British Parliamentary Papers

The earliest records of parliament are now available online in the database Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504. This database provides fulltext access to the Rolls of Parliament (Rotuli Parliamentorum), which were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272 – 1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485 – 1509), after which they were superseded by the journals of the lords and, somewhat later, of the commons. Includes a substantial amount of material never previously published, together with a full translation of all the texts from the three languages used by the medieval clerks (Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English.) Note that the Rolls end at 1504 because Henry VII did not call a Parliament during the last 5 years of his reign.

Duke also has the following:

Great Britain. Parliament. Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento. London, 1767-77. Special Collections Library SCL E f#960 v. 1-6; also on microfilm in Perkins Newspapers and Microforms News-micro N4387, 10277.6

Covers the reigns of Edward I through Henry VII (1278-1509).

Index to the Rolls of Parliament. London, 1832. Microfilm News-Micro N4291