Ranulf de Glanvill

Ranulf de Glanvill
Chief Justiciar of England
In office
1180 – 17 September 1189
MonarchHenry II
Preceded byRichard de Luci
Succeeded byWilliam de Mandeville
Hugh de Puiset
Sheriff of Lancashire
In office
1173–?
MonarchHenry 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
Bornc. 1112
Stratford St Andrew, Suffolk
Died1190
Acre, Palestine
RelationsHubert 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]

  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).