English Court Hand, A. D. 1066 To 1500 eBook

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As is explained in the Introduction, this book is intended for a strictly practical purpose - that of supplying the Student with such facsimiles of English mediaeval documents as the improvement in photographic processes has of late rendered possible: its form is further conditioned by the great preponderance in this country of documents of purely administrative origin. We are very well aware that our treatment of the subject is empirical: indeed we hope that we may have provided here the foundation for more detailed study and more definite conclusions in the near future.

The plan of the work was originally laid down by our colleague Mr. C. G. Crump. When he was prevented from following it up, the execution devolved upon us: but we have had the advantage of his help and advice throughout.