20 * APPENDIX 



■Cursitors' Records. 



Alphabetical calendar; R. D. K., xxxi, app., 112 et seq. 



Lancaster. 



■Chancery Rolls, Duchy of Lancaster. 



No. i; 4 Henry, Duke of Lancaster. 



No. ii; 4- 1 1 Henry, Duke of Lancaster. 



Calendar; R. D. K., xxxii, app. i, 331 et seq. 

 List of the Records of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lists 

 and Indexes, no. xiv. 



In the case of the palatinate material and of 

 the Close, Patent and Originalia rolls, my search 

 has been exhaustive ; but in the case of the 

 Chancery Lists I have examined only the groups 

 under Warrants for the Great Seal. 



It will appear that the bulk of the informa- 

 tion on the topics included in pt. i, ch. i, is ob- 

 tained from the various series of records just 

 described, although some supplementary sources 

 are also necessary. It is also clear that while 

 there are some enrollments having to do with 

 exchequer or judicial processes, the greater num- 

 ber of the entries as to the statutes of labourers 

 in any of these chancery records deal with the 

 subjects of ch. i, namely, the form of the com- 

 missions, the lists of justices appointed, exemp- 

 tions, exonerations, removals, etc. 



When I began my work in London in the 

 spring of 1905, the calendars of the Close and 

 Patent Rolls for the years 1349- 1359 had not yet 

 been published ; although through the courtesy of 

 Mr. Scargill-Bird I had the opportunity of seeing 

 the proof-sheets of v. viii of the Calendar of 

 Patent Rolls. The two volumes issued since then 

 cover about half of the decade, but as the printed 

 calendars contain some rather serious errors in 

 regard to my subject, it is not to be regretted 



