Glanville

Glanville, Ranulf de (d. 1190), justiciar of England in the reign of Henry II., and reputed author of the Latin treatise on The Laws and Customs of England, is said to have been born near Saxmundham, Suffolk. As sheriff of Lancashire, he was one of the leaders of the army which defeated the Scots at Alnwick (1174), and after holding several other positions of trust he was named justiciar (or chief minister) in 1180. He was of great use to Henry in the war with his sons, and when Richard I. came to the throne he fined him and made him go on crusade. He died before Acre. The legal treatise is sometimes ascribed to his nephew, Archbishop Hubert Walter (q.v.).