Particularly for

1. Bodleian Law Library
Available online to OSS holders via
HeinOnline, and on the free web via Gallica.
Year books temp E1 & E3
published in Rolls Series

2. Rolls Series (RS)
Rerum britannicarum medii aevi
scriptores or Chronicles & memorials
of GB & Ireland during the MA
Pub. by authority of HM Treasury,
directed by Master of the Rolls
Include year books from reigns of
Edward I 1272-1307 & Edward III
1327-1377
Year book editor Horwood

3. Le Botiler v Wakefield (1302)
YB 30 & 31 Edw I (RS) 46
In Reading Lists/footnotes/citations
 RS in citation? Definitely Rolls Series
 Citations to either Edw I or III? Most
probably Rolls Series (if published at
all)
 Holders of an Oxford Single Sign On
username and password will find
these in HeinOnline.

4. HeinOnline-Collection-Selden

5. Click Y – find Year books

6. Click on the King in your
citation
Le Botiler v Wakefield (1302) YB 30 & 31 Edw I (RS) 46

7. Search this title

8. Party names in text box- strip
out anything that might bring
back multiple hits eg v

9. Results – often put index
entry first so look before
you click!

10. View matching text pages –
quick check right result

11. Go through to read online
and/or check which pages
you want to download/print

12. Print/download default option
is just one page – you need to
adjust….

13. Rolls Series (RS)
 “Mostly” available free online via
French national library website
 http://gallica.bnf.fr
 Unfortunately some of the scans
seem to be defective – eg lack some
pages

14. For speed use Books/Livres search

15. Books simple search screen
 USE WHOLE PHRASE within “ “
 "Year books of the reign of king
Edward the First“
 Or “Year books of the reign of king
Edward the Third”

16. Or in Advanced Search
Title: either
Year first
Or
Year third
Author either
Horwood
(Edw I) or
Pike (Edw 3)

17. Result Screen – detailed & 4
routes to text
Synthetic
display is
better??

18. Synthetic display– only one
route to text but clearer?
Click on
title to
reach
text

19. Le Botiler v Wakefield (1302)
YB 30 & 31 Edw I (RS) 46
 Third clue
 Regnal years
 Alas not clear on BNF results!

20. Edw 1 contents on BNF
 Results opaque “relevance” order
 [#] is how BNF ids vv content =
 [1] is 20 - 21 Edw 1
 [2] is 21 - 22 Edw 1
 [5] is 33 - 35 Edw 1
 [3] is 30 - 31 Edw 1 and misc.
Le Botiler v Wakefield
(1302)

21. 30 – 31 Edw I is
in [5] so click
title
Navigation
tools in the
text - click
page by page
or jump via
drop down

22. Using
drop
down to
jump to
page

23. Not possible to search
for words etc within text

24. Breadcrumb to go to results
screen

25. If platform turns French –
click English!

26. YB Edward III in Gallica
 [1] 11-12 Edw 3
 [2] 12-13 Edw 3
[3] 13-14 Edw 3
 [4] 14 Edw 3
 [5] 14-15 Edw 3
 [6] 15 Edw 3
 [8] part 2 = 2nd
part 16 Edw 3
 [9] 17 Edw 3
 [10] 17-18 Edw
3
 [11] 18 Edw 3
 [12] 18-19 Edw
3
 [13] 19 Edw 3
 [14] 1st part of
20 Edw 3
 [15] [2] 2nd part
of 20 Edw 3