Ranulf de Glanvill

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Ranulf de Glanvill was a prominent 12th-century English royal official and jurist who served as chief justiciar under King Henry II and helped shape early English common law.

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instanceOf 12th-century English judge
12th-century English politician
English royal official
chief justiciar of England
jurist
appointedBy Henry II of England NERFINISHED
associatedWith itinerant justices system
royal courts of Henry II NERFINISHED
authorityOn procedural law in the king’s courts
royal writs
country Kingdom of England
dateOfDeath 1190
describedAs one of the founders of English common law
fieldOfWork law
royal administration
gender male
genre legal treatise
hasRole king’s chief minister
royal councillor
honouredIn English legal history
influenced development of English common law
later English legal treatises
knownFor association with the treatise Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae
influence on early English common law
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED
Latin
legalSystem English common law
mannerOfDeath died on crusade
monarchServed Henry II of England NERFINISHED
nobleFamily de Glanvill family NERFINISHED
notableWork Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae NERFINISHED
occupation judge
legal writer
royal administrator
participantIn Third Crusade NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Acre NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief Justiciar of England
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
timePeriod 12th century

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Battle of Alnwick (1174) commander Ranulf de Glanvill