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William of Drogheda (c 1200–1245)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2013

Richard Helmholz
Richard Helmholz*
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Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Professor of Law, University of Chicago
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Notable Ecclesiastical Lawyers: IV
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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 66 - 71
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1 Eg von Schulte, J, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts (Stuttgart, 1875), vol 2, p 113Google Scholar.

2 William of Drogheda, ‘Die Summa aurea des Wilhelmus de Drokeda’ in Wahrmund, L (ed), Quellen zur Geschichte des römisch-kanonischen Prozesses im Mittelalter, vol 2, pt 2 (Innsbruck, 1914), vol 2:2, pp 1–432Google Scholar (hereafter Wahrmund, Summa).

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8 M Bethmann-Hollweg (1795–1877), Der Civilprozeß des gemeinen Rechts in geschichtlicher Entwicklung (Bonn, 1864–1874), vol 6, p 126: ‘Von der Schrift selbst ist nicht viel Gutes zu sagen’.

9 Maitland, ‘William of Drogheda’, p 110.

10 See Andreae, Joannes, Proemium to Willelmus Durantis, Speculum iudiciale (Basle, 1574)Google Scholar, sv plurimis [p 4 circa medium]: ‘Secundum sit Gulielmus de Droreda [sic] Anglicus qui legens Oxoniae satis commendabilem et copiosum libellum composuit de iudiciorum ordine’.

11 See his Laudes academiae Perusinae et Oxoniensis (Hanover, 1605), cited in Maitland, ‘William of Drogheda’, p 108, n 2.

12 See Worcester Cathedral Library, MS F 74, fols 75–170.

13 See J Sayers, ‘William of Drogheda’ in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

14 See Wahrmund, Summa, pp ix–xi.

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16 With characteristic modesty, he gave his paper the title ‘William of Drogheda: a few notes’. I thank Professor Lindner for his generosity in sharing it with me.

17 Wahrmund, Summa, Proem (pp 6–7).

18 Ibid, title 28, a reference to the glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma; see also Sayers, Papal Judges Delegate.

19 He was described as ‘primarily a legist’ in de Zulueta, ‘William of Drogheda’, p 655.

20 See Waelkens, L, ‘Medieval family and marriage law: from actions of status to legal doctrine’ in Cairns, J and du Plessis, P (eds), The Creation of the Ius Commune: from casus to regula (Edinburgh, 2010), pp 103–125Google Scholar.

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23 Most particularly by the enactment by the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) of the constitution Quoniam contra falsam (X 2.19.11).

24 Eg de Zulueta, ‘William of Drogheda’, p 646.

25 Wahrmund, Summa, titles 99–141.

26 Ibid, title 245.

27 See Wetzstein, T, ‘Prozeßschriftgut im Mittelalter: einfürende Überlegungen’ in Lepsius, S and Wetzstein, T (eds), Als die Welt in die Akten kam: Prozeßschriftgut im europäischen Mittelalter (Frankfurt, 2008), pp 1–27Google Scholar.

28 See his ‘Ordo iudiciarius’ in Bermann, F (ed), Libri de iudiciorum ordine (Göttingen, 1842, reprinted 1965), pp 89–316Google Scholar.

29 Eg Wahrmund, Summa, title 64, dealing with the multiplication of legal actions based on a single wrong.

30 Ibid, title 95.

31 Cod 2.13.15.

32 Wahrmund, Summa, title 65.

33 Lyndwood, W, Provinciale (seu Constitutiones Angliae) (Oxford, 1679), p 314Google Scholar, sv perjurio.

34 Wahrmund, Summa, title 66.