Thomas Madox

Thomas Madox (born 1666, England—died Jan. 13, 1726/27) was an English legal antiquary and historian whose critical studies of medieval English documents establish him as the virtual founder of British administrative history and the precursor of modern English historical scholarship. Madox studied common law (though not called to the bar) and was clerk in the office of the Exchequer, later working in the augmentation office, a prime repository of records. Under the patronage of Baron...