Browse collection: Rymer's Foedera
The Foedera, edited by the literary critic and historian Thomas Rymer (1642/3-1713), details 'all the leagues, treaties, alliances, capitulations, and confederacies, which have at any time been made between the Crown of England and any other kingdoms, princes and states'. The five volumes published on British History Online cover the period 1397-1502. Entries are in Latin, but with a summary in English (called a syllabus).
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Rymer's Foedera Volume 8
Covers the period July 1397 to February 1413, the end of the reign of Richard II and the entire reign of Henry IV. Included in this volume are several documents relating to Geoffrey Chaucer and many documents concerning the struggles between Owain...
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Rymer's Foedera Volume 9
Covers the period March 1413 to July 1420: almost the entire reign of Henry V. There are many documents concerning the preparations for the invasion of France, Henry's continuing military successes there, and negotiations over his marriage to...
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Rymer's Foedera Volume 10
Covers the period July 1420 to October 1441: the end of the reign of Henry V and the minority of Henry VI. The minority of the new king saw power struggles over the regency and raised questions of how his father's conquests in France could be...
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Rymer's Foedera Volume 11
Covers the period November 1441 to February 1475: the regnal majority of Henry VI and much of the reign of Edward IV. There are documents relating to Henry's gradual loss of territory in France, John Cade's rebellion, the king's infirmity and the...
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Rymer's Foedera Volume 12
Covers the period April 1475 to February 1502, and thus the end of the reign of Edward IV, the brief reigns of Edward V (represented by 13 documents) and Richard III, and the first seven years of the House of Tudor, under Henry VII. Rymer's Foedera...
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