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The records from 5 Richard I to 56 Henry III, that is 1194-1272, are at TNA in class KB 26. Plaintiffs often submitted their pedigrees to the court in order to establish their right as free subjects to plead. An introduction to the ''curia regis rolls'' 1199-1230 was written by Flower (''Introduction to the Curia Regis Rolls'' ''1199-1230 AD''. Selden Society volume 62. {{FHL|599447|item|disp=FS Library film 1414824}}, who transcribed and indexed many of them—two examples are shown in the reference section. All sorts and conditions of men, and women, appear in these rolls as they were caught in the meshes of the law.  

| ''The Selden Society has published a translation of select cases in the court of King’s Bench 1290-1300 in their volumes 55, 57 and 58 {{FHL|601163|item|disp=FS Library film 1414823}} and volume 88 contains selected cases 1377-1422'' {{FHL|674302|item|disp=FS Library book 942 p3ss v.80}}.

The ''court of common pleas;'' also known as the ''court of common bench'', was one of the three courts of common law. It developed from the 12^th century as a subdivision of the ''curia regis'' (king’s court), remaining in London while the king and his ''curia regis'' travelled around the country. It sat in a certain spot in Westminster Hall and decided controversies concerning civil cases between the king’s subjects, cases involving claims to land, trespass and debt. It was the busiest of the common law courts in the Middle Ages and its earlier records are called the ''de banco'' rolls after the bench of judges. The later records are called ''common rolls'' and all are in TNA in class CP. There does not seem to be much on film, except some translated and published Northumbrian ones 1273-1280 on {{FHL|274206|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6073440-1(4)}}. Below you can see how detailed the newspaper reports can be.