Note 38 — Chapter IX · LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE REIGN
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As for instance in the case of the disputed privileges of the abbey of St. Alban’s, when his examination of their charters and his comments thereon showed remarkable painstaking ability: Gesta Abbatum S. Albani (Rolls Ser.) i. 145-155. Another case, reported in still greater detail, is the suit between the Bishop of Chichester and the Abbot of Battle: Chron. of Battle Abbey (ed. Lower), 78-115. For an instance of the king’s appreciation of legal technicalities, see ibid., 182.