
ngj10@cam.ac.uk
College Contact Details
Room: Mallory Court B15
Tel: (01223) 332833
Professor of English Legal History
M.A. (Cantab.), LL.M., Ph.D.
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Fellow and Director of Studies in Law (Tripos Parts IA and II), Magdalene College
Co-Director of the Centre for English Legal History
Literary Director, Selden Society
Publications
Books
English Legal History and its Sources: Essays in Honour of Sir John Baker (with David Ibbetson, Nigel Ramsay) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13:
9781108483063
Published Apr 2019
Articles
"Uses and 'Automatic' Resulting Trusts of Freehold" [2013] Cambridge Law Journal, 91-114
Citation:
[2013] Cambridge Law Journal, 91-114
Published: Mar 2013
"Wills, Trusts and Trusting from the Statute of Uses to Lord Nottingham" (2010) 31 Journal of Legal History, 273-298 (awarded the American Society for Legal History's Sutherland Prize 2011)
Citation:
(2010) 31 Journal of Legal History, 273-298 (awarded the American Society for Legal History's Sutherland Prize 2011)
Published: Dec 2010
"The Use upon a Use in Equity Revisited" (2002) 33 Cambrian Law Review 67-80 (awarded the Selden Society's David Yale Prize 2003)
Citation:
(2002) 33 Cambrian Law Review 67-80 (awarded the Selden Society's David Yale Prize 2003)
Published: Jan 2002
"The Bill of Middlesex and the Chancery, 1556-1608" (2001) 22 Journal of Legal History 3, 1-20
Citation:
(2001) 22 Journal of Legal History 3, 1-20
Published: Dec 2001
"Long Leases and the Feudal Revenue in the Court of Wards, 1540-1645" (1998) 19 Journal of Legal History, 1-22
Citation:
(1998) 19 Journal of Legal History, 1-22
Published: Sep 1998
"Uses, Trusts, and a Path to Privity" [1997] Cambridge Law Journal, 175-200
Citation:
[1997] Cambridge Law Journal, 175-200
Published: Jan 1997
"Trusts for Secrecy: the Case of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland" [1995] Cambridge Law Journal 545-551
Citation:
[1995] Cambridge Law Journal 545-551
Published: Jun 1995
"Tyrrel's Case (1557) and the Use upon a Use" (1993) 14 Journal of Legal History 75-93
Citation:
(1993) 14 Journal of Legal History 75-93
Published: Jun 1993
Book Chapters
"Jesson v. Wright (1820): Wills, Coal and the Rule in Shelleys' Case" in Brian Sloan ed. (ed(s)), Landmark Cases in Succession Law (Hart, 2019), pp. 33-50

Publisher:
Hart
Pages:
33-50
ISBN 13:
9781509919000
Published Oct 2019
"Henry Sherfield's Reading on Wills (1624) and Trusts in the Form of a Use upon a Use", English Legal History and its Sources: Essays in Honour of Sir John Baker (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 318-341
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
318-341
ISBN 13:
978-1-108-48306-3
Published May 2019
"Lapse of Time in Equity 1560-1660", Limitation and Prescription: A Comparative Legal History (Duncker & Humblot, 2019), pp. 189-211

Publisher:
Duncker & Humblot
Pages:
189-211
ISBN 13:
978-3-428-15626-9
Published Mar 2019
"On Tenures, ante 1481, Sir Thomas Littleton (Lyttleton) (d. 1481)", The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture (Springer, 2016), pp. 55-57
Publisher:
Springer
Pages:
55-57
ISBN 13:
978-3-319-45567-9
Published Jul 2016
"Doctor and Student, 1528-1530, Christopher St German (c. 1460-1540/41)", The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture (Springer, 2016), pp. 70-73
Publisher:
Springer
Pages:
70-73
ISBN 13:
978-3-319-45567-9
Published Jul 2016
"'The Authority of Parliament and the Scope of the Statute of Uses 1536'" (with Mark Godfrey, ed.,), Law and Authority in British Legal History, 1200-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2016), pp. 13-33

Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
13-33
ISBN 13:
9781107122277
Published Apr 2016
"Trusts Litigation in Chancery after the Statute of Uses: the First Fifty Years" (with M. Dyson and D.J. Ibbetson, eds.,), Law and Legal Process: Substantive Law and Procedure in English Legal History (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 103-125
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
103-125
ISBN 13:
978-1-107-04058-8
Published Jul 2013
"Equity: English Common Law" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 466-472, vol. 2
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
466-472, vol. 2
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Land: Leases of Land in English Common Law" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 10-13, vol. 4
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
10-13, vol. 4
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Strict Settlements" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 364-368, vol. 5
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
364-368, vol. 5
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Trusts in English Common Law" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 11-14, vol. 6
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
11-14, vol. 6
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Chancery" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 387-390, vol. 1
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
387-390, vol. 1
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Conveyancing" (with Stanley N. Katz), Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 212-216, vol. 2
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
212-216, vol. 2
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-513405-6
Published Mar 2009
"Aspects of Privity in England: Equity to 1680" (with Eltjo J.H. Schrage), Ius Quaesitum Tertio (Duncker & Humblot, 2008), pp. 135-174
Publisher:
Duncker & Humblot
Pages:
135-174
ISBN 13:
978-3-428-12720-7
Published Jan 2008
"The Trust Beneficiary's Interest before R. v. Holland (1648)" (with Andrew Lewis, Paul Brand, Paul Mitchell), Law in the City: proceedings of the seventeenth British Legal History Conference, London, 2005 (Four Courts Press, 2007), pp. 95-118
Publisher:
Four Courts Press
Pages:
95-118
ISBN 13:
978-1-84682-038-0
Published Apr 2007
"Entries (38 in total, see list in index of contributors)" (with H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-861411-1
Published Sep 2004
"Estate Planning in Early-Modern England: 'Having' in the Statute of Wills" (with John Tiley), Studies in the History of Tax Law, vol. 1 (Hart Publishing, 2004), pp. 227-241
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Pages:
227-241
ISBN 13:
9781841134734
Published May 2004
"Trusts in England after the Statute of Uses: A View from the 16th Century" (with Richard Helmholz and Reinhard Zimmermann), Itinera Fiduciae: Trust and Treuhand in Historical Perspective (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1998), pp. 173-205
Publisher:
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Pages:
173-205
ISBN 13:
978-3-428-09614-5
Published Mar 1998
"The Influence of Revenue Considerations upon the Remedial Practice of Chancery in Trust Cases, 1536-1660" (with C.W. Brooks and M. Lobban), Communities and Courts in Britain 1150-1900 (The Hambledon Press, 1997), pp. 99-113
Publisher:
The Hambledon Press
Pages:
99-113
ISBN 13:
978-1852851514
Published Jan 1997
Book Reviews
Paul Brand, The Making of the Common Law, London, 1992 [1993] Cambridge Law Journal 529
Published Sep 2009
Hector L. MacQueen, Common Law and Feudal Society in Medieval Scotland, Edinburgh, 1993 [1994] Cambridge Law Journal, 169
Published Sep 2009
John Hudson, ed., The History of English Law: centenary essays on 'Pollock and Maitland', Oxford, 1996 [1997] Cambridge Law Journal, 217
Published Sep 2009
Christopher W. Brooks, The Admissions Registers of Barnard's Inn 1620-1869, London, 1995 [1997] Cambridge Law Journal, 219
Published Sep 2009
Christopher W. Brooks, Lawyers, Litigation and English Society since 1450, London, 1998 (2000) 115 English Historical Review, 204
Published Sep 2009
J.W. Tubbs, The Common Law Mind: medieval and early modern conceptions, Baltimore, 2000 (2000) 44 American Journal of Legal History, 334
Published Sep 2009
K.J. Kesselring, Mercy and Authority in the Tudor State, Cambridge, 2003 (2005) 23 Law and History Review, 709
Published Sep 2009
Paul Brand, Kings, Barons and Justices: the making and enforcement of legislation in thirteenth-century England, Cambridge, 2003 H-Law. H-Net Reviews, December 2005
Published Sep 2009