De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi

De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi
De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi
Of the Unjust Persecution of the Bishop William I
Language	medieval Latin
Date	early through second quarter 12th century
Provenance	Durham Cathedral
Manuscript(s)	Bodleian MS Fairfax 6
	Bodleian MS Laud misc 700
	Hales MS 114
	Cotton MS Claudius D IV
	Harley MS 4843
	Durham Bishop Cosins Library MS V ii
Principal manuscript(s)	Bodleian MS Fairfax 6
First printed edition	Monasticon Anglicanum, first volume, 1655
Genre	Legal account
Subject	Account of the trial of Bishop William de St-Calais
Period covered	1080–1096

De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi^[a] is a late 11th-century historical work detailing the trial of William de St-Calais, a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham from 1081 to 1096. It is the first surviving detailed account of an English trial before the king, and as such is an important source for historians.

The work consists of three sections, an introduction, a central section that details the trial itself, and a conclusion. The introduction and conclusion summarise St-Calais' career before and after the trial. Although the authenticity of the main account has been challenged in the past, most historians consider it a contemporary record of the trial. Six manuscripts containing the work survive, and it was first printed in 1655, with other editions, including translations, appearing after that.

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