Leges Edwardi Confessoris

Edward the Confessor, supposed issuer of the Leges Edwardi Confessoris

The title Leges Edwardi Confessoris, or Laws of Edward the Confessor, refers to a collection of laws, purporting to represent English law in the time of Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066), as recited to the Norman invader king William I in 1070, but which was not composed until probably the early years of the reign of King Stephen (r. 1135–1154).[clarification needed]