Ranulf de Glanvill

Ranulf de Glanvill
Ranulf de Glanvill
Chief Justiciar of England
	In office; 1180 – 17 September 1189
Monarch	Henry II
Preceded by	Richard de Luci
Succeeded by	William de Mandeville; Hugh de Puiset
Sheriff of Lancashire
	In office; 1173–?
Monarch	Henry II
Sheriff of Yorkshire
	In office; 1163–1170
Sheriff of Yorkshire
	In office; 1175–?
Justice of the King's Court
	In office; 1176–1180
Personal details
Born	c. 1112; Stratford St Andrew, Suffolk
Died	1190; Acre, Palestine
Relations	Hubert Walter, nephew

Ranulf de Glanvill (alias Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89) and was the probable author of Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie (The Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England), the earliest treatise on the laws of England.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Everyman's Encyclopaedia, 5th edition, London, 1967, vol. 6, p. 31.
^ F.J. West, The Justiciarship in England 1066–1232 (Cambridge University Press 1966).
^ R.V. Turner, The English Judiciary in the Age of Glanvill and Bracton c. 1176–1239 (Cambridge University Press 1985).

[1] Everyman's Encyclopaedia, 5th edition, London, 1967, vol. 6, p. 31.

[2] F.J. West, The Justiciarship in England 1066–1232 (Cambridge University Press 1966).

[3] R.V. Turner, The English Judiciary in the Age of Glanvill and Bracton c. 1176–1239 (Cambridge University Press 1985).

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Ranulf de Glanvill

Chief Justiciar of England
In office 1180 – 17 September 1189
Monarch	Henry II
Preceded by	Richard de Luci
Succeeded by	William de Mandeville Hugh de Puiset
Sheriff of Lancashire
In office 1173–?
Monarch	Henry II
Sheriff of Yorkshire
In office 1163–1170
Sheriff of Yorkshire
In office 1175–?
Justice of the King's Court
In office 1176–1180

Personal details
Born	c. 1112 Stratford St Andrew, Suffolk
Died	1190 Acre, Palestine
Relations	Hubert Walter, nephew