If you should be so fortunate to do legal research in merry o’l England (1100s-600s), there are a couple of things you should be aware of. First, know when the various monarchs ruled because that is how citations will appear. For example, 1 H7 28, indicates the (year of reign) H7 (name of monarch – in this case Henry VII) 28 (page number of where the case appeared that year). In case you are unsure when various monarchs reigned, this page , will be most helpful. Second, page number in this case literally means that page. For example what we modernly count as page 3 would have been considered page 2 during those times. Also reprints maybe the only place to find some material, though these reprints will also be considered worthy of being a rare book collection, as well as the originals, because the publication dates can vary from 1600s-1800s. Finally, some of these materials have been scanned in as PDF’s or typed into electronic formats. To find what selection there is, go the OS