Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John / With an Historical Introduction

by William Sharp McKechnie

• Imprisonment (arbitrary), [156], [457-9].
• Incidents. (See [Feudal incidents].)
• Indictment, [108], [160], [364], [398-9], [431], [436].
• Innocent III., [28], [31], [40], [42], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [61], [62], [85], [182], [222], [516], [541], [561].
• Innocent IV., [227].
• Inquest of Service (1212), [29], [89-90], [91-2], [172].
• Inquest of Sheriffs. (See [Sheriffs].)
• Inquisitio, principle of. (See [Recognitio].)
• Interest, [265-6], [310]. (See also [Jews] and [Usury].)
• Interregnum, [116].
• Investitures (struggle of), [21-2].

• James I., [72 n.], [387], [394], [475].
• Jarls (Danish), [18].
• Jews, [166], [171], [175], [256], [262-74], [305], [310], [384 n.], [435], [439-40].
• Joan (John’s natural daughter), [29], [30].
• John; his title to Crown, [217-220];
  • his excessive exactions, [26-7];
  • his levies of scutage, [86-93];
  • his charters to English Church, [39], [41], [63], [77], [139], [226], [227], [249];
  • to London, [41], [288-9], [404], [470];
  • to Jews, [269];
  • meets barons at Runnymede, [43], [46];
  • takes Crusader’s vow, [40];
  • his relations with national Church, [39], [44], [61], [62], [249];
  • with Rome, [28-9], [36], [61], [62], [63], [91];
  • his surrender to Innocent, [31-2], [36];
  • asks Innocent to annul charter, [53], [182];
  • his treatment of Welsh hostages, [30], [514-8];
  • his death, [57].
  • (See also [Charter].)
• Judges (King’s), [108], [109], [225], [358], [416], [502-5].
• Judgment (in medieval law), [101], [103-5].
• Judgment of peers. (See [Peers]).
• Jurisdiction, royal, [14], [93-112], [169 n.], [309].
  • (See also [Courts].)
• Jurisdictions, private, [10], [14-15], [93-112], [169 n.], [406-9].
  • (See also [Courts].)
• Jury, trial by, [25], [456-7];
  • relation to recognitio, [106], [159];
  • relation to writ de odio, [108], [161], [420-1];
  • relation to Magna Carta, [158-163], [419-21].
• Jury (of accusation or presenting jury), [158], [159-160], [431].
• Jury (civil), [158], [161-3].
• Jury (grand), [158], [160].
• Jury (petty), [158], [161], [420-1], [457].
• Justice, three systems of, [93-9], [313], [328], [360 n.]
  • (See also [Courts] and [Jurisdictions].)
• Justices (King’s). (See [Judges].)
• Justices of the Peace, [20], [331], [367].
• Justices, itinerant (or of Eyre), [12], [13], [19], [20], [318-9], [329], [361].
• Justices of Assize, [176], [177], [318], [319-20], [329-331], [332];
  • commissions of, [329-331].

• Kiersey, capitulary of, [73].
• King’s Bench, [14], [109], [311-2], [313], [314-5], [348].
• Knight’s fee, [83], [92], [233], [277 n.], [306].
• Knight’s service, [66], [67], [68], [70], [71], [233], [427-8].
• Kydells. (See [Weirs].)

• Lanfranc, [21], [116].
• Lateran Council (1099), [21].
• Lateran Council (1215), [55], [161], [399], [432].
• Law (English), development of, [14].
• Law (lex), technical meaning of, [102], [161], [430], [440-1].
  • (See also [Trial].)
• Leasehold, [65-6].
• Legal fictions. (See [Fictions].)
• Legal procedure. (See [Procedure].)
• Leofric, [18].
• Letters testimonial, [50];
  • text of, [563 n.]
• Littleton, [66], [68], [69], [70 n.], [233 n.], [252], [428].
• Llywelyn, [29], [536].
• Local Government (problem of), [16-20].
• London, [42], [56], [57], [119], [140], [270], [274-5], [284-91], [340], [404-5], [467], [470-3];
  • City and Tower granted by John in security, [51], [560];
  • taxation of, [274-5], [277-81];
  • John’s charters to, [41], [288-9], [404], [470].
• Longchamp, [63].
• Lords (House of), [237], [455-6].
• Louis (son of King Philip of France), [56], [165], [170].

• Macy, Prof. Jesse, [127 n.]
• Magna Carta. (See [Charter].)
• Maitland, Prof. F. W., [95 n.], [98 n.], [128 n], [144 n.], [153 n.], [207], [362 n.], [456].
• Manors, [10], [71], [141], [342], [352 n.], [393];
  • on royal demesne, [372], [376].
• Manorial courts, [10], [93], [96], [106].
  • (See also [Courts] and [Jurisdictions].)
• Marriage, feudal incident of, [66], [68], [69], [77-8], [250-3], [260-1].
• Maritagium, [254-7], [531].
• Marshal (William, earl Marshal), [39], [44], [215], [216], [507], [559];
  • a mediator between King and barons, [39], [40], [43], [559];
  • acts as Regent, [164], [165], [170], [171], [180], [184], [201], [299].
• Matilda (daughter of Henry I.), [12-13], [118], [162].
• Mayor of London, [288], [289], [290], [551].
• Medley (Prof. D. J.), [295 n.], [296], [327 n.], [564 n.]
• Mercenaries, [15], [30], [39], [165], [166], [261], [391], [522-3].
• Merchants, [61], [63], [140], [145], [334], [340-1], [402], [415], [416], [440], [463-73], [474].
• Ministerial responsibility, [25], [150], [188], [192], [298], [505].
• Minorities (Rights of), [299-300].
• Mirror of Justices, [207], [357 n.], [431 n.], [434].
• Monarchy, two types of, [5].
• Monarchy (English), [60], [409];
  • growth of, [4], [6], [12], [13], [15], [18], [20];
  • strength of, [7], [12], [15], [16], [24], [59];
  • weakness of, under Anglo-Saxons, [16], [20];
  • functions of, [94], [97].
• Monopolies, [140], [156], [445-6], [469], [470-5].
• Montfort (Simon de), [188], [189].
• Moore, Stuart A. and H. S., [358], [403 n].
• Mort d’ancestor, [317], [324], [333 n.], [426].
• Municipalities. (See [Boroughs].)

• Nationality (conception of), [149], [156].
• National unity in England, growth of, [6], [149];
  • forces opposed to, [7].
• Neilson, George, [321 n.], [527 n.], [528 n.]
• Nicholas (Papal legate), [36], [227], [365].
• Norgate, Miss Kate, [36], [49 n.], [50 n.], [58 n.], [90 n.], [92 n.], [212], [288], [374 n.], [559].
• Norman Conquest, [5], [9], [20], [71], [105], [115], [158], [321], [366], [484].
• Norman period and rule, characteristics of 5, [7].
• Novel disseisin. (See [Disseisin].)

• Oligarchic elements in England, [5].
• Ordeal, [74], [102], [103], [104], [161], [399], [415], [430-3], [528-9].
• Original writs. (See [Writs].)
• Outlaws, [74], [446], [473-4].

• Parliament, [150], [173], [185-6], [188], [190], [294], [557];
  • rights of, [81];
  • functions of, [174], [190-1], [298];
  • composition of, [190].
• Parliamentary taxation. (See [Taxation].)
• Parliamentary Representation. (See [Representation].)
• Palatine earldoms. (See [Earls].)
• Pandulf (Papal legate), [31], [54], [561].
• Papal Bull, annulling Charter, [55].
• Papal Curia, [28].
• Papal interference in England, [21], [28], [32], [54], [56], [182], [227].
• Papal legates. (See [Gualo], [Nicholas], [Pandulf].)
• Paris, Matthew, [32], [53], [58], [181], [293 n.], [300-1], [453], [543 n.], [550], [559], [561 n.]
• Parks, [247], [492].
• Peasantry. (See [Villeins].)
• Peers, [103], [152], [216 n.], [346-9].
• Peers (Judgment of), [158 n.], [346], [436], [438-40], [449-50 n.] , [452-6], [523].
• Peter des Roches (Bishop of Winchester), [36-7], [51], [54], [58], [180], [183], [215], [300], [452], [503].
• Peter of Wakefield, [30].
• Petition of Barons (1258), [232 n.], [252], [333 n.], [430], [481], [507].
• Petty Assize. (See [Assize].)
• Petty Jury. (See [Jury].)
• Petty Serjeanty. (See [Serjeanty].)
• Philip (King of France), [31], [33], [37], [56], [470].
• Pike, L. O., [152 n.], [295 n.], [313], [347], [348 n.], [442 n.], [444 n.], [449-50 n.], [456], [457 n.]
• Pipe Rolls, [11].
• Pleas. (See [Common pleas].)
• Pleas of the Crown, [107], [109], [111], [112], [310], [314-5], [359-363], [370-1], [398];
  • in Scots law, [360].
• Pleas of the forest, [368].
• Pollock, Sir Frederic, [310].
• Pope, [61], [79 n.], [164], [167 n.], [227].
  • (See [Papal], also [Honorius] and [Innocent].)
• Presentment (darrein), [176-7], [225], [317], [325], [326], [333].
• Primer seisin, [78-9], [248], [254].
• Privy Council, [191].
• Procedure (legal), [14], [99-112];
  • Henry II.’s reforms, [14], [106-112].
• Proof (in medieval law), [102-3];
  • (See also [Trial].)
• Protests by the prelates in John’s favour, [52], [560-1];
  • text of, [579].
• Prothero, G. W., [85 n.], [117 n.], [125 n.], [131-2], [139-140], [149 n.], [154 n.], [175 n.], [203], [212 n.], [228 n.], [448].
• Provisions of Oxford (1258), [187], [504].
• Purprestures, [495].
• Purveyance, [142], [369], [386-90], [392-4].

• Quarantine (Widow’s), [258].
• Queen’s gold, [232].

• Ramsay, Sir James, [92 n.], [212], [225 n.], [243 n.], [375 n.], [394 n.]
• Recognitio (principle of), [34], [105-6], [159], [160], [162], [323], [325], [512].
• Reeves, John, [209-210], [257], [340 n.], [447 n.], [450].
• Regarders, [484], [490], [491].
• Regency, [164], [169].
• Relief (feudal incident of), [68], [69], [73], [117], [179], [239-241], [249], [276 n.];
  • not due from bishop-elect, [117], [238-9];
  • not due after wardship, [239];
  • definition of sums due, [230-3].
• Representation, principle of, [25], [34], [36], [160], [190], [192], [297-8];
  • parliamentary, [292], [297-8].
• Responsibility. (See [Ministerial].)
• Restoration (The), [66], [67], [248], [387], [502].
• Richard I., [24-6], [63], [81], [89], [148], [231], [286], [539];
  • lessons of his reign, [25-6].
• Richard II., [473].
• Roches (Peter des). (See [Peter].)
• Roger, bishop of Salisbury, [11], [119].
• Roger of Hoveden. (See [Hoveden].)
• Roger of Wendover. (See [Wendover].)
• Rolls. (See [Pipe Rolls].)
• Rome. (See [Pope] and [Papal].)
• Round, John Horace, [71], [85 n.], [87], [88], [92], [95 n.], [119], [121 n.], [202-3], [225 n.], [234], [285-7], [324 n.]
• Royal justice. (See [Courts] and [Jurisdiction].)
• Royal writs. (See [Writs].)
• Runnymede, [43-5], [53], [64].