.D. 1221	p. 407
Michaelmas, A.R. 6-7, A.D. 1222	p. 441
Hilary, A.R. 7, A.D. 1223	p. 453
Easter, A.R. 7, A.D. 1223	p. 474
Michaelmas, A.R. 7-8, A.D. 1223	p. 485
Michaelmas, A.R. 9-10, A.D. 1225	p. 512
Hilary, A.R. 10, A.D. 1226	p. 538
Easter, A.R. 10. A.D. 1226	p. 568
Pleas from the Eyres
Eyre in Kent, A.R. 11, A.D. 1227	p. 591
Eyre in Norfolk, A.R. 6, A.D. 1222	p. 610
Eyre in Norfolk, A.R. 12, A.D. 1227	p. 618
Eyre in Yorkshire, A.R. 10-11, A.D. 1226	p. 642
Eyre in Suffolk, A.R. 12, A.D. 1227	p. 667
Eyre in Leicestershire, A.R. 5, A.D. 1221	p. 698
Eyre in Staffordshire, A.R. 5, A.D. 1221	p. 712
Appendix A Lost Page Restored	p. 717
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