| Sumario: | The 'Capitula de tonsura monete' are previously unpublished articles of inquest originally issued in 1279 to special judicial commissions created to combat coin-clipping and related monetary offences by Jews and Christians. The 'Capitula' are shown to shed light on Edward I's motivations and intentions during the coin-clipping campaign of 1278-9. The author attempts to explain why this text was circulated, somewhat paradoxically, after the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290, and to determine why it was read along with authentic statues and 'legal apocrypha'. A critical edition is appended, based on a collation of all manuscript copies and versions.
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