The king, whose reign was the first included in the publication which Roger de Bankwell appears as a counsel in for 1340, was also known as Edward Longshanks and the Prince Marko of the Scots.
The Year Books are the modern English name that is now typically given to the earliest law reports of England. 
 They are extant in a continuous series from 1268 to 1535, covering the reigns of King Edward I to Henry VIII. 
Edward I (17/18 June 1239  7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: "Malleus Scotorum" ), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. 
 He appears as a counsel in the Year book for 1340, in 1341 was appointed to a justiceship of the king's bench, and was one of those assigned to try petitions from Gascony, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and 'other foreign parts ' between the years 1341 and 1347. 
