Henry Summerson

Henry Summerson is an English historian. He is the author of a number of books.

Summerson, the son of an industrialist, was educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a BA in History in 1970 and a PhD in 1976 for his thesis "The maintenance of law and order in England, 1227–1263".[1][2] He worked for the Carlisle Archaeological Unit and wrote a history of medieval Carlisle (1993). He was then employed by English Heritage writing a number of guidebooks on English castles. He is an editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, for which he has written 165 articles.[3] He was Research Edition for the Dictionary's medieval and Tudor articles, and is now an associate research editor. He has taken part in the Oxford Holinshed Project.[4]

A participant in the Magna Carta Project, Summerson has written commentaries chapter by chapter of the original Magna Carta of 1215, and its sequel of 1225.[3][5]

Summerson is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[6]

Works

  • The maintenance of law and order in England, 1227-63. Ph.D. dissertation 1975, University of Cambridge, supervisor D. J. V. Fisher[7]
  • Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238 (1985), court records, editor[8]
  • Medieval Carlisle: The City and the Borders from the Late Eleventh to the Mid-Sixteenth Century (1993, 2 vols.)[9]
  • Crown Pleas of the Wiltshire Eyre, 1268 (2012), court records, editor with Brenda Farr and Christopher Robin Elrington[10]
  • Carlisle Castle (2013), with M. R. McCarthy, and R. G. Annis[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Classics, history and law triposes". The Times. 30 June 1970. p. 16.
  2. ^ "The maintenance of law and order in England, 1227-1263". Regesta Imperii OPAC: Literature Database for the Middle Ages. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Magna Carta Project - personnel". magnacarta.cmp.uea.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "The Editor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  5. ^ Carpenter, David (2015). Magna Carta. Penguin UK. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-14-196846-9.
  6. ^ Royal Historical Society: Fellows - S (PDF).
  7. ^ University of London Institute of Historical Research (1976). Historical Research for University Degrees in the United Kingdom. p. 16.
  8. ^ Summerson, Henry (1985). Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238. Society. ISBN 978-0-901853-28-8.
  9. ^ Summerson, H. R. T. (1993). Medieval Carlisle: The City and the Borders from the Late Eleventh to the Mid-Sixteenth Century. The Society. ISBN 978-1-873124-18-5.
  10. ^ Regis, Great Britain Curia (2012). Crown Pleas of the Wiltshire Eyre, 1268. Wiltshire Record Society. ISBN 978-0-901333-42-1.
  11. ^ Liverpool University Press: Books.
  12. ^ Carlisle Castle : a survey and documentary history. Historic Buildings & Monuments Commission for England. ISBN 978-1-848-02141-9.
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