Ranulf de glanville biography books
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Ranulf de Glanvill
Chief Justiciar of England (c. –)
Ranulf de Glanvill (aliasGlanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died ) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (–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]
Political and legal career
There are no primary sources citing when or where he was born.
He is first heard of as Sheriff of Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire from to when, along with the majority of High Sheriffs, he was removed from office for corruption.
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However, in , he was appointed Sheriff of Lancashire and custodian of the honour of Richmond. In , when he was Sheriff of Westmorland, he was one of the English leaders at the Battle of Alnwick, and it was to him that the king of Scotland, William the Lion, surrendered.
In ,