Description by F. W. Maitland of CUL MS Add.332,1'Summae Decreti Gratiani', early 13th century.

Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906), son of John Gorham Maitland, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied moral sciences (B.A., 1873; M.A., 1876). He was called to the bar in 1876, and became reader in English law at Cambridge in 1884, and Downing professor, 1888-1906. Maitland was a founder of the Selden Society, which sought to encourage the study of the history of English law, and served as its literary director in 1895. He became Ford's lecturer at Oxford in 1897, and Rede lecturer at Cambridge in 1901. He was also an honorary fellow of Trinity College.

Written for the Library c. 1895.

In English and Latin

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Description by F. W. Maitland of CUL MS Add.332,1'Summae Decreti Gratiani', early 13th century., MS Add.4432