Henry de Bracton
✓ Source-basedfalling13th-century English jurist
Religious FiguresLived 1210 to 1268 · aged 58
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Languages16
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In century#540
Henry of Bracton, also known as Henry de Bracton, Henricus Bracton, Henry Bratton, and Henry Bretton, was an English cleric and jurist.
Also inDeutsch
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Henry de Bracton was appointed to the coram rege, the advisory council of Henry III of England. The photo shows Windsor Castle in Berkshire.
Bracton came from Devon and held circuit courts there. The picture is of Okehampton Castle in Devon
Bracton was influenced by the Decretum Gratiani![The title page of the first edition of Henry de Bracton's De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ (The Laws and Customs of England, 1569)[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Henry_de_Bracton%2C_De_legibus_%26_consuetudinibus_Angli%C3%A6_%281st_ed%2C_1569%2C_title_page%29.jpg/1280px-Henry_de_Bracton%2C_De_legibus_%26_consuetudinibus_Angli%C3%A6_%281st_ed%2C_1569%2C_title_page%29.jpg)
The title page of the first edition of Henry de Bracton's De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ (The Laws and Customs of England, 1569)[20]
De legibus Angliæ, 13th-century manuscript, Wren Library, Cambridge.
Bracton was concerned with the interaction of Church and State. The picture shows Westminster Abbey in west London, where kings and queens are crowned.
Bracton was chancellor of Exeter Cathedral, where he is buried.Religious Figures born in the 1210s 6
About this person
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1210 to 1268 · aged 58
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16 languages
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