Ranulf de Glanvill was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II and was the probable author of Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie, the earliest treatise on the la
The title page of a 1780 edition of Glanvill's Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliæ
Butley Priory, sometimes called Butley Abbey, was a religious house of Canons regular in Butley, Suffolk, dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary. It was founded in 1171 by Ranulf de Glanville, Chief Jus
North front of the 14th-century gatehouse of Butley Priory
The Priory site from the south-east. The Gatehouse is at the north of the precinct: the church and convent buildings stood on the site of the farm
Buck engraving (1738), detail: priory church tower far left