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

by William Sharp McKechnie

• Salisbury, Roger, bishop of. (See [Roger].)
• Salisbury Plain, oath of homage sworn on, [10].
• Schedule of grievances (27 April, 1215), [40], [44-5], [84 n.], [202-5], [245], [246], [258 n.], [307 n.];
  • text of, [569].
• Scotland, [30];
  • relations to England, [537-43];
  • land tenures in, [67], [69 n.], [70], [72 n.], [80];
  • kings of (see [Alexander], [David], and [William]);
  • Princesses Margaret and Isabel of, [537], [539-42].
• Scutage, [15], [29], [37], [64], [84 n.], [86-93], [172-3], [274-6], [294], [302], [304], [308];
  • grand serjeanties not liable for, [68];
  • in charter of 1215, [274-6], [292];
  • in charter of 1217, [172-3];
  • by sub-tenants, [302].
• Scutum. (See [Knight’s fee].)
• Seal (king’s great), [169], [180], [181], [184].
• Seebohm, Frederic, [95 n.], [341].
• Seisin, [323].
  • (See also [Primer Seisin] and [Disseisin].)
• Serjeanty (grand), [67-8], [70], [78 n.], [233], [307].
• Serjeanty (petty), [68-9], [70], [78 n.], [233], [307], [427], [429].
• Service. (See under [Feudal service], [Foreign service], and [Knight’s service].)
• Sheriff, [10], [11], [12], [13], [18-19], [34], [42], [47], [50], [51], [177], [244], [364], [366-8], [372], [376], [392], [398], [399], [431], [502-5], [511], [513];
  • chief magistrate of county, [18], [366];
  • his powers, [364], [366-7], [376], [399];
  • his gradual decline, [20], [367];
  • his tyrannies, [20], [359], [366 n.], [373-5], [377];
  • his “tourn,” 97, [177], [360], [364];
  • his “aid,” 261;
  • not to hold pleas of Crown, [358-72];
  • in Scotland and in America, [367-8].
• Sheriffs (inquest of), [19].
• Shire. (See [County].)
• Socage, [66-7], [69], [70], [76], [81], [233], [307], [427-9].
• Statutes. (See separate [Index to Statutes].)
• Stephen (King), [12-13], [19], [118-9], [162], [219], [243];
  • relations to Church, [22], [77 n.], [119], [224];
  • his title, [119-120], [219].
  • (See also [Charters of].)
• Stephen Langton, [28], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [38], [43], [52], [62], [122], [139], [145], [181], [223], [226], [227], [249], [451], [506], [532],[542 n.], [551];
  • a mediator between king and barons, [39], [40], [50], [52], [54], [513], [524-5], [531], [542 n.], [560], [562];
  • influence on substance of Great Charter, [50], [506].
• Stubbs, Bishop, [43], [54], [86], [87], [117], [118], [125], [134], [140 n.], [143 n.], [149], [165 n.], [169 n.], [170 n.], [179 n.], [182 n.], [184 n.], [206], [211], [220 n.], [247 n.], [257 n.], [259], [284-5], [296], [299 n.], [351 n.], [365 n.], [391 n.], [430 n.], [453 n.], [483], [491], [493], [503], [532], [544], [559].
• Succession, intestate, [166], [175], [382-5];
  • testate, [376-82].
• Suit and service, [72], [82-6].
• Suit, at county and hundred courts, [94], [177], [261], [332];
  • at forest courts, [482], [497-8];
  • at lord’s court, [72], [82].
• Suit (or forewitnesses), [101-2], [433-4].
• Swanimotes, [491].
• Synod of Whitby, [7].

• Tallage, [140], [142], [270], [272], [277-81], [376].
• Taxation, [20], [26-7], [152], [165], [166], [185], [196], [274-284];
  • heavy under Richard, [24-5], [148], [288];
  • common Council’s rights over, [152], [174], [185], [274-284], [298];
  • parliamentary, [281], [281-4].
• Taylor, Dr. Hannis, [130], [140], [159 n.], [212], [296].
• Tenant, [65].
• Tenement, [65], [345].
• Tenure by barony, [66].
• Tenure by castle-ward, [70 n.]
• Tenure in chivalry. (See [Knight’s service].)
• Tenures, [95-71].
  • (See also [Burgage], [Fee-farm], [Frankalmoin], [Knight’s service], Serjeanty, Socage, Villeinage, also under Freehold.)
• Thayer, Prof. J. B., [159 n.], [430 n.], [433 n.], [441 n.]
• Thomson, Richard, [210], [211].
• Tourn. (See [Sheriff’s tourn].)
• Traders. (See [Merchants].)
• Treason, [74], [395-7].
• Trial (in medieval law), [101], [102-5], [161], [399], [417], [430].
• Trial by combat, [103], [105], [108], [109], [161], [162], [320-1], [323], [325], [406], [417-420], [425-7], [433], [527-30].
• Trial by jury. (See [Jury].)
• Turner, G. J., [184 n.], [484 n.], [509 n.]

• “Unknown Charter of Liberties.” (See [Schedule of Grievances].)
• Usury, [262], [265-6], [270], [272], [384 n].
  • (See also [Jews].)

• Verderers, [368], [487].
• Vesci, Richard de, [30], [31], [40], [446], [517], [551].
• Vicecomes. (See [Sheriff].)
• Villeinage, [66], [342], [449].
• Villeins, [93], [94-5], [106], [136], [141-3], [143 n]., [145], [245], [252], [278], [334], [338 n]., [341-4], [393], [410 n]., [448], [449 n].;
  • legal status of, [341-3].
• Vinogradoff, Prof. Paul, [344 n].

• Wales, [29], [30], [533-7].
• Wapentake, [94], [160], [372-4].
• War, right of private, [10].
• Warden, [485-6].
  • (See [Constable], also [Guardian].)
• Wardship, ordinary, [67], [68], [69], [75-7], [78], [117], [142], [179], [239-250], [259], [265], [427-8], [461 n]., [526];
  • over vacant sees, [117], [224], [225], [239], [505-7];
  • prerogative, [428-30], [526].
• Warrens, [247 n]., [492-3], [511].
• Waste of ward’s lands, [244-6], [250];
  • of felon’s lands, [394-7];
  • in forests, [495], [496-7].
• Watling Street, [7].
• Weirs, [357], [402-5].
• Welshmen, [30], [440], [533-7].
• Wendover (Roger of), [30], [35], [38], [43], [53], [123], [204], [205], [355 n]., [550 n]., [561 n].
• Wer, [335], [336], [340].
• Wessex, supremacy of, [7], [17];
  • royal House of, [16], [113].
• Westminster, [12], [111], [177], [310], [314], [316], [326], [333].
• Whitby, Synod of, [7].
• Widow’s rights, [243], [253-261], [273-4], [380], [384], [527].
• Wills, [376-82].
• William I., [7], [8-10], [12], [16], [21], [71], [83], [106], [115], [116], [191], [234], [507], [514];
  • difficulties and policy of, [8-10], [65];
  • local government under, [16], [18-19];
  • relations to Rome, [21-2];
  • his innovations, [105-6];
  • his title to English Crown, [9], [115].
• William II., [10-11], [21], [71], [116], [239], [242], [249];
  • his relations to the church, [21], [238-9], [249].
• William the Lion, King of Scots, [252], [538-41].
• Witenagemot, [9], [18], [114], [219], [294].
• Wites, [335], [336], [337 n].
• Witnesses, [102].
• Writ de odio et atia, [108], [161], [417-25].
• Writ praecipe, [108-9], [405-13].
• Writ of habeas corpus, [156], [421-2].
• Writ ne exeat regno, [476-7].
• Writs (royal), [14], [406], [417], [460].
• Writ process, [14], [108], [406-9].

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Transcriber’s Note

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