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The Year-Books contain cases in chronological order from 1268-1535. The court sessions were divided into four terms: Hilary (early January—early April); Easter (Pasche) (mid-April—May); Trinity (June—July); and Michaelmas (October—December). The Year-Books first appeared in manuscript on parchment and were stored in rolls (rotuli). References to cases even long after the advent of printing might appear as T.19.H.8.rot 330 (Trinity term, nineteenth year of the reign of Henry VIII (1527), roll 330) -- as shown.
His method was so useful that it became widely adopted, both by other printers and by practitioners -- as the marginal notes above demonstrate.
For more about Year-Books, see the page on Tottell's Year-Book of Edward III.