Note 1 — PREFACE.
Reading edition
Ancient Laws and Institutes of England; comprising Laws enacted under the Anglosaxon Kings from Æðelbirht to Cnut, with an English translation of the Saxon: the Laws called Edward the Confessor’s; the Laws of William the Conqueror, and those ascribed to Henry the First; also Monumenta Ecclesiastica Anglicana, from the seventh to the tenth century: and the ancient Latin version of the Anglosaxon Laws. With a copious Glossary, etc. (By B. Thorpe, Esq.). Printed by command of his late Majesty, King William the Fourth, under the direction of the Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom. MDCCCXL.