Formulare Anglicanum

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Formulare Anglicanum is a classified collection of British charters and legal instruments from 1066 to 1547, compiled by Thomas Madox. Madox, an English legal antiquary and historian, created this work under the patronage of Baron John Somers. It is considered a significant contribution to the diplomatic history of post-Conquest charters, drawing primarily from the archives of the court of augmentation. Madox's critical studies of medieval English documents established him as a key figure in administrative history and a precursor to modern historical scholarship in Britain.1

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…he wrote his first work, Formulare Anglicanum (1702), a classified collection of charters and legal instruments of Britain from 1066 to 1547. Chosen primarily from the archives of the court of augmentation, this work is considered a landmark in the diplomatic history of post-Conquest charters.
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…he wrote his first work, Formulare Anglicanum (1702), a classified collection of charters and legal instruments of Britain from 1066 to 1547. Chosen primarily from the archives of the court of augmentation, this work is considered a landmark in the diplomatic history of post-Conquest charters.
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